In Search of the Common Good

Zusatztext "There are many good things on offer in this well-produced volume, which will provide the student and the pastor with a very effective introduction to the important tradition of common good thinking." Informationen zum Autor Patrick Miller is Professor of Old Testament Theology in the Department of Biblical Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary. Dennis P. McCann is the Alston Professor of Bible and Religion at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA. He is the author of Christian Realism and Liberation Theology: Practical Theologies in Creative Conflict (Orbis, 1981) and, along with Max Stackhouse and Shirley Roels, the coauthor of On Moral Business: Classical and Contemporary Resources for Ethics and Economics (Eerdmans, 1995). McCann also served as Executive Director of the Society of Christian Ethics (1996-2001). Klappentext Biblical scholars and theologians search for the meaning of the common good for our time.> Vorwort Biblical scholars and theologians search for the meaning of the common good for our time. Zusammenfassung This collection focuses on the meaning of the common good and what resources Christian theology, biblical studies, and ethics might contribute to our understanding of it. The rationale for the discussion is ultimately theological.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis McCann, Patrick D Miller, Patrick D. Mccann Miller, MILLER PATRICK D MCCANN DENNIS
• Assisted by: Dennis McCann (Editor), Dennis P. Mccann (Editor), Patrick D. Miller (Editor), Miller Patrick D. (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2005
• EAN: 9780567027702
• ISBN: 978-0-567-02770-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Theology for the Twenty-First; Theology for the Twenty-First; Theology for the 21st Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology