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Maureen Junker-Kenny offers a systematic overview of the discipline of theological ethics in the variety of its approaches, which draw upon different philosophical traditions and theological visions in treating its sources. Part One examines the four sources of theological ethics: the Bible, tradition, philosophical accounts of the human, and the individual human sciences. Part Two compares five frameworks in English- and German-speaking theological ethics, based on virtue, worship, natural law, autonomy, and feminist analyses. Part Three compares three types of vision - integralist, praxis-oriented, and discourse-focused - , and Junker-Kenny concludes by situating the investigation of the discipline within contemporary philosophical and theological exchanges on religion in the public sphere.
The book provides a framework in which students can locate the specific use of core ethical concepts and argumentations, comparing how each approach relates to the Bible, to historical reason, theological thought, practical self-understandings and interdisciplinary perspectives on ethics in a scientific and technological culture.
In an age of globalisation where different cultures, religions, lifestyles and values meet in the workplace, in schools, and in public spaces shaped by religious and cultural traditions, it is necessary to foster the ability to create possibilities and venues for dialogue between different self-understandings. Analysing the variety of approaches to theological ethics helps articulate different visions of what constitutes a fulfilled life, of how the moral vocation of each human being can be supported, and of the role of the Christian faith for ethics.
Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: The Sources of Theological Ethics
Introduction to Part One
Chapter One: The Bible as a Source of Theological Ethics
Chapter Two: The Second Source: Tradition as norma normans normata
Chapter Three: The Third Source: Normative Accounts of the Human Person
Chapter Four: The Fourth Source: The Individual Human Sciences
Part Two: Traditions of Theological Ethics
Introduction to Part Two
Chapter Five: Varieties of Virtue Ethics
Chapter Six: Christian Worship as a Foundation of Christian Ethics
Chapter Seven: Natural Law
Chapter Eight: Autonomous Ethics within a Christian Faith Perspective
Chapter Nine: Feminist Theological Ethics
Part Three: Visions
Introduction to Part Three
Chapter Ten: Theological Ethics as Integralist, as Praxis-Oriented, or as Discourse-Focused
Conclusion
Product details
| Published | 14 Nov 2019 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9780567682970 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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