Primer in Christian Ethics - Christ and the Struggle to Live Well

"An introduction to Christian ethics that provides a new, constructive framework for Christian moral and political thought. It draws on and integrates classic sources and approaches with contemporary liberationist and critical voices while making the ethical relationship between human and nonhuman life a central concern"--

Sommario

1. Christ and the struggle to live well; I. Describing Well: 2. Listening to creaturely life; 3. Listening to Scripture; 4. Listening to strangers; 5. Listening to cries for liberation; 6. Listening to ancestors; II. Acting Well: 7. Finitude and fallenness; 8. Call and commands; 9. Rules and regulations; 10. Virtues and vision; 11. Deliberation and judgment; III. Living Well with Others: 12. Intimacy; 13. Work; 14. Politics.

Info autore

Luke Bretherton is the Robert E. Cushman Distinguished Professor of Moral and Political Theology at Duke University. He is the author of Christ and the Common Life (2019), Resurrecting Democracy (2014), Hospitality as Holiness (2010), and Christianity and Contemporary Politics (2010), winner of the 2013 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing. Alongside his scholarship and teaching, he writes on topics related to religion and politics in the media, hosts the Listen, Organize, Act! Podcast, and is involved in forms of grassroots democratic politics, both the United Kingdom and the United States.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Luke Bretherton, Luke (Duke University Bretherton, Bretherton Luke
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781009328975
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0932897-5
• Pagine: 300
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Social issues & processes, Religious ethics, Social and ethical issues, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Relating to Christian people and groups, Designed for home learning, For home learning / Self-study / autonomous learning, Textbook, coursework