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On the Moral Nature of the Universe (Theology and the Sciences): Theology, Cosmology and Ethics (Theology & the Sciences)
Nancey Murphy
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRCM; P. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 387. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
What is the ethical import of contemporary scientific cosmology? How does our understanding of the universe relate to our most pressing social concerns? How do the disparate fields of theology, ethics, and the sciences relate to each other? Murphy and Ellis offer a coherent construction of these relations and show how a particular moral vision-a kenotic ethic-is supported from below by the social sciences and from above by theology. The theological import of contemporary cosmology, they argue, points ultimately to an ethic that centers on self-sacrifice and nonviolence. In ambition, rigor, and scale, in ... Read more
What is the ethical import of contemporary scientific cosmology? How does our understanding of the universe relate to our most pressing social concerns? How do the disparate fields of theology, ethics, and the sciences relate to each other? Murphy and Ellis offer a coherent construction of these relations and show how a particular moral vision-a kenotic ethic-is supported from below by the social sciences and from above by theology. The theological import of contemporary cosmology, they argue, points ultimately to an ethic that centers on self-sacrifice and nonviolence. In ambition, rigor, and scale, in ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
FORTRESS PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, United States
ISBN
9780800629830
SKU
KOC0011015
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