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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813192803321

Autore

Hollenbach David

Titolo

The common good and Christian ethics / / David Hollenbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-107-12294-5

0-511-04777-0

0-511-32572-X

0-511-60638-9

1-280-43319-1

0-511-14788-0

0-521-89451-4

0-511-17751-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 269 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

New studies in Christian ethics ; ; 22

Disciplina

241/.042

Soggetti

Christian ethics - Catholic authors

Common good - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Situations -- The eclipse of the public -- Problems tolerance cannot handle -- Part II. Frameworks -- Recovering the commonweal -- Religion in public -- Christianity in a community of freedom -- Intellectual solidarity -- Part III. Directions -- Poverty, justice, and the good of the city -- The global common good.

Sommario/riassunto

The Common Good and Christian Ethics rethinks the ancient tradition of the common good in a way that addresses contemporary social divisions, both urban and global. David Hollenbach draws on social analysis, moral philosophy, and theological ethics to chart new directions in both urban life and global society. He argues that the division between the middle class and the poor in major cities and the challenges of globalisation require a new commitment to the common good and that both believers and secular people must move towards new forms of solidarity if they are to live good lives together. Hollenbach proposes a positive vision of how a reconstructed



understanding of the common good can lead to better lives for all today, both in cities and globally. This interdisciplinary study makes both practical and theoretical contributions to the developing shape of social, cultural, and religious life today.