Religious ethics Books

Book SynopsisHere is Moltmann discussing the questions that matter more than any others for our world: How is it possible to create a world society worth living in? What positive contribution can Christians make in the face of the nuclear threat? What can be done to mobilize concern for the future of the environment and its natural resources?

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Book SynopsisThe ongoing ecological crisis keeps raising important questions for traditional Christian theology. If belief in God as creator means not only that God created the world in the first place but is involved in all that goes on in it, valuing creation and desiring its good, what form does divine action take in the world of today?

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Book SynopsisAre animals part of a fallen creation? Do animals have immortal souls? How does God value animals? Does Christ's reconciling work include animals? This encyclopaedic volume is the most comprehensive collection of original studies on animals and theology ever published.

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Book SynopsisA Hauerwas "reader", this book is aimed at undergraduate students of ethics. The author characterizes non-violence as the cornerstone of Christian ethics.Trade Review"The books are beautifully produced and illustrated and clearly organised. They are the product of a clear view of quality RE."LOOK! HEAR!

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Book SynopsisThis book brings Quaker thought on theological ethics into constructive dialogue with Christian tradition while engaging with key contemporary ethical debates and with wider questions about the public role of church-communities in a post/secular context.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Knowing Experimentally: Approaches to Quaker Testimony and Theology 1. Walking in the Light: The Bible and Quaker Testimony 2. 'We do utterly deny...': Refusals, Silences and Negative Testimony 3. Speaking Truth to Power, and Other Holy Experiments 4. 'Sweat not at all': Oaths, Non-Violence and Conscience 5. Religious Freedom and Solidarity: Quaker Martyrs and their Communities 6. Being Witnesses: Marriage, Sexuality and Tradition 7. Sustainability and Simplicity

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Book SynopsisInclusion has recently become a high priority issue within the development sector, brought to the fore by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development''s commitment to leave no one behind. Practices within the remit of inclusion often focus on increasing access and meaningful participation, with emphasis placed on bringing those at the margins to the centre. Theologies and Practices of Inclusion challenges such centre-focused practices from a global perspective, based on research conducted within the Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation Tearfund and beyond. Offering inspiration for practitioners within the sector and faith-based organisations in particular, as well as an academic contribution to the fields of international development studies and theology, the book aims to bridge theology and practice in an accessible way. Consisting of 13 chapters and case studies, this book draws on the wisdom of a diverse team of contributors at thTrade ReviewAs a work of Practical Theology employing an interdisciplinary approach, Nina and Madleina have assembled in this volume scholars and practitioners who understands inclusion, diversity, equality and justice. The multiplicity of their voices and perspectives on the subject is much needed in this pandemic context in helping the global Church to be prophetic in speaking out and advocating for the marginalised, but also in reflecting God’s multi-ethnic kingdom on earth through race, ethnicity, class, gender, age and disability. This is indeed a radical transformative inclusion. -- Rev Dr Israel Olofinjana, Director of One People Commission Evangelical AllianceMany of us intuitively identify with ideas of inclusion. We want communities within which everyone feels that they are included. We all need places where we feel that we belong. However, the practice of inclusion is complicated. How do we go about finding healing for those whom we implicitly or explicitly exclude? How do we deal with differences that can be dangerous for some? Is inclusion primarily a political idea and goal, or does it have theological meaning that invites churches to engage creatively, and critically with the various conversations? These are the kinds of complex but fascinating questions that this volume seeks to address. In a post covid, post Brexit era where exclusion has taken on new dimensions, this book is timely and potentially an important source of healing. -- John Swinton, University of Aberdeen, UKTheologies and practices of inclusion is a text that is based on both experience and practice of authors who approach the topic with an intersectional lens. Thus the text covers all the areas that are required in both theology and practice in a society that is to be home for all people of God. The text has new insights and new ways of reading the Bible and in applying it to real situations. -- Esther Mombo, St Paul's University, KenyaTable of ContentsContributors vii Acknowledgements xiii Foreword by Ruth Valerio xv Part 1: Inclusion within Faith-based Organizations Introduction 3 Nina Kurlberg and Madleina Daehnhardt 1. One Body, Many Voices: Theological Perspectives on Inclusion and Diversity from the Global South 21 Selina Palm 2. Embrace in the Margins: A Theological Framework for Inclusion 56 Nina Kurlberg 3. Case Study: Racial Justice 76 Liz Muir Part 2: Inclusion as a Journey 4. Between Longing and Fear: Peacebuilding and Religious Diversity 93 Mariam Tadros 5. The Pilgrim Identity: A Biblical Basis and Motivation for Inclusiveness 116 Nam-Chen Chan 6. Case Study: The Journey of the Latin American Campaign, ‘As Born Among Us’ 140 Loida Carriel Espinoza and María Alejandre Andrade Vinueza Part 3: Inclusion as Requiring Change 7. Inclusion in a Networked Society: Digital Theological Perspectives 157 Jonas Kurlberg and Rei Lemuel Crizaldo 8. Interrogating Gender, Faith and Masculinities: Tearfund’s Transforming Masculinities Approach 178 Prabu Deepan and Nina Kurlberg 9. Case Study: Localization and Inclusion 198 Oenone Chadburn Part 4: Inclusion as Belonging 10. Belonging to ‘the house of the Lord’: Ageing and Inclusion in the Rwandan Church 221 Madleina Daehnhardt and Emmanuel Murangira 11. ‘Nothing wey no get cure for this world’: Interrogating Healing and the Miraculous for Women Living with Disability and HIV in Nigeria 252 Jessie Fubara-Manuel 12. Disability-inclusive Self-help Groups: Lessons from Tearfund in Ethiopia 272 Sisay Mammo Sime and Barnabé Anzuruni Msabah 13. Abya Yala: ‘A House that Sings for all Nations’ 299 Jocabed Reina Solano Miselis and Juana Luiza Condori Quispe Afterword by Catriona Dejean 317

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Book SynopsisRobin Gill is the Michael Ramsay Professor of Modern Theology at the University of Kent, UK.Trade Review‘ . . . a valuable book for any student of ethics and theology.’ * Review and Expositor *An ingenious tour de force . . . an exemplary textbook which outshines its competitors past and present . . . Robin Gill has done much to reclaim for Christian ethics its proper place among the theological disciplines. * Professor Anthony Dyson *This is an excellent blend of classical texts with modern writers yet tied together with the insightful critiques of a skilful ethicist . . . * Southwestern Journal of Theology *The previous three editions of this book have become an indispensable source of information for students of Christian Ethics. Now the famed author has given us an expanded 4th edition with more than 100 pages of newer extracts and texts on post-colonialism, feminism, and inter-religious dialogues, mostly written by female scholars. [...] I recommend it to anyone who wishes to know more about Christian Ethics. -- Daniel Jeyaraj, Liverpool Hope University, UK * Theological Book Review *Table of ContentsCONTENTS Preface INTRODUCTION Structure System of Analysis The Texts: Augustine, Aquinas and Luther The Extracts Method of Study Section 1 METHODOLOGY Introduction to Methodology Text I Augustine 'God's Foreknowledge and Human Free-will' from The City of God Text II Aquinas 'Natural Law' from Summa Theologica Text III Luther from Treatise on Good Works Analysis of Extracts Extract 1 Bonhoeffer 'Ethics and Christian Ethics' from Ethics Extract 2 Fletcher from Situation Ethics Extract 3 Copleston 'Objections to Natural Law' from Aquinas Extract 4 John Paul II 'The Crisis of Moral Truth' from Veritatis Splendor Extract 5 Fiorenza 'Ethics and Feminist Theology' Extract 6 Cupitt ‘Post-Realist Ethics’ from Solar Ethics Extract 7 Porter ‘Virtue Ethics’ from Moral Action and Christian Ethics Extract 8 Abraham ‘Post-Colonial and Inter-Faith Ethics’ Critique of Extracts Section 2 POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND JUSTICE Introduction to Politics, Economics and Justice Text IV Augustine 'The Earthly and Heavenly Cities' from The City of God Text V Aquinas from On Princely Government Text VI Luther from Trade and Usury Analysis of Extracts Extract 9 Barth 'God's Judgment on Political Revolutions' from The Epistle to the Romans Extract 10 Berdyaev 'Politics and the Spirit' from Freedom and the Spirit Extract 11 Niebuhr 'The Conflict Between Individual and Social Morality' from Moral Man and Immoral Society Extract 12 Temple from Christianity and Social Order Extract 13 John XXIII 'Towards a World Government' from Pacem in Terris Extract 14 Miranda 'Justice and Almsgiving' from Marx and the Bible Extract 15 Hollenbach ‘The Common Good and Globalisation’ from The Common Good and Christian Ethics Extract 16 Farley ‘Prophetic Discourse in a Time of AIDS’ Critique of Extracts Section 3 WAR AND PEACE Introduction to War and Peace Text VII Augustine 'The Just War' from Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Text VIII Aquinas 'War, Christians and the Clergy' from Summa Theologica Text IX Luther from Whether Soldiers, too, Can be Saved Analysis of Extracts Extract 17 Welty 'Wars of Aggression and Defence from A Handbook of Christian Social Ethics Extract 18 Ramsey from Who Speaks for the Church? Extract 19 US Catholic Bishops from The Challenge of Peace Extract 20 Hauerwas 'Pacifism: Some Philosophical Considerations’ Extract 21 Bonino 'Liberation Theology and Peace' from Revolutionary Theology Comes of Age Extract 22 O’Donovan ‘Discrimination and Double-Effect’ from The Just War Revisited Extract 23 Ackermann ‘Living with Difference’ Critique of Extracts Section 4 THE ENVIRONMENT Introduction to the Environment Text X Augustine from The Literal Meaning of Genesis Text XI Aquinas 'Creation and Divine Providence' from Summa Contra Gentiles Text XII Luther from Commentary on Genesis (1.26-31) Analysis of Extracts Extract 24 White 'The Theological Roots of our Ecological Crisis' Extract 25 Gregorios 'Ecology and the World Council of Churches’ Extract 26 Abraham 'Liberation and Eco-Justice’ Extract 27 Clark 'Christian Responsibility for the Environment’ Extract 28 McFague 'An Earthly Theological Agenda' Extract 29 King ‘Evolution, Ethics and Mysticism’ Critique of Extracts Section 5 HUMAN LIFE AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Introduction to Human Life and Interpersonal Relationships Text XIII Augustine 'Suicide' from The City of God Text XIV Aquinas 'Fornication and Marriage' from Summa Contra Gentiles Text XV Luther from On the Jews and Their Lies Analysis of Extracts Extract 30 Küng ‘Euthanasia’ from A Dignified Dying? Extract 31 Quaker Group from Towards a Quaker View of Sex Extract 32 Ware 'Marriage and Divorce – an Orthodox Perspective' Extract 33 Paul VI ‘Birth Control’ from Humanae Vitae Extract 34 Cahill ‘Bioethics and AIDS’ Extract 35 WCC ‘Churches Against Racism’ Extract 36 Ruether ‘Western Christianity and Zionism’ Extract 37 Graham ‘Post-Humans’ Critique of Extracts Bibliography Indices

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Book SynopsisDavid L. Clough is Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chester, UK. His book publications include Ethics in Crisis: Interpreting Barth's Ethics (2005) and Faith and Force: A Christian Debate about War (2007) and he co-edited Creaturely Theology: On God, Humans and Animals (2009) and Animals as Religious Subjects (2013). Many of his articles are available via the University of Chester Open Access Repository, and you can also follow him on Twitter.Trade ReviewThere is no more important treatment of ethical questions than David Clough’s two-volume work On Animals (Bloomsbury), which he completed last year. The first volume, Systematic Theology, offers a clear-minded theological account of the interconnectedness of all things. The second, Theological Ethics, presents a series of proposals on what those interconnections require of us. Clough seems to have thought through every possible question from every possible angle... * The Christian Century *David Clough's On Animals is indisputably the most important and comprehensive theological treatment of animals to have appeared in any language at any time in the Christian tradition. -- Brian Brock, Reader in Theological Ethics, University of Aberdeen * International Journal for Systematic Theology *I am neither a Christian nor a theologian, but anyone concerned about human mistreatment of animals will hope that Clough's view prevails among Christians. -- Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University, USAClough’s work in On Animals is progressive and explorative ... a new benchmark for the field. -- Matthew Barton, University of Leeds, UK * Theological Book Review *A mix of constructive theology and critical doctrinal survey -- James R. A. Merrick, St. Francis University * Anglican Theology Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I - Creation 1. The End of Creation 2. The Place of Animals 3. Animal Difference Part 2 - Reconciliation 4. Incarnation 5. Atonement Part 3 - Redemption 6. What is Redeemed? 7. The Shape of Redeemed Creaturely Life Conclusion

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Book SynopsisTodd D. Whitmore is Associate Professor of Theology and Concurrent Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, USA.Trade Review[A book] with moral passion, academic erudition and spiritual depth. * Theology *I suspect [Imitating Christ in Magwi ‘s] influence will be felt for many years as scholars work through its implications and pursue its many fascinating leads. * Modern Theology *This is an eloquent, deeply researched, and powerfully argued book that will linger with you for a long time. It may even change the way you do theology. * Theological Studies Book Review *This is a rich text that not only interrogates the question of method in theology and anthropology but also theologizes in an anthropological key… his vision of theology as involving the interrogation and transformation of the theologian and academy is sorely needed in our time. * Reading Religion *Whitmore brilliantly weaves theology, ethnography, and history in this exploration of Christian practices of the Acholi people of the North Uganda and South Sudan. ... This book will be a great addition to reading lists of classes on methodology in religious studies and anthropology of religion, * Religious Studies Review *One of the most exciting areas of research in Religion is the rapidly developing field of Theological Ethnography. Todd Whitmore's Imitating Christ in Magwi is a landmark publication that sets out to explore this new way of theologising that takes place in and through ethnographic fieldwork. This book is much more than a study of communities in the war torn areas of Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan; it is a reflexive commentary of what it means to do theology in relation to an immersion in context. As such, it is a must read for anyone setting out to do theologically orientated ethnographic research. * Pete Ward, Durham University, UK *In Imitating Christ in Magwi, Todd David Whitmore has given us a major methodological statement for work at the intersections of theology and anthropology. Even more, he has given us imitations of Christ that invite and inform further imitations of Christ. This is theology in the flesh. * Ted A. Smith, Emory University, USA *Todd Whitmore is a practical theologian who takes both theology and ethnography seriously. His work resonates with the heart of the emerging field of theological ethnography; demanding that theological concerns are at the forefront of the ethnographic research process. In this book he opens up fresh space for the development not only of new ecclesial possibilities, but further understanding of humanity. He offers us an anthropological ethnography that not only embodies substantial theological claims, but also provides new and transformative ways of looking at humans and humanness. This book is a gem. * John Swinton, King's College University of Aberdeen, UK *Imitating Christ in Magwi offers the chance to understand not simply the different cultures of Northern Uganda and South Sudan, but also the character of Gospel mimesis ---the imitation of Jesus---as born out in fleshly, enculturated forms of African faith. These material practices of faith are explored ethnographically as responses to the atrocities and brutal conflicts inflicted on these communities through Empire, providing a rich perspective on theological anthropology. * Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Duke Divinity School, USA *Todd Whitmore brings his exquisite intelligence, prodigious inter-disciplinary knowledge, and searching faith to bear in this highly original work of anthropological theology. What does it mean to imitate Christ?[...] This is an inspiring account of mimetic faith, one that is fully informed by Catholic moral theology, biblical scholarship, and the personal struggle of a researcher to come to terms with what he learns. * Mary Clark Moschella, Yale Divinity School, USA *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Imitating Christ in Magwi: Theology in Media Res Part I: Attention Chapter 2: Sequela Comboni: Mission Anthropology in the Context of Empire Chapter 3: Bishop Negri’s Psst!: Following Jesus in the Middle of War Part II: Discernment Chapter 4: Mimetic Scholarship: Anthropological Theology as Apprenticeship to the Other Chapter 5: Gaps: The Limits of Mimesis Chapter 6: Crossings: The Surprise of Mimesis Part III: Commitment Chapter 7: Risk: Naming Genocide Part IV: Invitation Chapter 8: An Offering: Bringing the Ethnographic Encounter Home Appendix: From Gospel Mimesis to Theology: How a Discipline Lost Its Senses Bibliography Index

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Trade ReviewA theological analysis of Oliver O’Donovan’s moral theology, such as Samuel Tranter’s book presents, is long overdue. This is not only because of O’Donovan’s inspiring and fundamental work in theological ethics, but also because of Tranter’s sharp attention to the real intention and focus of O’Donovan’s work, as well as its importance for our time… This again makes Tranter’s analysis indeed a ‘remedy [for a] lack of a critical engagement with O’Donovan’s thought’, and—more than that—a significant textbook in theological ethics’ * Studies in Christian Ethics *This book is needed because Oliver O'Donovan is rightly not easy. Samuel Tranter makes O'Donovan's project clear without oversimplification. No one engaging O'Donovan can avoid this work. We are all in Tranter’s debt (and that includes Oliver himself). * Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University, USA *Oliver O’Donovan’s profound contribution to moral theology here receives the kind of insightful, artful, and critical engagement it rightly deserves. Tranter’s fine study sets an important benchmark for theological engagement with O’Donovan’s lifework even as it presses searching questions concerning the eschatological quality of Christian ethics more generally. * Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen, UK *Oliver O’Donovan’s moral theology is notoriously complex. Samuel Tranter has done a great service by providing this careful and insightful guide, as well as offering a critical assessment. Tranter’s book is replete with rich observations and astute judgments about O’Donovan’s work and the role of eschatology in Christian ethics. I highly recommend it! * Michael Mawson, Charles Sturt University, Australia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Groundwork: ‘The Natural Ethic’ 2. Topography: Resurrection and Moral Order – ‘The Objective Reality’ 3. Contour: Resurrection and Moral Order – ‘The Subjective Reality’ 4. Territory: Desire of the Nations and The Ways of Judgment 5. Remapping: Ethics as Theology Conclusion Postscript: The End of Ethics Appendix: Cartography with O’Donovan and Friends Bibliography

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Trade ReviewThese essays introduce one of the foremost theological ethicists of the past half century to an English-speaking audience that has much to learn from him. Ranging across many topics and disciplines, Ulrich's theology is an affirmation of the goodness of the human condition that begins by refusing to accept it on its own terms. -- Gerald McKinney, University of Notre Dame, USAAfter the trauma of German history during the twentieth century and the crisis that trauma initiated for Christian theology and ethics, a new generation of German thinkers set about rediscovering the proper foundation for theological ethics in God’s action in the midst of a fallen world. As the essays in this volume clearly demonstrate Hans Urlich’s participation in that project has borne rich fruit. Here is an approach to ethics that will be of enduring value precisely because it is founded, as theological ethics must always be, upon attentiveness to the presence and the work of God. -- Murray Rae, University of Otago, New ZealandWe have waited a long time for a translation of Transfigured not Conformed. It has been well worth the wait. Ulrich has written a masterpiece in any language. The breadth and depth of his scholarship are impressive. Occasionally a must read appears in the academy. This is one of those occasions. -- Brent Waters, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USAThe wonderfully crafted collection, itself the culmination of a lifetime of incisive engagements, gifts us with a beautifully interwoven system of thought that is not only timely and humane, but itself punctuates a timeful humanism, an account of the apocalypse of God in the humanity of the Word incarnated in the divinity of the world. -- Jonathan Tran, Baylor University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Part I. A Christian Ethics of Messianic Presence (Ecclesia) Chapter 1: The Messianic Contours of Evangelical Ethics Chapter 2: The Form and its Forms According to Bonhoeffer Chapter 3: Explorative Theology: Discovery and Discernment Part II: Christian Witness in the World (Politeia) Chapter 4: The Public Appearance of Religion: God’s Commandments and their Political Presence—In Lutheran Perspective Chapter 5: Human Economies at their Limits, but Governed within their Limits Chapter 6: Adoption: A Theological Account of Political Responsibility to Entrusted Lives Part III. Receiving Given Life (Oeconomia) Chapter 7: God’s Story and Engelhardt’s Bioethics: Christian Witness in Modern Medicine Chapter 8: A Theological-Critical Hermeneutics of Life: Engaging Genetic Science Chapter 9: God’s Transfiguring Presence: Newly Created in the Presence of Disabled Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship in the Catholic Tradition is a theological and historical exploration of the treatment of entrepreneurship, business, and commerce in the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. Moving from Scriptural exegesis to modern papal social encyclicals, Anthony G. Percy shows how Catholic teaching had developed profound insights into the ultimate meaning of entrepreneurship and commerce and invested it with theological, philosophical, and economic meaning that surpasses many conventional religious and secular interpretations. Entrepreneurship is illustrated as being as much a potential contributor to all-round integral human flourishing as it is to economic growth and development. In this sense, Entrepreneurship in the Catholic Tradition challenges the stereotype of the Catholic Church having a negative view of economic liberty and the institutions that enhance its productivity. Instead we discover a tradition in which first millennium theologians, medieval scholastics, and modTrade ReviewThis is a book for which many have been waiting. It undermines stereotypes of Catholic thought about free enterprise and business while simultaneously challenging us to root entrepreneurship in a richer and deeper understanding of the human person. Anthony G. Percy brings together good theology, good philosophy, sound economics, and an appreciation for the full complexity of Catholicism's positive view of the entrepreneur. -- Robert A. Sirico, President, Acton InstituteIn Entrepreneurship in the Catholic Tradition, Anthony G. Percy provides us with a detailed study of the distinctive contribution to the modern understanding of entrepreneurship developed by Catholic theologians, philosophers, saints, popes, clergy, and economists over the centuries. This book is a treasure of information and provides many useful correctives to much received wisdom on the history of entrepreneurship. -- Michael Novak, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, 1994 Templeton laureateThe work of Father Percy is a great resource to help alleviate the problem….Father Percy does us the great favor of including in his book a review of declarations of the successive popes since Leo XIII. * Journal of Markets & Morality *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Chapter 1—Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 2—Entrepreneurial Work: Toward a Definition Chapter 4 Chapter 3—Entrepreneurial Work: Scripture and Tradition Chapter 5 Chapter 4—Private Initiative in the Social Teaching of the Church: Leo XIII-Paul VI Chapter 6 Chapter 5—Human Action, Work, and Enterprise: The Second Vatican Council Chapter 7 Chapter 6—Human Work: First Insights from John Paul II Chapter 8 Chapter 7—From Work to Entrepreneurship: The Revolution of Centesimus Annus Chapter 9 Further Reading

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