Civility - Cultivating Public Virtues

A theological study of public virtue that responds to the social challenges and public dysfunctions in current European and North American contexts by identifying and exploring the most critical public values and social virtues.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Public Life and Public Virtues


• 2: Civility


• 3: A Sense of Place


• 4: Building Community


• 5: Solidarity and Responsibility


• 6: Respect and Compassion


• 7: Discernment : The Art of Choosing Well


• 8: Cultivating Public Virtues


• Conclusion

About the author

Philip Sheldrake is Professor and Senior Fellow and Research Director at the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality, Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas. He is also Senior Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge, and Senior Member of St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow at St Chad's College, Durham University.

Summary

A theological study of public virtue that responds to the social challenges and public dysfunctions in current European and North American contexts by identifying and exploring the most critical public values and social virtues.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Sheldrake, Philip (Senior Research Associate Sheldrake, Sheldrake Philip
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2024
• EAN: 9780192862303
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286230-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Europe, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, North America, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Theology, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Political science and theory, North America (USA and Canada)