Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Theology - Ethics

This collection assembles essays by eleven leading Catholic and evangelical theologians in an ecumenical discussion of the benefits - and potential drawbacks - of today's burgeoning corpus of theological interpretation. The authors explore the critical relationship between the earthly world and its heavenly counterpart.

• Ground-breaking volume of ecumenical debate featuring Catholic and evangelical theologians
• Explores the core theological issue of how the material and spiritual worlds interrelate
• Features a diversity of analytical approaches
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• An innovative textbook offering a complete and dedicated guide to understanding Christian theology
  
• Offers a lively exploration of the fundamentals of Christian belief, but also shows how and why these beliefs arose, providing the reader with an understanding of theological reflection which enables them to think theologically...

Grounded in Samuel Wells' experience of ordinary lives in poorer neighborhoods, this book presents a striking and imaginative approach to Christian ethics. It argues that Christian ethics is founded on God, on the practices of human community, and on worship, and that ethics is fundamentally a reflection of God's abundance.

Wells synthesizes dogmatic, liturgical, ethical,...

• An innovative exposition of Christian ethics, seen through the lens of Christian worship
• Challenges conventional approaches to the subject
• Restores a sense of the integral connection between Christian ethics and theology
• Stanley Hauerwas is one of the most influential figures in Christian ethics around the world
• Embraces contributors from the Roman Catholic, Anglican,...

No God, No Science: Theology, Cosmology, Biology presents a work of philosophical theology that retrieves the Christian doctrine of creation from the distortions imposed upon it by positivist science and the Darwinian tradition of evolutionary biology.

• Argues that the doctrine of creation is integral to the intelligibility of the world
• Brings the metaphysics of the Christian doctrine of creation to bear on the nature of science
• Offers a provocative analysis of the theoretical and historical relationship between theology, metaphysics, and science...

• Offers a concise and accessible introduction to postcolonial biblical studies
• Provides a comprehensive overview of postcolonial studies by one of the field's most prominent figures
• Explains one of the most innovative and important developments in modern biblical studies
• Accessible enough to appeal to general readers interested in religion
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• A unique stand-alone text which can also be used alongside the highly successful textbook, The Modern Theologians
• Features introductory notes and annotations with each extract to help students understand the relevance and importance of the reading
• Includes selections from major 20th-century theologians and theological movements, and texts on Christian theology's relation to science,...

• Introduces a fundamentally new approach to the analysis of religion in a style accessible to the general reader
• Applies insights from evolutionary and cognitive psychology to both...

• The first comprehensive reference work to provide a survey, description and analysis of practical theology as an area of study
• A range of leading scholars in the field provide original contributions on the major areas, issues, and figures in practical...

• This important work offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the Orthodox Church available, providing a detailed account of its historical development, as well as exploring Orthodox theology and culture
• Written by one of the leading Orthodox historians and theologians in the English-speaking world
• Offers an in-depth engagement with the issues surrounding Orthodoxy's relationship to the modern world, including political, cultural and ethical debates
• Considers the belief tradition, spirituality, liturgical diversity, and Biblical heritage of...

Reynolds argues that the Christian story is one of strength coming from weakness, of wholeness emerging from brokenness, and of power in vulnerability. He offers valuable biblical, theological, and pastoral tools to understand and welcome those with...

Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics, Second Edition, integrates theology, methodology, and practical application into a detailed and practical examination of the bioethical issues that confront students, scholars, and practitioners. Noted bioethicists Gerard Magill, Henk ten Have, and David F. Kelly contribute diverse backgrounds and experience that inform the richness of new material covered in this second edition.

The book is organized into three sections: theology (basic issues underlying Catholic thought), methodology (how Catholic theology approaches moral issues,...