Schweiker Theological Ethics and Global Dynamics

In the Time of Many Worlds
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4358-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

The nature of ethics has been the subject of much controversy andargument in recent decades. Theological Ethics and GlobalDynamics tackles these various debates, offering awide-ranging, comprehensive, and provocative statement of thenature of theological ethics in global times.
* * Offers an accessible, lively, and provocative statement of thenature of moral philosophy and theological ethics in contemporarytimes.
* Tackles various perspectives on debates about distinctlyChristian ethics.
* Argues that we need to reframe the arena in which moralquestions are asked.
* Engages a range of positions, exploring distinctively modernissues such as moral and cultural relativism, globalization,problems of consumption and violence, and religiouspluralism.
* Addresses the complexity of certain ethical decisions, whichare difficult and far from clear-cut, and yet presents an ethicalunderstanding which is both humane and deeply religious.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schweiker, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: Creation And World-Making.
1. Global Dynamics And The Integrity Of Life.
2. Pluralism In Creation.
3. Reconsidering Greed.
Part II: Time And Responsibility.
4. Timing Moral Cosmologies.
5. Love In The End Times.
6. From Toleration To Political Forgiveness.
Part III: Imagination And Conscience.
7. Sacred Texts And The Social Imaginary.
8. Comparing Religions, Comparing Lives.
9. On Moral Madness.
Postscript.
10. Presenting Theological Humanism.
Selected Bibliography.
Index of Names.
Index of Scripture.
Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

William Schweiker is Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chicago. An award-winning essayist, his publications include The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics (Ed., 2004), Power, Value and Conviction: Theological Ethics in the Postmodern Age (1998), Responsibility and Christian Ethics (1995) and Mimetic Reflection: A Study in Hermeneutics, Theology and Ethics (1990).