New Studies in Christian Ethics – serie
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76 produkter
The Common Good and Christian Ethics
Av David Hollenbach, Stephen R. L. Clark
Häftad, 2002
699 kr
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The Common Good and Christian Ethics rethinks the ancient tradition of the common good in a way that addresses contemporary social divisions, both urban and global. David Hollenbach draws on social analysis, moral philosophy, and theological ethics to chart new directions in both urban life and …
Feminism and Christian Ethics
Av Susan Frank Parsons, Stephen R. L. Clark
Häftad, 1996
435 kr
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Feminists are aware of the diversity of thinking within their own tradition, and of the different approaches to moral questions in which that is manifest. This book describes and analyses that diversity by distinguishing three distinct paradigms of moral reasoning to be found within feminism. Using …
Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics
Av Lisa Sowle Cahill, Stephen R. L. Clark
Häftad, 1996
796 kr
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This book endorses feminist critiques of gender, yet upholds the insight of traditional Christianity that sex, commitment and parenthood are fulfilling human relations. Their unity is a positive ideal, though not an absolute norm. Women and men should enjoy equal personal respect and social power. …
Living Together and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2002
536 kr
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Living Together and Christian Ethics is the first positive, in-depth study of cohabitation outside marriage from a mainstream Christian theological perspective. The book retrieves the traditions of betrothal from the Bible and church history, and shows how these can transform Christian attitudes to …
Media Violence and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2010
637 kr
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How can audiences interact creatively, wisely and peaceably with the many different forms of violence found throughout today's media? Suicide attacks, graphic executions and the horrors of war appear in news reports, films, websites, and even on mobile phones. One approach towards media violence is …
Biblical Interpretation and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2005
764 kr
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Inter-disciplinary studies are emerging rapidly to meet the insistent demands of the modern age. Biblical interpretation is itself inter-disciplinary, drawing together the biblical traditions and others to address the problem of interpreting texts. Christian ethics is also multi-disciplinary and …
Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2007
618 kr
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Markets can often be harsh in compelling people to make unpalatable economic choices any reasonable person would not take under normal conditions. Thus, workers laid off in mid-career accept lower-paid jobs that are beneath their professional experience for want of better alternatives. Economic …
The Market Economy and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2007
700 kr
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Peter Sedgwick explores the relation of a theology of justice to that of human identity in the context of the market economy, and engages with critics of capitalism and the market. He examines three aspects of the market economy: first, how does it shape personal identity, through consumption and …
Justice and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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Justice and Christian Ethics is a study in the meaning and foundations of justice in modern society. Written from a theological perspective, its focus is upon the interaction of religion and law in their common pursuit of justice. Consideration is given, first, to the historical roots of justice in …
Health Care and Christian Ethics
Av Robin Gill
Häftad, 2008
569 kr
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How can Christian ethics make a significant contribution to health care ethics in today's Western, pluralistic society? Robin Gill examines the 'moral gaps' in secular accounts of health care ethics and the tensions within specifically theological accounts. He explores the healing stories in the …
The Public Forum and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2008
601 kr
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This book addresses the question of the communication of Christian ethics in the public forum of liberal, pluralist societies. Drawing on debates in philosophy, theology and sociological theory, it relates the problem of communication to fundamental questions about the nature of liberal societies …
Concepts of Person and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2008
781 kr
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The concept and definition of personhood is central to current debates over ethics. Should 'personhood', for example, determine the allocation of scarce medical resources, and its perceived absence allow the termination of life? In a wide-ranging discussion notable for its clarity, Stanley Rudman's …
Priorities and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2008
536 kr
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This book provides a full treatment of an issue which is particularly pressing: when the claims of the nearest (e.g. parents, children, spouses, friends) conflict with the claims of the neediest, as they constantly do, where should preference go? Professor Hallett focuses first on a specific, …
Alcohol, Addiction and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2008
618 kr
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Addictive disorders are characterised by a division of the will, in which the addict is attracted both by a desire to continue the addictive behaviour and also by a desire to stop it. Academic perspectives on this predicament usually come from clinical and scientific standpoints, with the 'moral …
Rights and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2009
653 kr
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Kieran Cronin aims in this book to show how a Christian perspective may have something fruitful to contribute to the language of rights. In so doing, he examines some of the complexities involved in using this language, drawing from literature in moral philosophy and jurisprudence in the process. …
Altruism and Christian Ethics
Av Colin Grant
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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Separated from its anchorage in religion, ethics has followed the social sciences in seeing human beings as fundamentally characterised by self-interest, so that altruism is either naively idealistic or arrogantly self-sufficient. Colin Grant contends that, as a modern secular concept, altruism is …
Forgiveness and Christian Ethics
Av Anthony Bash
Häftad, 2010
569 kr
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What does it mean to forgive? The answer is widely assumed to be self-evident but critical analysis quickly reveals the complexities of the subject. Forgiveness has traditionally been the preserve of Christian theology, though in the last half century - and at an accelerating pace - psychologists, …
Human Evolution and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2011
716 kr
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Can the origins of morality be explained entirely in evolutionary terms? If so, what are the implications for Christian moral theology and ethics? Is the latter redundant, as socio-biologists often assert? Stephen Pope argues that theologians need to engage with evolutionary theory rather than …
Power and Christian Ethics
Av James P. Mackey, Stephen R. L. Clark m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
716 kr
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In the conventional analysis of human behaviour, power and ethics are frequently considered contrary principles, in that power enforces, while ethics elicits a free response. But, as James Mackey forcefully shows, a more adventurous philosophical study of human morality escapes the sense of …
Biblical Interpretation and Christian Ethics
Inbunden, 1993
1905 kr
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Inter-disciplinary studies are emerging rapidly to meet the insistent demands of the modern age. Biblical interpretation is itself inter-disciplinary, drawing together the biblical traditions and others to address the problem of interpreting texts. Christian ethics is also multi-disciplinary and …
Plurality and Christian Ethics
Av Ian S. Markham, Robin Gill m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
1856 kr
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Too many parts of the world testify to the difficulties religions have in tolerating each other. It is often concluded that the only way tolerance and plurality can be protected is to keep religion out of the public sphere. Ian Markham challenges this secularist argument. In the first half of the …
Feminism and Christian Ethics
Av Susan Frank Parsons, Stephen R. L. Clark
Inbunden, 1996
1237 kr
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Feminists are aware of the diversity of thinking within their own tradition, and of the different approaches to moral questions in which that is manifest. This book describes and analyses that diversity by distinguishing three distinct paradigms of moral reasoning to be found within feminism. Using …
The Market Economy and Christian Ethics
Av Peter H. Sedgwick, Robin Gill
Inbunden, 1999
1563 kr
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Peter Sedgwick explores the relation of a theology of justice to that of human identity in the context of the market economy, and engages with critics of capitalism and the market. He examines three aspects of the market economy: first, how does it shape personal identity, through consumption and …
Justice and Christian Ethics
Inbunden, 1995
1595 kr
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Justice and Christian Ethics is a study in the meaning and foundations of justice in modern society. Written from a theological perspective, its focus is upon the interaction of religion and law in their common pursuit of justice. Consideration is given, first, to the historical roots of justice in …
Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics
Av David Fergusson, Robin Gill m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1514 kr
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This book explores some issues on the borderland between moral philosophy and Christian theology. Particular attention is paid to the issues at stake between liberals and communitarians and the dispute between realists, non-realists and quasi-realists. In the course of the discussion the writings …
Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics
Av David Fergusson, Stephen R. L. Clark m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
781 kr
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This book explores some issues on the borderland between moral philosophy and Christian theology. Particular attention is paid to the issues at stake between liberals and communitarians and the dispute between realists, non-realists and quasi-realists. In the course of the discussion the writings …
Self Love and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2002
601 kr
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Self love is an inescapable problem for ethics, yet much of contemporary ethics is reluctant to offer any normative moral anthropologies. Instead, secular ethics and contemporary culture promote a norm of self-realization which is subjective and uncritical. Christian ethics also fails to address …
Genetics and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2005
813 kr
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In the immediate future we are likely to witness significant developments in human genetic science. It is therefore of critical importance that Christian ethics engages with the genetics debate, since it affects not just the way we perceive ourselves and the natural world, but also has wider …
Biology and Christian Ethics
Av Stephen R. L. Clark, Robin Gill m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1163 kr
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This stimulating and wide-ranging book mounts a profound enquiry into some of the most pressing questions of our age, by examining the relationship between biological science and Christianity. The history of biological discovery is explored from the point of view of a leading philosopher and …
Biology and Christian Ethics
Häftad, 2000
569 kr
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This stimulating and wide-ranging book mounts a profound enquiry into some of the most pressing questions of our age, by examining the relationship between biological science and Christianity. The history of biological discovery is explored from the point of view of a leading philosopher and …
