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How does Christian belief and practice relate to living well amid
the difficulties of everyday life and the catastrophes and
injustices that afflict so many today? In his introduction to
Christian ethics, Bretherton provides a new, constructive framework
for addressing this question. Connecting the theory and practice of
Christian moral thought to contemporary existential concerns, this
book integrates classic approaches to the pursuit of wisdom with
contemporary liberationist and critical voices. The relationship
between human and nonhuman life provides a central focus to the
work, foregrounding environmental justice. As well as addressing a
broad range of ethical questions, Bretherton situates moral
formation and the pursuit of human and nonhuman flourishing
alongside a concern for spirituality, pastoral care, and political
struggles to survive and thrive in the contemporary context.
Written for those seeking a place to start, as well as those
seasoned in the field, Bretherton's book provides an innovative
ethical framework that moves beyond many of the impasses that shape
current moral and political debates.
We live amid increasing ethical plurality and fragmentation while
at the same time more and more questions of moral gravity confront
us. Some of these questions are new, such as those around human
cloning and genetics. Other questions that were previously settled
have re-emerged, such as those around the place of religion in
politics. Responses to such questions are diverse, numerous and
often vehemently contested. Hospitality as Holiness seeks to
address the underlying question facing the church within
contemporary moral debates: how should Christians relate to their
neighbours when ethical disputes arise? The problems the book
examines centre on what the nature and basis of Christian moral
thought and action is, and in the contemporary context, whether
moral disputes may be resolved with those who do not share the same
framework as Christians. Bretherton establishes a model - that of
hospitality - for how Christians and non-Christians can relate to
each other amid moral diversity. This book will appeal to those
interested in the broad question of the relationship between
reason, tradition, natural law and revelation in theology, and more
specifically to those engaged with questions about plurality,
tolerance and ethical conflict in Christian ethics and medical
ethics.
We live amid increasing ethical plurality and fragmentation while
at the same time more and more questions of moral gravity confront
us. Some of these questions are new, such as those around human
cloning and genetics. Other questions that were previously settled
have re-emerged, such as those around the place of religion in
politics. Responses to such questions are diverse, numerous and
often vehemently contested. Hospitality as Holiness seeks to
address the underlying question facing the church within
contemporary moral debates: how should Christians relate to their
neighbours when ethical disputes arise? The problems the book
examines centre on what the nature and basis of Christian moral
thought and action is, and in the contemporary context, whether
moral disputes may be resolved with those who do not share the same
framework as Christians. Bretherton establishes a model - that of
hospitality - for how Christians and non-Christians can relate to
each other amid moral diversity. This book will appeal to those
interested in the broad question of the relationship between
reason, tradition, natural law and revelation in theology, and more
specifically to those engaged with questions about plurality,
tolerance and ethical conflict in Christian ethics and medical
ethics.
Through a case study of community organizing in the global city of
London and an examination of the legacy of Saul Alinsky around the
world, this book develops a constructive account of the
relationship between religious diversity, democratic citizenship,
and economic and political accountability. Based on an in-depth,
ethnographic study, Part I identifies and depicts a consociational,
populist and post-secular vision of democratic citizenship by
reflecting on the different strands of thought and practice that
feed into and help constitute community organizing. Particular
attention is given to how organizing mediates the relationship
between Christianity, Islam and Judaism and those without a
religious commitment in order to forge a common life. Part II then
unpacks the implications of this vision for how we respond to the
spheres in which citizenship is enacted, namely, civil society, the
sovereign nation-state, and the globalized economy. Overall, the
book outlines a way of re-imagining democracy, developing
innovative public policy, and addressing poverty in the
contemporary context.
How does Christian belief and practice relate to living well amid
the difficulties of everyday life and the catastrophes and
injustices that afflict so many today? In his introduction to
Christian ethics, Bretherton provides a new, constructive framework
for addressing this question. Connecting the theory and practice of
Christian moral thought to contemporary existential concerns, this
book integrates classic approaches to the pursuit of wisdom with
contemporary liberationist and critical voices. The relationship
between human and nonhuman life provides a central focus to the
work, foregrounding environmental justice. As well as addressing a
broad range of ethical questions, Bretherton situates moral
formation and the pursuit of human and nonhuman flourishing
alongside a concern for spirituality, pastoral care, and political
struggles to survive and thrive in the contemporary context.
Written for those seeking a place to start, as well as those
seasoned in the field, Bretherton's book provides an innovative
ethical framework that moves beyond many of the impasses that shape
current moral and political debates.
Through a case study of community organizing in the global city of
London and an examination of the legacy of Saul Alinsky around the
world, this book develops a constructive account of the
relationship between religious diversity, democratic citizenship,
and economic and political accountability. Based on an in-depth,
ethnographic study, Part I identifies and depicts a consociational,
populist and post-secular vision of democratic citizenship by
reflecting on the different strands of thought and practice that
feed into and help constitute community organizing. Particular
attention is given to how organizing mediates the relationship
between Christianity, Islam and Judaism and those without a
religious commitment in order to forge a common life. Part II then
unpacks the implications of this vision for how we respond to the
spheres in which citizenship is enacted, namely, civil society, the
sovereign nation-state, and the globalized economy. Overall, the
book outlines a way of re-imagining democracy, developing
innovative public policy, and addressing poverty in the
contemporary context.
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