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Virtues and Practices in the Christian Tradition: Christian Ethics after MacIntyre
Nancey Murphy
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Description for Virtues and Practices in the Christian Tradition: Christian Ethics after MacIntyre
Paperback. Using Alastair MacIntyre's work as a methodological guide for doing ethics in the Christian tradition, the contributors to this work offer essays on three subjects: description of MacIntyre's approach; reflections on moral issues; and selected essays on family, abortion, feminism and more. Editor(s): Murphy, Nancey; Kallenberg, Brad J.; Nation, Mark Thiessen. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534.
Contributors to Virtues and Practices in the Christian Tradition use Alasdair MacIntyre’s work as a methodological guide for doing ethics in the Christian tradition. These essays are grouped in three sections: descriptions of MacIntyre’s approach to ethics as developed in After Virtue, reflections on the moral issues that come to the fore when viewing the Christian tradition from a MacIntyrean perspective, and selected essays on family, homosexuality, abortion, pacifism, feminism, business ethics, medical ethics, and economic justice.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268043605
SKU
V9780268043605
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About Nancey Murphy
Nancey Murphy is professor of Christian philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary and co-editor of Neuroscience and the Person, also published by the University of Notre Dame Press. Brad J. Kallenberg is assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Dayton and author of Ethics as Grammar, also published by the University of Notre Dame Press. ... Read more
Reviews for Virtues and Practices in the Christian Tradition: Christian Ethics after MacIntyre
“[T]his volume of essays is refreshing and helpful for understanding the relationship between moral reasoning as a community practice,... obligation of the church. The editors and essayists of Virtues and Practices in the Christian Tradition provide compelling answers.... This book is not only a helpful introduction to Alasdair MacIntyre, but extends his work by constructive and critical appropriations by Christian ... Read more