McCarty Sexual Virtue

An Approach to Contemporary Christian Ethics
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5430-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 305 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Uses virtue ethics to offer a sexual ethics inclusive of LGBT and straight people, one that challenges the longstanding procreative patriarchal norm.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCarty, Richard W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sexualität & Gender in den Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments

Introduction: To Reclaim Sexual Virtue

Part I. Getting Situated

1. Sexual Positions

2. Sexual Ethics

Part II. A Moral Framework of Virtue

3. Virtue Ethics and Sexual Virtue

4. Christian Virtue Ethics

Part III. Religious Sources of Moral Authority

5. Understanding Scripture

6. Sex and Marriage

7. The Bible and Homosexuality

8. Curious Interpretations of Nature

9. Church Teachings Revisited

Part IV. Ends of Sexual Virtue

10. Recreational Sex

11. Relational Intimacy

12. Selective Acts of Procreation

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard W. McCarty is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Mercyhurst University.