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

• Autore: Hebblethwaite Brian
• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum International Publishing, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 240.3; 241
• Soggetto topico: Christian ethics; Ethics, Modern -- 20th century; Religious ethics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HebblethwaiteBrian
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethics and Religion in a Pluralistic Age
• ISBN: 1-283-19756-1; 9786613197566; 0-567-41293-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461544803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II