Contains edited versions of presentations read at a conference held in Aug. 1987 at the Free University, Amsterdam and sponsored by the Free University, Calvin College, and the Institute for Christian Studies. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Human rights and economic growth : cruel conflict or false dilemma? / Robert De Vries -- Assessing the information society concept : new technology, social change and social theory / David Lyon -- Response to David Lyon's assessment of the information society concept / Arthur Zijlstra -- Approaches to the study of American evangelicals / Corwin Smidt -- Popular art as sacred text : on the religious dimensions of popular narrative / Quentin Schultze -- Storytelling and the Christian critique of modern culture : response to Quentin Schultze / Ronald Wells -- Basic choices in economic research : the case of non-agricultural activites in rural Indonesia / Piet Rietveld -- Normativity and contextuality in the social sciences : lessons from Dutch villages / Rochard Mouw. Introduction : normativity and contextuality in the social sciences / Sander Griffioen & Jan Verhoogt -- Development in the light of encounter / Johan van der Hoeven -- Response to Johan van der Hoeven's 'Development in the light of encounter' / Lambert Zuidervaart -- Christian maturity in light of feminist theory / Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen -- Norm, context and dialogue : response to Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen / William Rowe -- The metaphor of 'development' in moral education / Harry Fernhout -- Norm and context in an anthropologist's study of syncretism / André Droogers -- Response to André Droogers / James Olthuis -- Justice and rights : ideology and human rights theories / Paul Marshall -- Response to Paul Marshall / Nicholas Wolterstorff.
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