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Understanding Religious Ethics
Charles Mathewes
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Description for Understanding Religious Ethics
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAM1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
This accessible introduction to religious ethics focuses on the major forms of moral reasoning encompassing the three ‘Abrahamic’ religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
This accessible introduction to religious ethics focuses on the major forms of moral reasoning encompassing the three ‘Abrahamic’ religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
- Draws on a range of moral issues, such as examples arising from friendship, marriage, homosexuality, lying, forgiveness and its limits, the death penalty, the environment, warfare, and the meaning of work, career, and vocation
- Looks at both ethical reasoning and importantly, how that reasoning reveals insights into a religious tradition
- Investigates the resources available to address common problems confronting Abrahamic faiths, and how each faith explains and defends its moral viewpoints
- Offering concrete topics for interfaith discussions, this is a timely ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405133517
SKU
V9781405133517
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Ref
99-50
About Charles 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.
Reviews for Understanding Religious Ethics
“At 250 pages, the volume provides thoughtful theoretical foundations for comparative religious ethics balanced by attention to both historical context and normative issues.” (Religious Studies Review, 11 June 2013)