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UNINA9910461544803321 |
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Hebblethwaite Brian |
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Ethics and Religion in a Pluralistic Age [[electronic resource]] |
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London, : Continuum International Publishing, 1998 |
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1-283-19756-1 |
9786613197566 |
0-567-41293-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Christian ethics |
Ethics, Modern -- 20th century |
Religious ethics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNINA9910461828403321 |
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Brook-Shepherd Gordon <1918-2004, > |
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Uncrowned emperor : the life and times of Otto von Habsburg / / Gordon Brook-Shepherd |
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London, [England] ; ; New York, [New York] : , : Hambledon and London, , 2003 |
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©2003 |
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1-283-20178-X |
9786613201782 |
0-8264-3280-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Pretenders to the throne - Austria |
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Austria Biography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 A Shaky Inheritance; 2 The Perfect Match; 3 Collapse: A Child's Eye View; 4 Exile at Home: Eckartsau; 5 Swiss Dramas; 6 'Your Majesty'; 7 The Conundrum of the Crown; 8 Meltdown in Vienna; 9 Fatal Encounter; 10 Takeover by Telephone; 11 Homecoming; 12 New Horizons; 13 Across the Water; 14 Dropping Anchor; 15 Mr Europe; 16 Balance Sheet; 17 Royal Endgame; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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The Austro-Hungarian Empire dominated central Europe until 1918, when the last Habsburg Emperor, Karl, fled into exile. Karl's death in 1921 made his nine-year-old son Otto head of the Hapsburg family, a position he has now held for over eighty years. Born heir presumptive to an empire that stretched from the Tyrol to Transylvania, and from Poland to Sarajevo, Otto von Habsburg's life has both affected and been reflected in some of the most dramatic and historic events of the twentieth century. As a four year old in 1916, he walked in the funeral procession of the Emperor Franz Josef. Otto von |
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