Family and Christian Ethics

"Offers an innovative theological look at what family might mean that cuts deeper than current, mostly polarised debates. The book taps literary, artistic and biblical sources and brings them into conversation with family studies from humanities and social science to understand why family is currently a controversial topic"--

List of contents

Prologue. The difficult question of what family is about; 1. Family as mystery; 2. The family tie as mystery; 3. Family and givenness as mystery; 4. Family and dependence as mystery; Epilogue. Morality of appeal and answer: Ethics and the sacred character of the family as mystery.

About the author

Petruschka Schaafsma is Professor of Theological Ethics at the Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands. She runs a research program in ethics and theology on the meaning of family as part of a project on morality in times of pluralism and polarisation and is the editor of  'The Transcendent Character of the Good (2022).'

Summary

Offers an innovative theological look at what family might mean that cuts deeper than current, mostly polarised debates. The book taps literary, artistic and biblical sources and brings them into conversation with family studies from humanities and social science to understand why family is currently a controversial topic. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Product details

• Authors: Petruschka Schaafsma, Petruschka (Protestant Theological Univ Schaafsma, Petruschka (Protestant Theological University Schaafsma, Petrushka Schaafsma, Petrushka (Protestant Theological Unive Schaafsma, Petrushka (Protestant Theological University) Schaafsma, Schaafsma Petruschka
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781009324618
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0932461-8
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: New Studies in Christian Ethics; New Studies in Christian Ethic
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, RELIGION / Ethics, Society & culture: general, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Religious ethics, Society and culture: general, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Relating to Christian people and groups