Maureen Junker-Kenny offers a systematic overview of the discipline of
theological ethics in the variety of its approaches, which draw upon
different philosophical traditions and theological visions in treating
its sources. Part One examines the four sources of theological ethics:
the Bible, tradition, philosophical accounts of the human, and the
individual human sciences. Part Two compares five frameworks in
English- and German-speaking theological ethics, based on virtue,
worship, natural law, autonomy, and feminist analyses. Part Three
compares three types of vision - integralist, praxis-oriented, and
discourse-focused - , and Junker-Kenny concludes by situating the
investigation of the discipline within contemporary philosophical and
theological exchanges on religion in the public sphere. The book
provides a framework in which students can locate the specific use of
core ethical concepts and argumentations, comparing how each approach
relates to the Bible, to historical reason, theological thought,
practical self-understandings and interdisciplinary perspectives on
ethics in a scientific and technological culture. In an age of
globalisation where different cultures, religions, lifestyles and
values meet in the workplace, in schools, and in public spaces shaped
by religious and cultural traditions, it is necessary to foster the
ability to create possibilities and venues for dialogue between
different self-understandings. Analysing the variety of approaches to
theological ethics helps articulate different visions of what
constitutes a fulfilled life, of how the moral vocation of each human
being can be supported, and of the role of the Christian faith for
ethics.
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Sources, Traditions, Visions
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780567682987
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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