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  • The Ethical Vision of the Bible

    Learning Good from Knowing God

    by Peter W. Gosnell ...
    What ways of distinguishing right and wrong are encouraged within biblical writings? How did various bibical authors offer different yet complementary motivations for promoting ethical action and discouraging unethical behavior?The Ethical Vision of the Bible equips readers with an interest in deepening their understanding of biblical ethics to listen carefully to the variety of ethical emphases ... Read more

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  • The Ethics

    by Benedictus de Spinoza, Digital Fire ...
    ‘The Ethics’ is a philosophical book written by Benedictus de Spinoza. Although published after Spinoza's death, in 1677, it is considered his greatest and most famous work. In it, Spinoza tries to set out a "fully cohesive philosophical system that strives to provide a coherent picture of reality and to comprehend the meaning of ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in ... Read more

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  • Understand Ethics: Teach Yourself

    Making Sense of the Morals of Everyday Living

    by Mel Thompson ...
    Whether you're a student studying philosophy at any level, or simply want to gain a deeper understanding of this fascinating subject, Understand Ethics is an accessible introduction to all the key theories and thinkers. Fully updated, this latest edition includes contemporary examples and discussion of current debates including terrorism, genetics and the media, helping you to grasp how ethics ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Introducing Moral Theology

    True Happiness and the Virtues

    by William Mattison, III ...
    A masterful basic text on Catholic moral theologyWhether in the cafeteria, classroom, or dorm lounge, questions abound on college campuses. Not only do students grapple with existential issues but they also struggle with ethical ones such as "Why be moral?"In Introducing Moral Theology, William Mattison addresses this question as well as grapples with the impact that religious belief has on day-to ... Read more

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  • Reviving Evangelical Ethics

    The Promises and Pitfalls of Classic Models of Morality

    by Wyndy Reuschling ...
    Classic theories of Aristotle, Kant, and Mill have influenced Christian thought in morality and ethics for centuries. But they can go only so far, Wyndy Corbin Reuschling writes in Reviving Evangelical Ethics. While the philosophers' approach to three key elements--virtue, duty, and utility--have been used widely in forming ethical and moral practices, Corbin Reuschling sees spiritual danger in ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Through My Enemy's Eyes

    Envisioning Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine

    by Salim J Munayer, Lisa Loden ...
    This book addresses the universal theological dimension of reconciliation in the context of the Israeli Messianic Jewish and Palestinian Christian divide. Palestinian Christians and Israeli Messianic Jews share a belief in Jesus as the son of God and Messiah. Often, though, that is all they have in common. This remarkable book, written in collaboration by a local Palestinian Christian and ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics

    Edited by Assistant Professor Christian Scharen, Assistant Professor Aana Marie Vigen ...
    This book is a primary resource in the new and growing field of Christian Ethnography. In response to a variety of critical intellectual currents (post-colonial, post-modern, and post-liberal), scholars in Christian theology and ethics are increasingly taking up the tools of ethnography as a means to ask fundamental moral questions and to make more compelling and credible moral claims. Privileging ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Mainstreaming Torture

    Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States

    by Rebecca Gordon ...
    The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 reopened what many people in America had long assumed was a settled ethical question: Is torture ever morally permissible? Within days, some began to suggest that, in these new circumstances, the new answer was "yes." Rebecca Gordon argues that September 11 did not, as some have said, "change everything," and that institutionalized state torture remains ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Romero's Legacy

    The Call to Peace and Justice

    by Pilar Hogan Closkey, Gustavo Gutierrez, Helen Prejean, Daniel G. Groody, Thomas J. Gumbleton, Diana L. Hayes, Robert T. McDermott ...
    Pilar Hogan Closkey and John Hogan have brought together the annual Archbishop Oscar Romero Lectures (2001-2007) to consider the life and death of Archbishop Romero and the daily struggles of the poor in our world, especially in the city of Camden, New Jersey-one of America's poorest cities. Romero's 'dangerous memory' provides the background, while urban poverty and the option for the poor are ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • The Evil That Men Do

    Faith, Injustice and the Church

    by Marcus Paul ...
    At a time when barbarous acts of terrorism are being committed globally and society ponders whether the perpetrators are legitimate religious adherents, Marcus Paul makes an unflinching and counter-cultural examination of some of the worst periods in the Church's history.Were the crusades entirely inexcusable religious wars? Was the Inquisition the bloody and sadistic "Black Legend" of popular ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • An Ethics of Biodiversity

    Christianity, Ecology, and the Variety of Life

    by Kevin J. O'Brien ...
    Life on earth is wildly diverse, but the future of that diversity is now in question. Through environmentally destructive farming practices, ever-expanding energy use, and the development and homogenization of land, human beings are responsible for unprecedented reductions in the variety of life forms around us. Estimates suggest that species extinctions caused by humans occur at up to 1,000 times ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cain, Abel, and the Politics of God

    An Agambenian reading of Genesis 4:1-16

    by Julián Andrés González Holguín ...
    Series series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism
    The Genesis story of Cain’s murder of Abel is often told as a simplistic contrast between the innocence of Abel and the evil of Cain. This book subverts that reading of the Biblical text by utilising Giorgio Agamben’s concepts of homo sacer, the state of exception and the idea of sovereignty to re-examine this well-known tale of fratricide and bring to the fore its political implications.Drawing ... Read more

    $61.99 USD