Religious ethics Books
Oxford University Press Consequences of Compassion
Book SynopsisFor many Westerners, the most appealing teachings of the Buddhist tradition pertain to ethics. Buddhist ethical views have much in common with certain modern ethical theories, and contain many insights relevant to contemporary moral problems. In Consequences of Compassion, Charles Goodman illuminates the relationship between Buddhism and Western ethical theories. Buddhist texts offer an interesting approach to the demands of morality and a powerful critique of what we would identify as the concept of free will-a critique which leads to a hard determinist view of human action. But rather than being a threat to morality, this view supports Buddhist values of compassion, nonviolence and forgiveness, and leads to a more humane approach to the justification of punishment. Drawing on Buddhist religious values, Goodman argues against the death penalty and mandatory minimum sentences.Every version of Buddhist ethics, says Goodman, takes the welfare of sentient beings to be the only source of mTable of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Fundamental Buddhist Teachings ; 2. Main Features of Some Western Ethical Theories ; 3. Theravada Ethics as a Rule-Consequentialism ; 4. Mahayana Ethics before Santideva ; 5. Santideva and After ; 6. Transcending Ethics ; 7. Buddhist Ethics and the Demands of Consequentialism ; 8. Buddhism on Moral Responsibility ; 9. Punishment ; 10. Objections and Replies ; 11. A Buddhism Response to Kant ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press EarthHonoring Faith
Book SynopsisThoughtful observers agree that the planetary crisis we now face-climate change; species extinction; the destruction of entire ecosystems; the urgent need for a more just economic-political order-is pushing human civilization to a radical turning point: change or perish. But precisely how to change remains an open question.In Earth-honoring Faith, Larry Rasmussen answers that question with a dramatically new way of thinking about human society, ethics, and the ongoing health of our planet. Rejecting the modern assumption that morality applies to human society alone, Rasmussen insists that we must derive a spiritual and ecological ethic that accounts for the well-being of all creation, as well as the primal elements upon which it depends: earth, air, fire, water, and sunlight. He argues that good science, necessary as it is, will not be enough to inspire fundamental change. We must draw on religious resources as well to make the difficult transition from an industrial-technological age Trade ReviewIn many ways Earth-Honoring Faith resembles an intricate, colorful song played by a vast collection of deft instrumentalists. Rasmussen is a master at tying together a large number of resources and perspectives, each carefully tuned to play the right notes. Persuasively, even lyrically, he has assembled a grand orchestra to inspire deep reflection and animate meaningful practice. * The Christian Century *This book is important, timely, sorely needed and deeply prophetic- delivering a hard, truthful indictment of the world as it is, but also suggesting visionary, hopeful Earth-honoring ways forward... yes, you should, you need , to read this. * Journal of Lutheran Ethics *Larry Rasmussen has once again penned a masterwork uniting ecological ethics and religious practices broadly envisioned. If the Earth is to survive, ethical theory and spiritual praxis are equally vital. Science informs. Religions motivat. A transformation combining these concepts is urgently needed at this moment in time on our planet. * Catholic Books Review *He [Rasmussen] writes extremely well, with elegance and eloquence, and weaves poetry, narrative, and personal stories into a tapestry informed by keen ethical insight and analysis. His treatment of power relations in the economy and of consumerism is masterful. This book is a must for anyone interested in the environment who is not willing to settle for lazy aphorisms and superficial panaceas. * CHOICE *This book is a tour-de-force, bringing together theological reflection and ethical persuasion to argue for the transformation of religions into their ecological phase. Larry Rasmussen is eloquent, comprehensive, and compelling in his articulation of a vision that is sorely needed for our emerging Earth Community. * Mary Evelyn Tucker, Co-Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale University *Larry Rasmussen's new work on religious ethics moves from a lyrical homage to the sacred web of life to a searing indictment of the utilitarian use of nature by both capitalist and socialist industrialization. Drawing on mystical, prophetic, and wisdom traditions, Rasmussen shows that a paradigm shift to an ecologically conscious civilization is possible. Inspired by local communities, an earth-honoring faith becomes a song of songs. * Aruna Gnanadason, author of Listen to the Women, Listen to the Earth *Rasmussen argues persuasively that religion needs to stop perceiving nature as the stage for the human salvation drama and view it instead as the locus for experience of the divine. His scholarship is impeccable and his ability to weave together insights from various fields and scholars is exemplary. Earth-honoring Faith is a grand intellectual endeavor that reflects interdisciplinary thinking at its best. * Jim Martin-Schramm, Professor of Religion, Luther College *By writing so lyrically and in open conversation with so many others struggling to create language for this civilizational transition, Larry Rasmussen shows the awkwardness of inherited language and ideas for discussing the new moral world that humanity needs to learn to inhabit. He demonstrates how to make sense of ancient moral traditions in a new context, and how to bend them into a new imagination of the world. This book is a serious contribution to religious ethics. It will be appreciated not only by scholars in the field but by many thinking readers worried about sustainability crises and looking for cultural resources to reshape our shared moral imagination. * Willis Jenkins, author of Ecologies of Grace *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Prelude ; PART I ; 1 The Creature We Are ; 2 The World We Have ; 3 The Faith We Seek ; 4 The Ethic We Need: Change and Imagination ; 5 The Ethic We Need: Good Theory ; 6 The Ethic We Need: Community Matrix ; 7 The Ethic We Need: Tilling and Keeping ; Interlude ; PART II ; 8 Asceticism and Consumerism ; 9 The Sacred and the Commodified ; 10 Mysticism and Alienation ; 11 Prophetic/Liberative Practices and Oppression ; 12 Wisdom and Folly ; 13 Closing ; Postlude ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality
Book SynopsisFor thousands of years the Jewish tradition has been a source of moral guidance, for Jews and non-Jews alike. As the essays in this volume show, the theologians and practitioners of Judaism have a long history of wrestling with moral questions, responding to them in an open, argumentative mode that reveals the strengths and weaknesses of all sides of a question. The Jewish tradition also offers guidance for moral conduct by individuals, communities, and countries and shows how to motivate people to do the good and right thing.The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality is a collection of original essays addressing these topics--historical and contemporary, as well as philosophical and practical--by leading scholars from around the world. The first section of the volume describes the history of the Jewish tradition''s moral thought, from the Bible to contemporary Jewish approaches. The second part includes chapters on specific fields in ethics, including the ethics of medicine, buTrade ReviewThis book is an excellent addition to libraries at academic institutions; it offers specialists in subdisciplines of Jewish ethics accessible entry into the broader field and also provides a way for scholars of other ethical discourses or traditions to begin to engage with the field of Jewish ethics. Individuals or organizations engaging in interfaith work with Jewish partners are also likely to find the essays in this collection useful. The essays function as concise and generally clear introductions to a host of topics under the umbrella of Jewish ethics. * Alyssa A. Henning, Religious Studies Review *The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality addresses what has long been a major lacuna in the field of Jewish studies. No one who studies the history of Judaism would deny that ethics has always occupied a central place in Jewish thought and practice... Elliot Dorff and Jonathan Crane have given us the most definitive and encyclopedic presentation of Jewish ethics ever assembled. * Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics *Table of ContentsContributors Acknowledgments Introduction - Jonathan K. Crane and Elliot N. Dorff I. Jewish Ethical Theories 1. Introduction: Why Study Jewish Ethics? - Elliot N. Dorff and Jonathan K. Crane 2. Ethical Theory and Practice in the Hebrew Bible - Elaine Goodfriend 3. Ethical Theories in Rabbinic Literature - Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert 4. Ethical Theories in Jewish Mystical Writings - Joseph Dan 5. Ethical Theories Among Medieval Jewish Philosophers - Warren Zev Harvey 6. Spinoza and Jewish Ethics - David Novak 7. Mussar Ethics and Other Nineteenth Century Jewish Ethical Theories - Ira Stone 8. Ethical Theories of Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber - Jonathan K. Crane 9. Ethical Theories of Mordecai Kaplan and Abraham Joshua Heschel - Matthew LaGrone 10. Ethical Theories of Abraham Isaac Kook and Joseph B. Soloveitchik - Lawrence Kaplan 11. Ethical Implications of the Holocaust - Michael Berenbaum 12. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Reform Movement - Michael Marmur 13. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Conservative Movement - Shai Cherry 14. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Orthodox Movement - David Shatz 15. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Reconstructionist Movement - David Teutsch 16. Feminist Jewish Ethical Theories - Judith Plaskow 17. Postmodern Jewish Ethical Theories - Martin Kavka II. Topics in Jewish Morals 18. Introduction - Elliot N. Dorff and Jonathan K. Crane 19. Bioethics: The Beginning of Life - Elliot N. Dorff 20. Bioethics: The End of Life - Daniel Sinclair 21. Bioethics: The Distribution of Health Care - Aaron Mackler 22. Bioethics: Current and Future Issues in Genetics - Laurie Zoloth 23. Jewish Business Ethics - Barry Leff 24. Jewish Sexual Ethics - Danya Ruttenberg 25. Jewish Environmental Ethics - Arthur Waskow 26. Jewish Animal Ethics - Aaron Gross 27. Jewish Ethics of Speech - Alyssa Gray 28. Jewish Political Ethics in America - Jill Jacobs 29. Jewish Political Ethics in Israel - Reuven Hammer 30. Judaism and Criminal Justice - Laurie Levenson 31. Jewish Ethics and War - Asa Kasher List of Abbreviations Biblical, Rabbinic, and Medieval Sources Index Subject Index
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Oxford University Press Assuming Responsibility
Book SynopsisRecent decades have witnessed an enthusiastic retrieval of eudaimonism, according to which the virtuous life is the happy life. But the critique launched by Kant - that eudaimonism is egoistic and distorts the character of duty or obligation - has persisted. Should I develop the virtues because these are the traits I need in order to flourish? Is it facts about my own happiness that determine my obligations to others? In this book, Jennifer Herdt deftly sifts through these debates, showing why we should embrace ''ecstatic'' or ''goodness-prior'' eudaimonism while rejecting ''welfare-prior'' forms of eudaimonism. Grasping the character of ecstatic eudaimonism, she argues, has major implications, overcoming the common assumption of a sharp break between pagan and Christian eudaimonism, as well as of a late medieval or Protestant repudiation of eudaimonism in favor of divine command theory. Agents cannot rightly respond to the goods they encounter unless they respond to them precisely as Trade ReviewAssuming Responsibility is a stunning book. Jennifer Herdt ranges magisterially over a range of sources, extending from classical antiquity to the most recent debates in ethics, building a case with a power and elegance that will command the admiration and attention of theological and non-theological readers. This is a theological ethicist working at the height of her powers, synthesizing intellectual history, philosophy, and theology, to mount a bold and convincing thesis, which ends with joy, understood as delight in the good, fellowship, and answerability to others. * Christopher J. Insole, Durham University/Australian Catholic University *Bringing together moral philosophy and moral theology, Jennifer Herdt's Assuming Responsibility is a triumph of intellectual synthesis. Its advocacy of 'goodness-prior eudaimonism' is skillful and unmatched in its erudition. Her book will, in short, be required reading on eudaimonism and its history from now on. * Tom Angier, University of Cape Town *Historically informed, philosophically rigorous, and theologically insightful, this erudite and lucid book formulates and defends original and compelling conceptions of eudaimonia and obligation. At once a scholarly reconstruction of ancient, medieval, and early modern perspectives and a constructive contribution to contemporary debates, it demonstrates that eudaimonia and obligation are not ultimately rivals but have distinct yet complementary places in an account of the moral life. ... It is a conceptual achievement of the first rank and a landmark in the retrieval of eudaimonism in the field of Christian ethics. * Gerald P. McKenny, University of Notre Dame, Indiana *For too long, too many moral philosophers and theologians have thought that an account of the moral life that accents the virtues and human flourishing must forsake all talk of obligation and moral responsibility. In her terrific new book, Jennifer Herdt encourages us to think again. With a defence of eudaimonism that is ecstatic not egoistic and an account of obligation that is tethered to our ordinary practices of reason-giving, she offers an important and compelling corrective. More than that, ... she shows us how a life of right response to persons and value, to normative demands and deontic status, to grave injustice and horrific desecration, can be, by grace, a life of discipleship, a life that participates in the ecstatic character of God's love. * John Bowlin, Princeton Theological Seminary *Jennifer Herdt's Assuming Responsibility is a tightly written and well-crafted monograph focused on answering one of the most fundamental questions of ethics: What is the relationship between the human desire for happiness and morality?...Assuming Responsibility is one of the best books on this particular topic written by a Christian ethicist in a long time. It is lucidly written, well-organized, and learned. * Stephen J.Pope, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, Theological Studies 84(2) *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Seeking the Last End: Augustine and Aquinas 3: Duty and Obligation from Aquinas to Calvin 4: Goodness-Prior Eudaimonism 5: Obligation and Divine Commands 6: Obligation and Reason-Giving Relationships 7: From Form to Substance 8: Conclusion: From Responsibility to Friendship Postscript: Returning to God
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Oxford University Press Visions of Awakening Space and Time Dgen and the
Book SynopsisAs a religion concerned with eternal salvation, Zen is based on and grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Indeed, says Taigen Dan Leighton, Zen cannot be fully understood outside of a worldview that sees reality itself as a vital, ephemeral agent of awareness and healing. In this book, Leighton explicates that worldview through the writings of the Zen master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), considered the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen tradition, which is now spreading in many places in the West. Broader awareness of Dogen''s worldview and its implications, says Leighton, is helpful for a modern understanding of Zen and Mahayana praxis, and is relevant to contemporary environmental and ethical concerns.Trade Review"Leighton's clear, articulate prose renders Dogen's writings alive, accessible, and relevant to life in the twenty-first century."-Philosophy East and WestTable of ContentsI. THE PIVOTAL LOTUS STORY AND DOGEN'S WORLDVIEW ; II. . Hermeneutics and Discourse Styles in Study of the Lotus Sutra and Dogen ; III. . Selected East Asian Interpretations of the Story ; IV. . Dogen's Interpretations of this Lotus Sutra Story ; V. . Dogen's View of Earth, Space, and Time Seen in Mahayana Context ; AFTERWORD: IMPLICATIONS OF DOGEN'S MAHAYANA WORLDVIEW
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British Academy Understanding Human Dignity Vol. 192 Proceedings of the British Academy
Book SynopsisThe concept of 'human dignity' has become central to politics, law and theology but is little understood. This book presents a wide-ranging collection of edited essays from specialists in law, theology, politics and history and seeks to define the main areas of current debates about the concept in these disciplines.Trade ReviewThe genesis of this truly remarkable collection of essays and papers ... [draws] together a stellar, multidisciplinary group including historians, legal academics, judges, political scientists, theologians and philosophers, to discuss the concept of human dignity from their various disciplinary perspectives ... It is that interdisciplinary flavour which gives the book its greatest strength * David Turner, QC, Ecclesiastical Law Journal *Understanding Human Dignity is a highly recommendable transdisciplinary book, which provides both a good overview and in depth analysis of contemporary debates about dignity. What makes it particularly valuable and enriching is the constant dialogue between theory and practice in mutually illuminating ways, where conceptual analyses of various ways of grounding and approaching dignity interact with analyses of a rich variety of concrete material from law cases or historical cases. * Iben Damgaard, Theologische Literaturzeitung *Table of ContentsPART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ; PART II: DIGNITY CRITIQUES ; PART III: THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ; PART IV: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ; PART V: JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES ; PART VI: APPLICATIONS ; PART VII: WAYS FORWARD?
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Oxford University Press Inc Compassionate Reasoning Changing the Mind to
Book SynopsisPeople who work in helping professions have in common, Marc Gopin argues, a set of cultivated moral character traits and psychosocial skills. They tend to be kinder, more reasonable, more self-controlled, and more goal-oriented to peace. They are united by a particular set of moral values and the emotional skills to put those values into practice, allowing them to excel in what he callsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Compassion, Reasoning, and the Urgency of Healing Divided Societies 2. The Theory and Practice of Compassionate Reasoning 3. Compassionate Reasoning, the Mind, and Moral Choice 4. Violent Ideas Treated as Disease and Compassionate Reasoning as Treatment: A Public Health Analogy 5. The Applied Ethics and Habits of Compassionate Reasoning 6. Summary of the Argument of Compassionate Reasoning: Changing the Mind to Change the World and Implications for Training References Index
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Oxford University Press Inc American Catholicism Transformed From the Cold
Book SynopsisTrade Reviewa sure guide * James M. O'Toole, Church History *Well-written and based on a rich and updated bibliography...it is not only a useful tool for understanding the way the Second Vatican Council changed American Catholicism, but also a book that manages to satisfy the curiosity of a reader who wants to find more about how the Church and social life interacted. * Iuliu-Marius Morariu, Babels-Bolyai University *An excellent addition to scholarship. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPreface: The Post-War World and the Council Acknowledgments Abbreviations Part I: From the Cold War to Civil Rights 1. From World War II to Cold War Catholicism 2. Religious Renewal in the Context of Secularism 3. Diversities, Silence, and Open Conflict 4. Civil Rights and Catholic Mobilization Part II: The Second Vatican Council 5. The Preparatory Phases 1959-1962 6. The First Session 7. Interim Periods, Debates on the Church and Liturgy 8. Building Bridges to the World 1963-1965 9. The Word in the World 1964-1965 10. Epilogue: Spirit and Letter Bibliography Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Attunement
Book SynopsisWhat is a feminist theologian to do with Christianity''s patriarchal inheritance? She can avoid the most patriarchal aspects of the theological tradition and seek resources for constructive work elsewhere. Or she can critique misogynistic texts and artifacts, exposing their strategies of domination to warn against replicating them. Both approaches have merits and yet, without other interpretive strategies, they reaffirm that the theological tradition does not belong to women and others marginalized by gender. They cannot transform the discourse. But within feminist theology are the seeds of another approach, aimed at just such transformation by reworking the theological landscape to become hospitable to all those marginalized by gender. Attunement: The Art and Politics of Feminist Theology identifies trajectories resonant with this alternative approach and from them, describes and develops attunement as a third, generative path for feminist theologians.Attunement is an aesthetically-invested approach to texts and artifacts that self-consciously co-creates as it interprets. Aware of what the text affords the reader, attunement constellates images, texts, and insights to build or augment positive affordances in the text and diminish negative ones. Natalie Carnes describes why this approach is significant for feminist theology, maps its roots in a long history of gender-marginalized individuals claiming authority, describes how it casts interpretation as both an aesthetic and political event, and notes how it might provide a way forward in vexed topics in feminist theology.
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Oxford University Press Oxford A Level Religious Studies for OCR
Book SynopsisPlease note this book is suitable for any student studying:Exam board: OCRLevel: A LevelSubject: Religious EducationFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2018Oxford A Level Religious Studies for OCR is a brand new course developed by renowned authors Libby Ahluwalia and Robert Bowie for the 2016 OCR specification. This textbook supports a deep engagement with philosophy, ethics and the study of Christianity using language and an approach accessible to all students. Key terms are clearly defined, and case studies and scenarios are used to give students a practical understanding of key theories and how they might be applied to the big ethical and philosophical questions of the day. The book includes a section on ''Developments in Christian Thought'' to support the new requirement for a systematic study of a religious tradition. There is also dedicated support for developing students'' essay-writing skills, as well as revision summaries and practice questions to ensure students
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Oxford University Press Oxford A Level Religious Studies for OCR AS and
Book SynopsisOxford A Level Religious Studies for OCR is a brand new course developed by renowned authors Libby Ahluwalia and Robert Bowie for the 2016 OCR specification. This textbook has been endorsed by OCR and supports a deep engagement with philosophy, ethics and the study of Christianity using an approach accessible to all students.
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Oxford University Press In Defence of War
Book SynopsisPacifism is popular. Many hold that war is unnecessary, since peaceful means of resolving conflict are always available, if only we had the will to look for them. Or they believe that war is wicked, essentially involving hatred of the enemy and carelessness of human life. Or they posit the absolute right of innocent individuals not to be deliberately killed, making it impossible to justify war in practice. Peace, however, is not simple. Peace for some can leave others at peace to perpetrate mass atrocity. What was peace for the West in 1994 was not peace for the Tutsis of Rwanda. Therefore, against the virus of wishful thinking, anti-military caricature, and the domination of moral deliberation by rights-talk In Defence of War asserts that belligerency can be morally justified, even though tragic and morally flawed.Trade ReviewThere is a serious disconnect between scholars exploring just war theory and those engaging the Christian just war tradition. The language of religion is foreign to many in the secular camp thereby leaving us bereft of a rich and sometimes compelling perspective. Provocatively titled, In Defence of War brings this tradition to the fore. It is well worth the read. * Michael L. Gross, Mind *In Defence of War is an excellent book ... Combining deep understanding of the just-war tradition with impressive knowledge of military history, this book makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate. I highly recommend it * James Anderson, Expository Times *Nigel Biggars In Defence of War is, in my judgment, the best contemporary theological exploration of the ethics of war since the work of Paul Ramsey ... A robust book like In Defence of War, which has its own internal dialogues among different ethical frames, is a contribution that should be respected and taken seriously across the range of all who address military ethics * James Turner Johnson, Journal of Military Ethics *a well argued and worthy read ... [Biggar] has a forensic eye for detail and argues persuasively, yet, given the emotions that are triggered during any debate on war, this book will, as any good book should, divide opinion. * Daniel Fiott, Politics and Governance *This is a significant book. It provides a defense and clarification of just war theory within the Christian tradition through a series of extended engagements with Christian and secular critics of that theory. Biggar makes a clear and important case, and does so with impressive learning and literary style * Kenneth R. Himes, Theological Studies *In Defence of War is a searching, challenging book. It deserves much discussion * John Kelsay, Studies in Christian Ethics *There are many fine books on the morality of war, but every so often a book comes along that really distinguishes itself in the field. Paul Ramsey's The Just War (1968) was certainly one. Appearing as it did in the midst of the Vietnam conflict, it served as a kind of bellwether of Christian moral reflection on a host of complex issues surrounding a controversial war. Nigel Biggar's new book is the same sort of text that comes to us in the aftermath of another very controversial conflict, the invasion of Iraq by the United States and Britain. Biggar's book is a veritable tour de force in Christian ethical reflection on war and surely the best such text that has appeared since Ramsey's work. * Darrell Cole, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *Passionately provocative and meticulously researched ... a special and splendid read ....[t]his is a significant volume that by its scope and depth moves beyond many recent publications and in so doing shows the utility of a properly constituted just-war tradition in today's uncertain and volatile world. * The Journal of Theological Studies *Combining deep understanding of the just-war tradition with impressive knowledge of military history, this book makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate. I highly recommend it. * James Anderson, The Expository Times *Its detailed elaboration of just war theory and the application to recent international conflicts make it very useful reading for anyone interested in the ethics of war. It is also provocative, which in applied ethics is a virtue rather than a vice. * Goran Collste, Philosophical Quarterly *This is a book that everyone interested in peace should read. * Dr Peter Howson, Methodist Recorder *This is a major contribution to the literature on the morality of war, written in two voices, one argumentative, the other reflective and open to other perspectives... a rich reflection on a wealth of literature, historical and contemporary, addressing the justifications for making war. * George Wilkes, Scottish Journal of Theology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Against the Virus of Wishful Thinking ; 1. Against Christian Pacifism ; 2. Love in War ; 3. The Principle of Double Effect: Can it Survive Combat? ; 4. Proportionality: Lessons from the Somme and the First World War ; 5. Against Legal Positivism and Liberal Individualism ; 6. On Not Always Giving the Devil Benefit of Law: Legality, Morality, and Kosovo ; 7. Constructing Judgement: The Case of Iraq ; Conclusion ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Reinhold Niebuhr Oxford
Book SynopsisThis authoritative Handbook features 38 chapters placing Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) in his historical context to offer readers an appreciation of his insights and how he was received by his contemporaries.Trade ReviewThis handbook is a worthy predecessor of Kegley's and Bretall's important 1956 volume Reinhold Niebuhr: His Religious, Social, and Political Thought...it enriches the literature and allows younger students and scholars to get an impression of the width and depth of Niebuhr's life and work. * Christoph Rohde, Religion and the Liberal State in Niebuhr's Christian Realism *As K. Healan Gaston says, studying Niebuhr will continue "to engage those who care about religion, politics, and the quest for earthly justice." This book serves as a terrific springboard for such study. * Barbara Ridpath, Christian Century *The editors describe this handbook as "an attempt to set Niebuhr in his own context and consider the relevance of his thought for our world today" — and this it does very well. * Rt Revd Dr John Saxbee, The Church Times *This handbook is a worthy predecessor of Kegley's and Bretall's important 1956 volume Reinhold Niebuhr: His Religious, Social, and Political Thought. * Christoph Rohde, Foreign Affairs and Security Policy *Table of ContentsList of Contributors Robin Lovin and Joshua Mauldin: Introduction PART I: NIEBUHR AND HIS TIMES 1: K. Healan Gaston: Niebuhr's Background: Family, Church, and Society 2: Jeremy Sabella: The 1930s: Economic Crisis and 'The End of an Era' 3: Graeme Smith: The 1940s: Global War and Global Responsibility 4: Andrew Finstuen: The 1950s: The Ironies of American Power 5: Gary Dorrien: The 1960s: The Struggle for Justice and the 'View from the Sidelines' PART II: ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES 6: William Stacy Johnson: H. Richard Niebuhr 7: Joshua Mauldin: Karl Barth 8: William Inboden: George Kennan 9: Daniel Rice: John Dewey 10: Adam Pryor: Paul Tillich 11: Francesca Cadeddu: John Courtney Murray 12: Susannah Heschel: Abraham Heschel 13: Peter J. Paris: Martin Luther King, Jr. PART III: THEOLOGICAL STARTING POINTS 14: Douglas F. Ottati: God 15: Richard Crouter: Sin 16: Frederick V. Simmons: Love 17: D. Stephen Long: Christology 18: David True: Ecclesiology 19: Jodie L. Lyon: Eschatology PART IV: ETHICS 20: Kevin Carnahan: Moral Realism 21: Gerald McKenny: Human Nature and Moral Norms 22: Robin Lovin: Justice 23: William Schweiker: Responsibility 24: Daniel A. Morris: Tragedy and Irony 25: Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty: Feminism 26: Eric Gregory: Democracy PART V: POLITICS AND POLICY 27: G. Scott Davis: Violence, Pacifism, and the Use of Force 28: C. Melissa Snarr: Economic Justice 29: Alda Balthrop-Lewis: Nature and Environment 30: Traci C. West: Racial Justice 31: Rebekah Miles: Family, Sexuality, and Society 32: Heather A. Warren: American Foreign Policy 33: Richard J. Hoskins: International Relations Theory 34: Scott Paeth: Nations and Nationalism PART VI: NIEBUHR'S LEGACY 35: Stanley Hauerwas: Reinhold Niebuhr: An Insightful Theologian 36: Jeffrey Stout: The Ironies of Proximate Justice 37: John Bew: The Art of Imperial Politics and the Interminable Frustrations of History 38: Robin Lovin: Two Students: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Kiyoko Takeda
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Oxford University Press Catholic Social Teaching and Labour Law
Book SynopsisCatholic Social Teaching and Labour Law explores the contribution that religious ethics makes to debates on justice in working life. Many faiths include beliefs about the significance of work to human development and the need for work to be performed under conditions that uphold dignity, equality, and solidarity . This book considers how the substantive provisions of labour law reflect prior ethical choices about how workers should be treated, and how beliefs from Catholicism influence these.This book provides a thorough account of the principles found in Catholic Social Teaching (CST), and how these impact human work and labour rights . It tests the contemporary relevance of its principles by applying them to current debates, using EU labour law as a case study. Specifically, it examines CST on the right to a just wage, the right to rest, worker participation, and equality and discrimination. The book finds that CST offers fresh insights on long-standing injustices in the labour markeTable of Contents1: Religion, Theology, and Labour Law 2: Catholic Social Teaching: An Introduction 3: Human Work and Catholic Social Teaching 4: Labour Rights and Catholic Social Teaching 5: The Right to a Just Wage 6: The Right to Rest 7: Worker Participation 8: Equality and Discrimination 9: The Contribution of Catholic Social Teaching to Labour Law
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Oxford University Press Distant Markets Distant Harms Economic Complicity And Christian Ethics
Book SynopsisDistant Harms, Distant Markets looks at moral complicity in markets, employing resources from sociology, early Christian history, feminism, legal theory, and Catholic moral theology today. The authors skillfully explore the causal and moral responsibilities which consumers bear for the harms that markets cause to distant others.Trade ReviewThis set of essays, individually and as a group, offer a very strong, diversified yet coherent treatment of a crucial question for economic ethics - moral causality in complex market relationships. I would find this volume very helpful for my own research and writing in economic ethics, and could foresee assigning it to advanced undergraduates or graduates in courses on economic ethics, or Catholic/Christian social thought. * Christine Firer Hinze, Fordham University *Table of ContentsTable of Contents ; List of Contributors ; Introduction ; Sociological Resources ; 1. Who is Responsible? Critical Realism, Market Harms, and Collective Responsibility ; Douglas Porpora ; 2. Structural Conditioning and Personal Reflexivity: Sources of Market Complicity, Critique, and Change ; Margaret Archer ; 3. Morality of Action, Reflexivity, and the Relational Subject ; Pierpaolo Donati ; 4. Global Warming: A Case Study in Structure, Agency, and Accountability ; John Coleman, S.J. ; Historical Resources ; 5. Early Christian Philanthropy as a <"Marketplace>" and the Moral Responsibility of Market Participants ; Brian Matz ; 6. How a Thomistic Moral Framework Can Take Social Causality Seriously ; Mary Hirschfeld ; Analytical Resources ; 7. Facing Forward: Feminist Analysis of Care and Agency on a Global Scale ; Christina Traina ; 8. The African Concept of Community and Individual in the Context of the Market ; Paul Appiah Himin Asante ; 9. Individuating Collective Responsibility ; Albino Barrera, O.P. ; Implications ; 10. Social Causality and Market Complicity: Specifying the Causal Roles of Persons and Structures ; Daniel K. Finn
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Oxford University Press Biblical Natural Law
Book SynopsisNatural law theory is controversial today because it presumes that there is a stable ''human nature'' that is subject to a ''law.'' How do we know that ''human nature'' is stable and not ever-evolving? How can we expect ''law'' not to constrict human freedom and potential? Furthermore if there is a ''law,'' there must be a lawgiver. Matthew Levering argues that natural law theory makes sense only within a broader worldview, and that the Bible sketches both such a persuasive worldview and an account of natural law that offers an exciting portrait of the moral life. To establish the relevance of biblical readings to the wider philosophical debate on natural law, this study offers an overview of modern natural law theories from Cicero to Nietzsche, which reverse the biblical portrait by placing human beings at the center of the moral universe. Whereas the biblical portrait of natural law is other-directed, ordered to self-giving love, the modern accounts turn inward upon the self. DrawingTrade ReviewMatthew Levering brings his customary high level of research and insight to an entangled and prickly topic...a clearly thought-out consideration of an important, practical subject that will serve its readers well. * Mark McDowell, Themelios *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Bible and Natural Law ; 2. Anthropocentric Natural Law ; 3. Natural Law and Natural Inclinations ; 4. Natural Law and the Order of Charity ; Conclusion
£175.00
Oxford University Press Christian Ethics
Book SynopsisIn this Very Short Introduction D. Stephen Long examines the sources, history and contemporary theorists involved in the study of Christian ethics. Using examples of specific practical matters such as sex, money, and power, Long argues that Christian ethics are the cultivation of practical wisdom that comes from many diverse sources.Trade Reviewserves to bring to the fore some characteristically Catholic emphases often neglected by Protestants. It could serve as a very useful 'very short introduction to Catholic ethics' for those who have been exposed only to the Protestant tradition. * Jonathan Chaplin, Churchman *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Sources ; 2. History ; 3. Christian ethics in and beyond modernity ; 4. Sex, money, and power: some questions for christian ethics
£9.49
Oxford University Press Biblical Prophets and Contemporary Environmental Ethics
Book SynopsisIn the context of growing concern over climate change and other environmental pressures, Biblical Prophets and Contemporary Environmental Ethics explores what an ecological reading of the biblical text can contribute to contemporary environmental ethics. The Judaeo-Christian tradition has been held partly to blame for a negative attitude to creation - one that has legitimised the exploitative use of the earth''s resources. Hilary Marlow explores some of the thinking in the history of the Christian tradition that has contributed to such a perception, before discussing a number of approaches to reading the Old Testament from an ecological perspective. Through a detailed exegetical study of the texts of the biblical prophets Amos, Hosea and First Isaiah, Marlow examines the portrayal of the relationship between YHWH the God of Israel, humanity and the non-human creation. In the course of this exegesis, searching questions emerge: what are the various understandings of the non-human creaTrade ReviewThe book provides excellent background for anyone working or teaching in the area of Bible and ecology. It covers much groundhistorically, theologically, and exegeticallywith admirable brevity and great clarity; the superb bibliography points the way for further work * Ellen F. Davis, Interpretation *anyone working in the field of the Bible and environment will welcome this addition to the scholarly literature. * J. W. Rogerson, Journal of Theological Studies *Marlow offers a biologically rich and morally sensitive account of the themes of the earth ... The book is beautifully produced, clearly and engagingly written and richly researched and makes an important contribution to the ongoing reocvery of the Old Testament as a source of ecological wisdom rather than of odium. * Michael Northcott, Expository Times *Table of ContentsForeword by John Barton ; Introduction ; 1. Creation in Church History ; 2. Nature Versus History: An Artificial Divide ; 3. Ecological Hermeneutics: Meaning and Method ; 4. Who Can But Prophesy? Creation Dialogue in the Book of Amos ; 5. The People do not Know: Covenantal Failure in the Book of Hosea ; 6. The Vineyard of the Lord of Hosts: YHWH, the People and the Land in Isaiah 1-39 ; 7. The Old Testament Prophets and Environmental Ethics: A Dialogue
£97.38
Oxford University Press Roman Christianity and Roman Stoicism
Book SynopsisChristianity is commonly held to have introduced an entirely new and better morality into the ancient world, a new morality that was decidedly universal, in contrast to the ethics of the philosophical schools which were only concerned with the intellectual few. Runar M. Thorsteinsson presents a challenge to this view by comparing Christian morality in first-century Rome with contemporary Stoic ethics in the city.Thorsteinsson introduces and discusses the moral teaching of Roman Stoicism; of Seneca, Musonius Rufus, and Epictetus. He then presents the moral teaching of Roman Christianity as it is represented in Paul''s Letter to the Romans, the First Letter of Peter, and the First Letter of Clement. Having established the bases for his comparison, he examines the similarities and differences between Roman Stoicism and Roman Christianity in terms of morality.Five broad themes are used for the comparison, questions of Christian and Stoic views about: a particular morality or way of life asTrade ReviewIn this excellent study, Runar M. Thorsteinsson adds significantly to our knowledge of the similarities and possible interactions between Roman Stoicism and what he defines as Roman Christianity in the realm of ethics and morality Its conclusions will be controversial to many, but as they clearly emerge from a process of careful and well conducted historical research, they must be taken into account by anyone seriously engaged with ancient philosophy and early Christian studies. * Stefan Nordgaard, Review of Biblical Literature *Table of ContentsI: MORAL TEACHING IN ROMAN STOCISM; II: MORAL TEACHING IN ROMAN CHRISTIANITY; III: ROMAN CHRISTAINITY AND ROMAN STOCISM: A COMPARISON
£35.59
Oxford University Press Ravished by Beauty
Book SynopsisIn this novel exploration of Reformed spirituality, Belden C. Lane uncovers a green theology that celebrates a community of jubilant creatures of all languages and species. Lane reveals an ecologically sensitive Calvin who spoke of himself as ''''ravished'''' by the earth''s beauty. He speaks of Puritans who fostered a ''''lusty'''' spirituality in which Christ figured as a lover who encouraged meditation on the wonders of creation. He presents a Jonathan Edwards who urged a sensuous ''''enjoyment'''' of God''s beauty as the only real way of knowing God.Lane argues for the ''''double irony'''' of Reformed spirituality, showing that Calvinists who often seem prudish and proper are in fact a people of passionate desire. Similarly, Reformed Christians who appear totally focused on divine transcendence turn out at times to be closet nature mystics, exulting in God''s glory everywhere. Lane also demonstrates, however, that a spirituality of desire can be derailed, ending in sexual excess anTrade ReviewLane scores on every shot . . . In addition to rich quotes from others, Lane offers his own memorable thoughts, his words elegant as brocade in color and texture, scholarly but never stultifying. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsPrologue: Ring Lake Ranch, Wyoming ; Chapter One: The Double Irony of Reformed Spirituality: Nature, Desire and the Easily-Diverted Quest for God's Beauty ; Landscapes of Desire: The Whole World Singing: A Journey to Iona and Taize ; Chapter Two: John Calvin on the World as a Theater of God's Glory ; Landscapes of Desire: Can We Chant Psalms with All God's Creatures? ; Chapter Three: Nature and Desire in Seventeenth-Century Puritanism ; Landscapes of Desire: Open the Kingdom for a Cottonwood Tree ; Chapter Four: The Schooling of Desire: Nature's Purifying Role in Affliction ; Landscapes of Desire: Biodiversity and the Holy Trinity ; Chapter Five: Jonathan Edwards on Beauty, Desire, and the Sensory World ; Landscapes of Desire: On Pilgrimage with Jonathan Edwards ; Chapter Six: Transformed by Beauty: Environmental Ethics and the Wildness of God ; Epilogue: Dead Creek, East Saint Louis
£37.82
The University of Chicago Press Politics and the Order of Love An Augustinian
Book SynopsisAugustine - for all of his influence on Western culture and politics - was hardly a liberal. Drawing from theology, feminist theory, and political philosophy, this title offers a liberal ethics of citizenship, one less susceptible to anti-liberal critics because it is informed by the Augustinian tradition.Trade Review"Gregory has shaped the parameters of future discussion and offers a compelling argument that must be taken seriously." - Choice "Eric Gregory is the most sophisticated and subtle Christian ethical and political thinker of his generation. He also is a major voice in contemporary discourse on love and justice, freedom, and democracy. His powerful defense of Augustinian civic liberalism is a tour de force!" - Cornel West "A joy to read.... A return to an Augustine that Augustine himself would have recognized." - Christian Century"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Politics and the Order of Love
Book SynopsisAugustine - for all of his influence on Western culture and politics - was hardly a liberal. Drawing from theology, feminist theory, and political philosophy, this title offers a liberal ethics of citizenship, one less susceptible to anti-liberal critics because it is informed by the Augustinian tradition.Trade Review"Gregory has shaped the parameters of future discussion and offers a compelling argument that must be taken seriously." - Choice "Eric Gregory is the most sophisticated and subtle Christian ethical and political thinker of his generation. He also is a major voice in contemporary discourse on love and justice, freedom, and democracy. His powerful defense of Augustinian civic liberalism is a tour de force!" - Cornel West "A joy to read.... A return to an Augustine that Augustine himself would have recognized." - Christian Century"
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Putting On Virtue
Book SynopsisAugustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan Rome were nothing more than splendid vices. This title reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern Christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought.Trade Review"This first-rate work deserves wide reading.... By demonstrating a keen command of theological and philosophical issues, it easily finds a place among the finest works on theological ethics. Essential." (Choice)"
£34.20
Columbia University Press Religion and Ecology
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA very impressive book; a visionary synthesis of the most important issues concerning the intersection of science, religion, politics, and philosophy. Bauman weaves a complex and powerful narrative in his constitution of a planetary community. Religion and Ecology is a unique contribution to a growing body of work that critically rethinks our ideas of nature to vitalize the possibilities of material and ecological thinking. -- Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas Scholarship has needed this book for quite a while, one that boldly synthesizes new materialism, queer theory, ecology, and spirituality. -- Tim Morton, Rice University If I could send Obama, Xi Jinping, and Angela Merkel a book (and they would promise to study it), this would be it. These powerful politicians need to understand that their ethical obligations in the twenty-first century will not be toward globalized beings but rather planetary Being, that is, people, animals, and plants who perform their identities rather than submit to them. These are also Beings who know there is no certainty when it comes to performance because, as Bauman says, 'the only certainty is that when certainty is imposed on the world love is impossible and violence is inevitable.' This is a book philosophers, theologians, and scientists will debate for a very long time. -- Santiago Zabala, ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona and coautho,r with Gianni Vattimo, of Hermeneutic Communism Any self-respecting earthling will love this book. Bauman invites us to the 'polyamoury of place' for a new powow of science, religion, and nature. His dazzlingly engaging investigation does not close in our possibilities; deftly subversive, queerly erudite, it does not just analyze, it activates our 'becoming with earth others.' -- Catherine Keller, Drew University Bauman's book [is] the best available book on the subject. -- Andrew J. Spencer Environmental Ethics Because this book brings together so many different perspectives and issues, it is especially helpful for religion scholars and theologians who are not familiar with environmental issues, but it will also be of interest to environmental ethicists and ecotheologians, who will find Bauman's use of queer theory and his critique of bioregionalism both original and constructive. -- Anna Peterson Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and EcologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Emergence of Planetary Identities 1. Religion and Science in Dialogue 2. Destabilizing Nature: Natura Naturans, Emergence, and Evolution's Rainbow 3. Destabilizing Religion: The Death of God, a Viable Agnosticism, and the Embrace of Polydoxy 4. Destabilizing Identity: Beyond Identity Solipsism 5. The Emergence of Ecoreligious Identities 6. Developing Planetary Environmental Ethics: A Nomadic Polyamory of Place 7. Challenging Human Exceptionalism: Human Becoming, Technology, Earth Others, and Planetary Identities Notes Glossary Works Cited Index
£73.60
Columbia University Press The Question of the Animal and Religion
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWith this highly original and exciting book, Aaron S. Gross stands at the cutting edge of a radical reconsideration of the nature of religiosity and theological reflection. Beautifully written, this book has to be read by anyone with an interest in the study of religion. -- Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College Starting from the scandal evoked by the revelation of grossly cruel practices in kosher slaughterhouses in the United States, and the subsequent defense of these practices by leading figures in Orthodox Jewry, Aaron S. Gross proceeds to a wide-ranging exploration of the justification of slaughter in Abrahamic religion and into our willed blindness to the animal as a religious subject. His philosophical and theological inquiries are driven by well-justified ethical concern at what factory farming, buttressed by so-called animal science, tells about the age we live in. -- J.M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature A leading young scholar in the emerging field of animal studies, Gross reveals the deep binaries around which most dominant religious worldviews, as well as the Enlightenment-vectored study of religion, have always revolved-human/animal, subject/object, culture/nature, self/other. Without a radical surrender of these divisions, which render animals as but 'a foil and shadow of the human world,' no legitimate theorizing about religion can take place. Nor is any true religious life possible. Echoing two heartbreaking cries to heaven, separated by eighteen hundred years-the plea of a calf seeking refuge from kosher slaughter in the robes of Rabbi Judah the Prince and the screams of cattle half-butchered but still alive in the now-infamous 'kosher' meat-processing plant in Postville, Iowa-this work makes its own unforgettable plea. Do we have the courage to sacrifice sacrifice itself? There will be no getting around this book. -- Kimberley C. Patton, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University The Question of the Animal and Religion makes a significant contribution to both the larger field of animal studies and the smaller subdiscipline of animal studies in religion. This is in part because Aaron S. Gross's case study on the brutal and systematic animal cruelty at a kosher-meat-producing company is so important, and especially because Gross's is the first work in animal studies in religion to present such a thorough methodological approach. -- Barbara K. Darling, Wheaton College The Question of the Animal and Religion makes a crucial contribution to the emerging field of animals and religion. As of today, I cannot name another study that has specifically analyzed the thinking of the foundational theorists of religious studies such as Mircea Eliade, Emile Durkheim, and J.Z. Smith in regard to animals. -- Barbara Rossetti Ambros, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Question of the Animal and Religion persuasively demonstrates the need to extend our understanding of religion beyond the human drama to include, as Gross insists, the drama of living itself. This book deserves to be taken seriously. Reading Religion Gross's book marks a welcome and important step in bringing animal studies to the study of religion, and religion to animal studies. -- Katharine Mershon Journal of ReligionTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Ethical Tropes in American Kosher Certification 2. The Event and Response 3. The Absent Presence: Animals in the History of the Study of Religion 4. After the Subject: Hunter-Gatherers and the Reimagination of Religion 5. Disavowal, War, Sacrifice: Jacques Derrida and the Reimagination of Religion 6. Sacrificing Animals and Being a Mensch: Dominion, Reverence, and the Meaning of Modern Meat Epilogue Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
£73.60
Penguin Books Ltd A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart
Book Synopsis''Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, the command to love one''s enemy is an absolute necessity for our survival''Advocating love as strength and non-violence as the most powerful weapon there is, these sermons and writings from the heart of the civil rights movement show Martin Luther King''s rhetorical power at its most fiery and uplifting.One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
£8.04
University of Illinois Press The Global Guide to Animal Protection
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary compendium of worldwide animal rights issuesTrade Review "Even when faced with urgent human problems, we should not overlook the issue of justice to animals. . . . This Global Guide reflects a growing worldwide sensitivity to animals and a developing sense that--as a matter of justice--they deserve our compassion and respect. It has my warm support."--Archbishop Desmond Tutu, from the book's foreword "This book provides an excellent reserve of examples that will be useful in a variety of pedagogical context."--Modern Believing "This broadly appealing multidisciplinary work will interest scholars in the sciences and humanities as well as general readers committed to animal welfare issues. While it draws attention to many contemptible forms of animal abuse, it also offers glimmers of hope by highlighting the positive work of numerous animal advocates who work to protect our nonhuman cohabitants of planet Earth."--Marc R. Fellenz, author of The Moral Menagerie: Philosophy and Animal Rights"An excellent and trusted resource."--The Vegan "An intriguing array of eye-opening information, covering economic, legal, religious, ecological, moral, and biomedical viewpoints."--Choice
£103.00
University of Illinois Press The Ethical Case against Animal Experiments
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This well-referenced A4-sized volume performs the valuable service of throwing open the doors of a hidden world and exposing the multiple ethical compromises that perpetuate it." --Studies in Christian Ethics"At a time when the necessity for animal experimentation has been called more and more into doubt, the Linzeys show how deep-seated research paradigms, institutional inertia, and money from the biomedical industry can persuade an esteemed university like Oxford to press on with practices that to any dispassionate observer must seem barbaric. Their analysis is backed up by an impressive set of essays by philosophers, lawyers, and scientists."--J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Laureate for Literature"Essential reading. A comprehensive ethical analysis of animal experiments. Bound to become a classic."--Sir David Madden, Senior Member, St Antony's College, Oxford"This well-referenced A4-sized volume performs the valuable service of throwing open the doors of a hidden world and exposing the multiple ethical compromises that perpetuate it." --Studies in Christian Ethics
£77.35
University of Illinois Press The Spirit of Soul Food
Book SynopsisSoul food has played a critical role in preserving Black history, community, and culinary genius. It is also a response to--and marker of--centuries of food injustice. Given the harm that our food production system inflicts upon Black people, what should soul food look like today?Christopher Carter's answer to that question merges a history of Black American foodways with a Christian ethical response to food injustice. Carter reveals how racism and colonialism have long steered the development of US food policy. The very food we grow, distribute, and eat disproportionately harms Black people specifically and people of color among the global poor in general. Carter reflects on how people of color can eat in a way that reflects their cultural identities while remaining true to the principles of compassion, love, justice, and solidarity with the marginalized. Both a timely mediation and a call to action, The Spirit of Soul Food places today's Black foodways at the crossroads of food jusTrade Review"The Spirit of Soul Food is a must-read for anyone interested in challenging the industrial food system in practical terms." --Reading Religion"Christopher Carter's The Spirit of Soul Food is a deeply enlightening discussion of food, foodways, and how the lived experiences of people can shape and be shaped by what they grow, acquire, and eat." --Journal of Folklore Research Reviews“I've never read a book like this before! Part history book, part cookbook, part call-to-action and resource for spiritual formation. The Spirit of Soul Food is suited for a variety of audiences ready for the timely challenge of inviting a deeper integration of our ethics, actions, and daily bread.”--Rev. Dr. Heber Brown III, Pleasant Hope Baptist Church"Carter’s excellent book breaks important new ground at the crucial nexus of race, religion, food, animals, and the environment. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to address this cutting-edge territory, which is crucial for the futures of human and more-than-human life."--David L. Clough, University of ChesterTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction: Knowing, Eating, and Believing 11 Transatlantic Soul 222 Food Pyramid Scheme 573 Being Human as Praxis 874 Tasting Freedom 122Conclusion: Food Deserts and Desserts 157Notes 165Index 179
£68.25
University of Illinois Press Animal Theology
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Linzey is Britain's foremost animal rights theologian, and his carefully constructed argument is a striking challenge to the way we live and think."--Walter Schwarz, The Tablet"Combines a level of scholarship and thought with passion and imagination, sensitivity and humor that could well change the reader's way of looking at the world."--Bishop John Austin Baker, Church"An excellent book. Clearly written, logically organized, and exhibits sound scholarship. What Christianity can offer to the animal rights debate more than anything else is what Linzey calls the 'generosity paradigm.'"--Daniel A. Dombrowski, author of Hartshorne and the Metaphysics of Animal Rights
£25.86
University of Illinois Press A Brief Liberal Catholic Defense of Abortion
Book SynopsisThe Catholic church has always opposed abortion, but - contrary to popular belief - not always for the same reasons. This study argues that the Catholic anti-abortion stance is justified neither by modern embryology nor by ancient church teachings. It embraces and evaluates the complexities of historical Catholic positions on abortion.Trade Review"Calmly reasoned, carefully explained, and terribly important." --Garry Wills, Chicago Sun-Times"A model of reasoned discourse about an inflammatory issue. I cannot think of a Catholic--or any thoughtful person--who would not benefit from it." -- Anthony Padovano, Conscience"This well-argued and well-researched book makes an excellent contribution to the debate on abortion. . . . [The authors] bring new light to the history of Catholic thought and a fresh perspective that will benefit participants on all sides of the abortion controversy."--Choice"The two scholars offer [this volume] not as 'free-floating theists' but as Catholics retrieving a complex history of debate on the subject. . . . In tracing the changing Catholic views, the scholars defend the moral permissibility of abortion in the first trimester and offer a sexual ethic that focuses on issues of respect and agapic love rather than procreation, marriage, or even heterosexuality."--Nina C. Ayoub, Note Bene, The Chronicle of Higher Education"Helpful for the ways in which it nuances the church's response to abortion, illuminating how the grounds of its opposition have changed from perversity to ontology. . . . A critical retrieval of Augustine and Aquinas supports their position that fetuses are not necessarily persons."--Donna M. McKenzie, Religious Studies Review"A valuable book, which argues that a pro-choice position on early abortion is at least as consistent with the Roman Catholic tradition as the strict anti-abortion stance of contemporary Church leaders."--Ethics"Dan Dombrowski and Robert Deltete's excellent book on a liberal Catholic defense of abortion definitively shows that the current teachings of the Roman Catholic Church--that all abortion is murder from the first moment of conception--is not in accord with Catholic tradition over more than eighteen centuries. A careful study of the Catholic tradition of such major theologians as Thomas Aquinas, in the context of modern embryology, in fact, supports the pro-choice position in the first two trimesters. The authors argue that, at the very least, the morality of abortion in the early months should be an open and not a closed question for Catholics."--Rosemary Radford Ruether, Georgia Harkness Professor of Applied Theology, Northwestern University and author of Women and Redemption: A Theological History and Sexism and God-Talk: A Theological History
£16.14
University of Illinois Press God Science Sex Gender
Book SynopsisAttempts to rescue dialogues on human sexuality, sexual diversity, and gender from insular exchanges based primarily on biblical scholarship and denominational ideology.Trade Review"A tremendously important collection that brings together science, literature, theology, and biblical studies in riveting and revolutionary ways. The essays are remarkably integrated and accessible.”--Christine Gudorf, author of Boundaries: A Casebook in Environmental Ethics"This book makes great strides towards bridging intellectual divides between science, religion, gender, sexuality and ethics."--Religion and Gender"A methodological must-read for ethicists of sexuality and for all ethicists wishing to engage biological and social sciences rigorously."--Equinox Publishing"A remarkable endeavor by experts from various disciplines."--Anglican Theological ReviewTable of ContentsContributors are: Joel Brown, James Calcagno, Francis J. Catania, Pamela L. Caughie, Robin Colburn, Robert Di Vito, Terry Grande, Frank Fennell, Anne E. Figert, Patricia Beattie Jung, Fred Kniss, John McCarthy, Jon Nilson, Stephen J. Pope, Susan A. Ross, Joan Roughgarden, and Aana Marie Vigen
£22.49
University of Illinois Press The Global Guide to Animal Protection
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary compendium of worldwide animal rights issuesTrade Review "Even when faced with urgent human problems, we should not overlook the issue of justice to animals. . . . This Global Guide reflects a growing worldwide sensitivity to animals and a developing sense that--as a matter of justice--they deserve our compassion and respect. It has my warm support."--Archbishop Desmond Tutu, from the book's foreword "This book provides an excellent reserve of examples that will be useful in a variety of pedagogical context."--Modern Believing "This broadly appealing multidisciplinary work will interest scholars in the sciences and humanities as well as general readers committed to animal welfare issues. While it draws attention to many contemptible forms of animal abuse, it also offers glimmers of hope by highlighting the positive work of numerous animal advocates who work to protect our nonhuman cohabitants of planet Earth."--Marc R. Fellenz, author of The Moral Menagerie: Philosophy and Animal Rights"An excellent and trusted resource."--The Vegan "An intriguing array of eye-opening information, covering economic, legal, religious, ecological, moral, and biomedical viewpoints."--Choice
£20.69
University of Illinois Press The Ethical Case against Animal Experiments
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This well-referenced A4-sized volume performs the valuable service of throwing open the doors of a hidden world and exposing the multiple ethical compromises that perpetuate it." --Studies in Christian Ethics"At a time when the necessity for animal experimentation has been called more and more into doubt, the Linzeys show how deep-seated research paradigms, institutional inertia, and money from the biomedical industry can persuade an esteemed university like Oxford to press on with practices that to any dispassionate observer must seem barbaric. Their analysis is backed up by an impressive set of essays by philosophers, lawyers, and scientists."--J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Laureate for Literature"Essential reading. A comprehensive ethical analysis of animal experiments. Bound to become a classic."--Sir David Madden, Senior Member, St Antony's College, Oxford"This well-referenced A4-sized volume performs the valuable service of throwing open the doors of a hidden world and exposing the multiple ethical compromises that perpetuate it." --Studies in Christian Ethics
£21.59
University of Illinois Press The Spirit of Soul Food
Book SynopsisSoul food has played a critical role in preserving Black history, community, and culinary genius. It is also a response to--and marker of--centuries of food injustice. Given the harm that our food production system inflicts upon Black people, what should soul food look like today?Christopher Carter's answer to that question merges a history of Black American foodways with a Christian ethical response to food injustice. Carter reveals how racism and colonialism have long steered the development of US food policy. The very food we grow, distribute, and eat disproportionately harms Black people specifically and people of color among the global poor in general. Carter reflects on how people of color can eat in a way that reflects their cultural identities while remaining true to the principles of compassion, love, justice, and solidarity with the marginalized. Both a timely mediation and a call to action, The Spirit of Soul Food places today's Black foodways at the crossroads of food jusTrade Review"The Spirit of Soul Food is a must-read for anyone interested in challenging the industrial food system in practical terms." --Reading Religion "Christopher Carter's The Spirit of Soul Food is a deeply enlightening discussion of food, foodways, and how the lived experiences of people can shape and be shaped by what they grow, acquire, and eat." --Journal of Folklore Research Reviews “I've never read a book like this before! Part history book, part cookbook, part call-to-action and resource for spiritual formation. The Spirit of Soul Food is suited for a variety of audiences ready for the timely challenge of inviting a deeper integration of our ethics, actions, and daily bread.”--Rev. Dr. Heber Brown III, Pleasant Hope Baptist ChurchTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction: Knowing, Eating, and Believing 1 1 Transatlantic Soul 22 2 Food Pyramid Scheme 57 3 Being Human as Praxis 87 4 Tasting Freedom 122 Conclusion: Food Deserts and Desserts 157 Notes 165 Index 179
£17.99
Indiana University Press Ethics and the Problem of Evil
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRecommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Modest Proposal? Caveat Emptor! Moral Theory and Problems of EvilMarilyn Adams2. Kant, Job, and the Problem of EvilJohn Hare3. Good Persons, Good Aims, and the Problem of EvilLinda Zagzebski4. Does God Cooperate with Evil?Laura Garcia5. The Problem of Evil: Excessive Unnecessary SufferingBruce Russell6. Beyond the Impasse: Contemporary Moral Theory and the Crisis of Skeptical TheismStephen J Wykstra7. Perfection, Evil, and MoralityStephen MaitzenConclusionNotesIndex
£59.40
Indiana University Press Ethics and the Problem of Evil
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRecommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Modest Proposal? Caveat Emptor! Moral Theory and Problems of EvilMarilyn Adams2. Kant, Job, and the Problem of EvilJohn Hare3. Good Persons, Good Aims, and the Problem of EvilLinda Zagzebski4. Does God Cooperate with Evil?Laura Garcia5. The Problem of Evil: Excessive Unnecessary SufferingBruce Russell6. Beyond the Impasse: Contemporary Moral Theory and the Crisis of Skeptical TheismStephen J Wykstra7. Perfection, Evil, and MoralityStephen MaitzenConclusionNotesIndex
£21.59
Indiana University Press In Praise of Heteronomy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book not only displays a richness versed in both analytic and continental philosophy of religion, but also German idealism and modern theology. This gives the book a uniquely sharp philosophical edge (that makes distinctions and stakes claims) and when combined with an imaginative and personal verve (via testimonies, poems, and novels) demonstrates for the reader that philosophy of religion need not be banal and abstract, and indeed is best understood as an always operative and lived endeavor—one that is alive and well. * Reading Religion *Merod Westphal is a brilliant Christian philosopher, who combines meticulous scholarship with a lively, at times even folksy, style as well as cogent arguments. -- Andrew Shanks * Modern Believing *Beyond its clear and accessible discussions of Spinoza, Kant, and Hegel, In Praise of Heteronomy also makes a valuable contribution to contemporary philosophy of religion. It paints a picture of religious belief that is at once traditional and radical. * International Journal for Philosophy of Religion *Westphal's book should be read eagerly not only by scholars working on the philosophy of religion, but by theologians. By carefully teasing out how the tension between autonomy and heteronomy informs the theologies of Spinoza, Kant and Hegel, Westphal offers a useful corrective to trends in modern theology that carelessly and uncritically parrot the themes of modern philosophy. * Heythrop Journal *Table of ContentsSiglaPreface1. Executive and Legislative Autonomy 2. Spinoza's Theology 3. Spinoza's Hermeneutics 4. Kant's Theology 5. Kant's Hermeneutics I 6. Kant's Hermeneutics II 7. Hegel's Theology I 8. Hegel's Theology II 9. Hegel's Hermeneutics 10. The Inevitability of Heteronomy11. Heteronomy as FreedomNotesIndex
£59.40
Indiana University Press In Praise of Heteronomy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book not only displays a richness versed in both analytic and continental philosophy of religion, but also German idealism and modern theology. This gives the book a uniquely sharp philosophical edge (that makes distinctions and stakes claims) and when combined with an imaginative and personal verve (via testimonies, poems, and novels) demonstrates for the reader that philosophy of religion need not be banal and abstract, and indeed is best understood as an always operative and lived endeavor—one that is alive and well. * Reading Religion *Merod Westphal is a brilliant Christian philosopher, who combines meticulous scholarship with a lively, at times even folksy, style as well as cogent arguments. -- Andrew Shanks * Modern Believing *Beyond its clear and accessible discussions of Spinoza, Kant, and Hegel, In Praise of Heteronomy also makes a valuable contribution to contemporary philosophy of religion. It paints a picture of religious belief that is at once traditional and radical. * International Journal for Philosophy of Religion *Westphal's book should be read eagerly not only by scholars working on the philosophy of religion, but by theologians. By carefully teasing out how the tension between autonomy and heteronomy informs the theologies of Spinoza, Kant and Hegel, Westphal offers a useful corrective to trends in modern theology that carelessly and uncritically parrot the themes of modern philosophy. * Heythrop Journal *Table of ContentsSiglaPreface1. Executive and Legislative Autonomy 2. Spinoza's Theology 3. Spinoza's Hermeneutics 4. Kant's Theology 5. Kant's Hermeneutics I 6. Kant's Hermeneutics II 7. Hegel's Theology I 8. Hegel's Theology II 9. Hegel's Hermeneutics 10. The Inevitability of Heteronomy11. Heteronomy as FreedomNotesIndex
£21.59
Indiana University Press Climate Politics and the Power of Religion
Book SynopsisTrade Review"At most times and in most places, human cultures have interpreted changes in their climates through religious eyes. Berry's welcome collection of grounded essays, drawn from India to Peru, from Trinidad to the Philippines, shows that the twenty-first century is no different. The cases Berry foregrounds in Climate Politics and the Power of Religion drive home that it is not only 'the science' that politicians need to listen to. They also need to listen to the religious narratives, movements and demands that make climate change a meaningful phenomenon for billions of people in today's world."—Mike Hulme, University of Cambridge"Climate Politics and the Power of Religion explores a range of fascinating, new approaches to the study of religion and climate change in the Anthropocene. The authors attend less to doctrine than to the adaptive cosmovisions and practices through which religious actors respond locally, and often innovatively, to planetary challenges and seek to converge or bridge them with secular, global responses."—Prasenjit Duara, Author of The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future"In a field that has often been crowded by work focused on celebrating the environmentally friendly dimensions of world religions, Climate Politics and the Power of Religion makes a critical intervention by advancing new directions for scholarship and "reinscrib[ing] politics as a key category for scholarship on religion and the environment"....this is a work that rewards the cover-to-cover reader."—Joseph D. Witt - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, H-NET Reviews Humanities & Social Sciences
£59.40
Indiana University Press Climate Politics and the Power of Religion
Book SynopsisHow does our faith affect how we think about and respond to climate change?Climate Politics and the Power of Religion is an edited collection that explores the diverse ways that religion shapes climate politics at the local, national, and international levels. Drawing on case studies from across the globe, it stands at the intersection of religious studies, environment policy, and global politics. From small island nations confronting sea-level rise and intensifying tropical storms to high-elevation communities in the Andes and Himalayas wrestling with accelerating glacial melt, there is tremendous variation in the ways that societies draw on religion to understand and contend with climate change. Climate Politics and the Power of Religion offers 10 timely case studies that demonstrate how different communities render climate change within their own moral vocabularies and how such moral claims find purchase in activism and public debates about climate policy. Whether it be Hindutva pTrade Review"At most times and in most places, human cultures have interpreted changes in their climates through religious eyes. Berry's welcome collection of grounded essays, drawn from India to Peru, from Trinidad to the Philippines, shows that the twenty-first century is no different. The cases Berry foregrounds in Climate Politics and the Power of Religion drive home that it is not only 'the science' that politicians need to listen to. They also need to listen to the religious narratives, movements and demands that make climate change a meaningful phenomenon for billions of people in today's world."—Mike Hulme, University of Cambridge"Climate Politics and the Power of Religion explores a range of fascinating, new approaches to the study of religion and climate change in the Anthropocene. The authors attend less to doctrine than to the adaptive cosmovisions and practices through which religious actors respond locally, and often innovatively, to planetary challenges and seek to converge or bridge them with secular, global responses."—Prasenjit Duara, Author of The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future"In a field that has often been crowded by work focused on celebrating the environmentally friendly dimensions of world religions, Climate Politics and the Power of Religion makes a critical intervention by advancing new directions for scholarship and "reinscrib[ing] politics as a key category for scholarship on religion and the environment"....this is a work that rewards the cover-to-cover reader."—Joseph D. Witt - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, H-NET Reviews Humanities & Social Sciences
£28.80
Indiana University Press Extinction and Religion
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A wonderfully well-conceived and integrated collection that advances almost single handedly the discussion of religion and extinction. These rigorous essays by leading scholars are painful but vital reading as they direct our attention again and again to specific species, including our own. Certain to be of interest across the environmental humanities, this volume in its methodological variety and thematic diversity will shape the field."—Peter Manley Scott, University of Manchester"The solutions to the problems of climate change, loss of places, and mass extinction cannot be found in better science and greener technology alone. As the essays in this volume so clearly argue, we must also address our basic desires, dreams, hopes, and despairs, in order to stay connected to the earth and fellow earthlings, and in order to work toward healing our planetary ills."—Whitney Bauman, Florida International University
£59.50
MR - University of Notre Dame Press Augustine and the Bible
Book SynopsisBased on the acclaimed French volume Saint Augustin et la Bible, this translation with additional selections honors the beautifully wrought monument to the scholarly research of Anne-Marie la Bonnardière and her colleagues. Editor Pamela Bright offers the first English-language edition of this volume in the highly regarded series Bible de Tous les Temps, published by Beauchesne Editeur in Paris. This volume presents the findings of eminent scholars on the Bible in Augustine's letters, in his preaching, in polemics, in the City of God, and as a source for Christian ethics, following the chronological order of Augustine's works from the mid-380s to just before his death in 430. Part I examines what can be known of the stages of Augustine's encounter with the biblical texts and which texts were formative for him before he assumed his ministry of the Word. Part II is devoted to a very different kind of encounterAugustine's grappling with the hermeneutical method originatinTrade Review“The University of Notre Dame Press has rendered a real service in making available this fine state-of-the-art collection of essays, which is at the same time accessible to the non-specialist and the beginning student.” —Journal of Early Christian Studies“Bright’s translation is a beautifully wrought literary and theological monument to the scholarly research of Anne-Marie la Bonnardière and her colleagues. Augustine and the Bible is an invaluable addition to Augustinian and biblical studies.” —Midwest Book Review“This English translation is to be commended.” —Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
£45.60
University of Notre Dame Press Beyond the New Morality
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1974, with a second, revised edition in 1980, Beyond the New Morality, third edition, retains the best elements of the earlier versions, including the authors'' clear, straightforward presentation and use of nontechnical language. Although the basic approach, content, and organization remain substantially the same, the new edition does develop and amend some aspects of the theory. For example, the community dimension of morality is brought out more clearly and the first principle of morality is now formulated more accurately in terms of willing in line with integral human fulfillment.We are proposing an ethics. But what is ethics? As we use the word, it means a philosophical study of morality, of the foundations on which morality is based, and of the practical implications of a systematic moral outlook. We believe ethics must start by clarifying the fundamental notions of freedom, action, and community. Then it can go on to examine the question WhaTrade Review“Grisez is a highly regarded Catholic moral philosopher. Shaw has a similar reputation as a Catholic writer and public affairs expert. The authors deftly and firmly refute all systems such as consequentialism, proportionalism, and situationalism which imply that moral truths aren’t meant to teach man how to behave. . . . This text has many merits.” —National Catholic Register“Beyond the New Morality will impress many. . . . [It's] serious reading for the scholarly who want to keep up with the latest.” —The Priest"The authors are critical of recent directions in ethics that have departed from the natural law tradition and its emphasis on absolute moral values. Their restatement of the chief positions of traditional ethics is well reasoned and clearly presented. The focus of the book is upon issues of freedom, moral good and evil, ethical systems, and the role of religion in ethical decision." —Religious Resources"Interesting, informative, and challenging." —National Catholic Reporter
£20.69
University of Notre Dame Press Character and the Christian Life
Book SynopsisTrade Review“When Character and the Christian Life first appeared in 1975, it was the most important theological contribution to moral debate to appear for many years. Hauerwas followed Catholic moral theology in making the theory of the virtues a topic for argument between secular and Christian moralities; but he linked that theory to a distinctively Protestant view of God’s relationship to human beings. And he did this in a way that might have been thought to challenge equally Catholic and Calvinist views of morality, let alone the impoverished and narcissistic perspectives of theological liberalism.” —Alasdair MacIntyre, author of Whose Justice? Which Rationality?“[A] main road in American Christian ethics. Hauerwas’s own pursuit of the continuities, rather than the discontinuities, of the moral life has taken him several stages further on, so that this welcome reissue enables us to look back over his development. Many of the characteristics of the mature Hauerwas are already evident: the mercurial imagination, the constant struggle for shifts in Gestalt, the involved arguments, the elusive claims, the persistent concern that philosophy and theology should meet.” —Journal of Theological Studies“[T]his is an important book. Christian ethics may or may not adopt Hauerwas’s concept of ‘character,’ but it certainly should take note of his radically different focus. Given the weakness of so much contemporary Christian ethics . . . it is surely significant that there are at last signs that the discipline may be entering fresh territory. If for that reason alone this book deserves to be read widely.” —Scottish Journal of Theology
£27.99
University of Notre Dame Press Church as Polis The
Book SynopsisPolitical theology is one of the most influential theological movements of the latter part of the twentieth century, and yet, as Arne Rasmusson argues here, the field suffers from deep inherent tensions in its attempt to mediate the Christian tradition and the modern emancipatory tradition. Rasmusson contributes to political theology through an innovative discussion of the relationship between church and society and an exposition of the thought and work of political theology''s influential representative, Jürgen Moltmann. Rasmusson further refines his argument by filtering Moltmann''s theology through an exploration of Stanley Hauerwas''s theological positions.Trade Review"This is a challenging, acute, revealing and, at times, immensely creative monograph. Rasmussen has tackled two of the icons of modern Reformed theology, Jergen Moltmann and Stanley Hauerwas, and he has done so positively and intelligently by refusing to condemn the 'failings' of his chosen subjects. . . . [A]n admirable study . . . but it is also an impressive theological argument . . . and as such should be read by anyone concerned with the role of ecclesiology in modern theology." —Reviews in Religion and Theology"This comparative study . . . is a wide ranging and competent work that gives many insights into the theology of its two main 'characters,' Moltmann and Hauerwas." —Pro Ecclesia"The Church as Polis is a significant contribution to contemporary discussions on public theology and the relation between religion and politics." —Francis Fiorenza, Harvard University
£25.19
University of Notre Dame Press Christians among the Virtues Theological
Book SynopsisThis work investigates the distinctiveness of virtues as illuminated by Christian practise using a discussion of Aristotle's ethics with contemporary scholars. It contrasts non-Christian accounts of virtue with Christian accounts of key virtues, including obedience, hope, courage, and patience.Trade Review“[T]his is perhaps Hauerwas’s most successful exposition of the assertion that, in the Church, everything is political, but politics is not everything. Friendship is the heart of the book, but, in contrast to Nussbaum, Hauerwas and Pinches display friendship as a profoundly political practice. This is a book for those who sense the sadness of life yet have been offered a particular friendship.” —Studies in Christian Ethics“We need more books lie this: Pugnacious and articulate, it knows its own positions and is not afraid to state them. It likes a good fight; indeed the book is structured as a series of disputatious conversations. And it picks its fights well: Each interlocutor merits the attention it receives.” —Anglican Theological Review". . . this is an important book from which both philosophers and theologians should engage in a conversation. The nearly 40 pages of footnotes are a veritable gold mine. This book should be read and discussed by philosophers and theologians working through the issues of virtue ethics and religious thought. It should serve as a means of continuing this important conversation." —International Philosophical Quarterly“A valuable contribution, recommended for a wide range of scholars, teachers, and students of Christian theology and ethics.” —Ethics“An excellent introduction to Aristotle’s ethics for any interested reader ... there is much in the book to interest moral philosophers as well as theologians.” —Philosophy in Review“Consistently provocative and rich with insight, Christians Among the Virtues deserves a wide audience. Philosophers as well as theologians will find much in it to stimulate their thinking and challenge their convictions.” —First Things“An important contribution to an analysis of the place of the virtues in Christian ethics . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice“This is a must read for those interested in Hauerwas’ work and/or in the Christian appropriation of Aristotelian virtue ethics.” —Theological Studies
£70.55
University of Notre Dame Press Christians among the Virtues
Book SynopsisChristians among the Virtues investigates the distinctiveness of virtues as illuminated by Christian practice, using a discussion of Aristotle's ethics together with the work of significant contemporary scholars such as Alasdair MacIntyre and Martha Nussbaum. Hauerwas and Pinches converse with, learn from, and also critically engage powerful and explicitly non-Christian accounts of virtues, and then form a specifically Christian account of certain key virtues, including obedience, hope, courage, and patience. This book will deepen the current public debate about virtue by showing how different traditions and practices yield distinctive understandings of the virtues, and by articulating the particularity of virtues informed by Christian practice.Hauerwas and Pinches begin with a discussion of Aristotle's account of happiness, virtue, and friendship, and explore how the temporal character of life threatens the possibility of being virtuous. The authors then contrast thTrade Review“[T]his is perhaps Hauerwas’s most successful exposition of the assertion that, in the Church, everything is political, but politics is not everything. Friendship is the heart of the book, but, in contrast to Nussbaum, Hauerwas and Pinches display friendship as a profoundly political practice. This is a book for those who sense the sadness of life yet have been offered a particular friendship.” —Studies in Christian Ethics“We need more books lie this: Pugnacious and articulate, it knows its own positions and is not afraid to state them. It likes a good fight; indeed the book is structured as a series of disputatious conversations. And it picks its fights well: Each interlocutor merits the attention it receives.” —Anglican Theological Review". . . this is an important book from which both philosophers and theologians should engage in a conversation. The nearly 40 pages of footnotes are a veritable gold mine. This book should be read and discussed by philosophers and theologians working through the issues of virtue ethics and religious thought. It should serve as a means of continuing this important conversation." —International Philosophical Quarterly“A valuable contribution, recommended for a wide range of scholars, teachers, and students of Christian theology and ethics.” —Ethics“An excellent introduction to Aristotle’s ethics for any interested reader ... there is much in the book to interest moral philosophers as well as theologians.” —Philosophy in Review“Consistently provocative and rich with insight, Christians Among the Virtues deserves a wide audience. Philosophers as well as theologians will find much in it to stimulate their thinking and challenge their convictions.” —First Things“An important contribution to an analysis of the place of the virtues in Christian ethics . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice“This is a must read for those interested in Hauerwas’ work and/or in the Christian appropriation of Aristotelian virtue ethics.” —Theological Studies
£25.19
