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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461544803321

Autore

Hebblethwaite Brian

Titolo

Ethics and Religion in a Pluralistic Age [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 1998

ISBN

1-283-19756-1

9786613197566

0-567-41293-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

240.3

241

Soggetti

Christian ethics

Ethics, Modern -- 20th century

Religious ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part One; 1 Mystery and humanity; 2 Can moral beliefs be true or false?; 3 Butler on conscience and virtue; 4 The varieties of goodness; 5 Divine and human goodness; 6 Does the doctrine of the atonement make moral sense?; Part Two; 7 The Jewishness of Jesus; 8 A critique of Don Cupitt 's Christian Buddhism; 9 John Hick and the question of truth in religion; 10 The problem of evil as a practical problem; 11 Individual or society?; 12 Religious resources for the overcoming of evil; INDEX; D; K; R; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This important work explores the distinctiveness of Christian ethics, particularly through its interconnections with doctrine and the wider history of religions.Brian Hebblethwaite shows how the distinctiveness of Christian ethics can be understood and appreciated. He brings out the complex nature of that distinctiveness - in Christian individuals and communities as they reflect something of the triune love of God, and in contemporary humanism and major world faiths in which this love is also discernable.He concludes with an extended exploration of the strengths and weaknesses of the different