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Understanding Religious Ethics C Mathewes

Understanding Religious Ethics By C Mathewes

Understanding Religious Ethics by C Mathewes


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Summary

This introduction to religious ethics focuses on the major forms of ethical reasoning encompassing the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Mathewes considers both ethical reasoning and how that reasoning reveals insights into a religious tradition.

Understanding Religious Ethics Summary

Understanding Religious Ethics by C Mathewes

This accessible introduction to religious ethics focuses on themajor forms of moral reasoning encompassing the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, andIslam. * Draws on a range of moral issues, such as examples arisingfrom friendship, marriage, homosexuality, lying, forgivenessand its limits, the death penalty, the environment, warfare, andthe meaning of work, career, and vocation * Looks at both ethical reasoning and importantly, howthat reasoning reveals insights into a religious tradition * Investigates the resources available to address common problemsconfronting Abrahamic faiths, and how each faith explains anddefends its moral viewpoints * Offering concrete topics for interfaith discussions, this is atimely and insightful introduction to a fast-growing field ofinterest

Understanding Religious Ethics Reviews

At 250 pages, the volume provides thoughtful theoreticalfoundations for comparative religious ethics balanced by attentionto both historical context and normative issues. (Religious Studies Review, 11 June 2013)

About C Mathewes

Charles Mathewes is Associate Professor of Religious Ethics at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Evil and the Augustinian Tradition (2001), A Theology of Public Life (2007), and several edited volumes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Introduction: Conviction and Argument. Part I: Preliminaries. 1 God and Morality. 2 Jewish Ethics. 3 Christian Ethics. 4 Islamic Ethics. Part II: Personal Matters. 5 Friendship. 6 Sexuality. 7 Marriage and Family. 8 Lying. 9 Forgiveness. Part III: Social Matters. 10 Love and Justice. 11 Duty, Law, Conscience. 12 Capital Punishment. 13 War (I): Towards War. 14 War (II): In War. 15 Religion and the Environment. Part IV: The Last Things. 16 Pursuits of Happiness: Labor, Leisure, and Life. 17 Good and Evil. Conclusion: What's So Funny bout Peace, Love, andUnderstanding? Notes. Index.

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GOR009499663
9781405133524
140513352X
Understanding Religious Ethics by C Mathewes
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2010-03-12
286
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