Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics

ISBN-13: 9780521578486 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 348 str.

Lisa S. Cahill; Stephen R. L. Clark; Stanley M. Hauerwas

Opis

Cahill addresses the ethics of sexuality, marriage, parenthood and family from a feminist Christian standpoint. She wants to reaffirm the traditional unity of sex, love and parenthood, not as an absolute norm, but a guiding framework. The book also develops the significance of New Testament models of community and of moral formation, to argue that the human values associated with sex and family should be embodied in a context of concern for society's poor and marginalized. Roman Catholicism receives special but not exclusive attention.

Recenzje

'Cahill … brings the seemingly opposing perspectives of Christian and postmodern thought into a fruitful dialogue. The result is an original and important contribution to sexual ethics and the methodology of Christian ethics … All persons concerned about authentic gender equality, humane sexual relationships, and the welfare of the family are in Lisa Sowle Cahill's debt. Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics demonstrates the significant contribution the Christian moral tradition can make to these vitally important questions. Cahill's careful scholarship, insightful treatment of the Christian tradition, and rich feminist consciousness guarantees her book a central place in such discussions.' Brian Linnane, Heythrop Journal

Spis treści

1. Sex, gender and the problem of moral argument; 2. Feminism and foundations; 3. Particular experiences, shared goods; 4. 'The body' - in context; An interlude and a proposal; 5. Sex, gender and early Christianity; 6. Sex, marriage and family in Christian tradition; 7. The new birth technologies and public moral argument; Concluding reflections.