Public Forum and Christian Ethics

Zusammenfassung This book is concerned with the communication of Christian ethics in the public forum of liberal! secular societies. It considers one of the fundamental problems of liberal societies: reconciling individual autonomy and community! and proposes a theological vision of community. Inhaltsverzeichnis General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Revelation and reason in liberal societies; 2. Revelation and a contemporary public ethics; 3. The theology of revelation and Christian identity; 4. The communication of Christian ethics in the public forum; 5. Reconciling autonomy and community; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Gascoigne, Robert (Australian Catholic University Gascoigne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521086059
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08605-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: New Studies in Christian Ethic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works