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'Scientism' is indeed a word that we need. We need it because it describes a way of thinking that has profound and radical implications in almost e...

During the Victorian period, the practice of science shifted from a religious context to a naturalistic one. It is generally assumed that this shi...

Written for general readers of all religious backgrounds, Reason and Wonder introduces some of the most fruitful discussions now taking place betwe...

In The Transparent Society Vattimo develops his own distinctive views on postmodernism and its philosophical and cultural relevance. Vattimo argue...

Immanuel Kant var en av de första tänkarna som förkunnade människovärdets totala oberoende av ras, nationalitet eller samhällsställning. I Grundläg...

I denna debattbok reser den amerikanska statsvetaren och filosofen Susan Moller Okin en synnerligen aktuell fråga: hur bör demokratiska stater hant...

»The Global Face of Public Faith» addresses the hotly debated question of the role religion should play in politics in both the American and intern...

Even as Russia and the other former Soviet republics struggle to redefine themselves in democratic terms, our own democracy if faltering, not flour...

Presents an exposition of Christian ethics, seen through the lens of Christian worship. This work challenges conventional approaches to the subjec...

This volume applies the principles of Christian ethics in examining recent significant developments in the science of genetics. Derived from a mod...

A collection of readings in bioethics, this work provides coverage of issues such as reproduction, genetics, life and death, and animal experimenta...

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This book addresses an important topic and fills a major gap in developments in modern theology and Christian ethics. Significant treatments includ...

Argues that Christian ethics is founded on God, on the practices of human community, and on worship, and that ethics is fundamentally a reflection ...

Serving as a guide to contemporary ethical issues, this book discusses comparative religious ethics, moral philosophy, and applied ethics. It also...

This passionately argued book provides the first in-depth investigation of the religious politics of current American neo-conservatism. It shows t...

A wide-ranging look at Christianity and human rights. [Språk: Engelska] Häftad

»Ethical Theory» is an authoritative collection of key essays that address the central questions of morality. Its broad scope includes coverage of...

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In this groundbreaking book Northcott examines theological attitudes to climate change, from the complacent to the apocalyptic, and the ethical imp...

In A History of Sin, John Portmann argues that especially since 9/11, the reality of sin has made a strong comeback, and he believes that even libe...

Featuring the best of traditional and contemporary approaches to environmental philosophy, Environmental Ethics: An Anthology brings together semin...

Written by internationally renowned scholars, this Companion maps the moral teachings of the world's religions, and also charts new directions for ...

When civilians suffer in war, it is often a deliberate act. Massacres, rape, displacement, famine, and disease are the strategic decisions of poli...

This is an essential and indispensable reference work, covering the fascinating relationship between religion and nature. »The Encyclopedia of Rel...

In Medicine, Religion, and Health, Dr. Harold G. Koenig provides an overview of the relationship between health and religion that manages to be com...

Reading difficult passages of the Old Testament is a bit like visiting a foreign land-exciting, exotic, even a bit unnerving, especially when deali...

There is no society without right and wrong. There is no society without sin. But every culture has its own favorite list of trespasses. Perhaps th...

Vad är lycka och lidande och hur kan vi påverka vår egen och andras lycka? Hur hänger lycka ihop med livskvalitet – är det samma sak eller finns d...

This enlightening book steers readers through the challenges and moral issues, providing a clear and decisive history of the main figures and texts...

I föreliggande bok behandlas en av de svåraste konflikterna i dagens samhälle, den om det ofödda barnet. Inte mångafrågor är mer laddade och sällan...

God and Morality evaluates the ethical theories of four principle philosophers, Aristotle, Duns Scotus, Kant, and R.M. Hare. * Uses their thinking...

This volume offers three social-analytic models and nine profiles of contemporary practitioners of restorative justice and peacemaking. »People wh...

Childhood faces humanity with its own deepest and most perplexing questions. An ethics that truly includes the world's childhoods would transcend ...

A distinguished professor of law and philosophy at the University of Chicago, a prolific writer and award-winning thinker, Martha Nussbaum stands a...

By casting the identity of Christ as the One-Who-Is-Present, Holmes concentrates on how Christ ministers his power, truth, and love in the Spirit f...

I Kärlekens gärningar är det den etiska innebörden av det kristna kärleksbudet - du skall älska din nästa som dig själv - som den danske tänkaren S...

Augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan Rome were nothing more than splendid vices. This critique reinvented itself as a suspicion of...

Barack Obama has called him »one of my favorite philosophers.» John McCain wrote that he is »a paragon of clarity about the costs of a good war.» A...

Stanley Hauerwas (f. 1940) är idag en av USA:s mest inflytelserika teologer och etiker. Denna bok är på en gång en lärobok i kristen etik, en intro...

Christian ethics is a most perplexing subject. This Guide takes the reader through the most fundamental issues surrounding the question of Ethics ...

Bastianel views moral personal life as more than a private and individual reality. Indeed, one's relationship with the »other» is basic to the mor...

What does the history of Christian views of economic life mean for economic life in the twenty-first century? Here Daniel Finn reviews the insight...

What is the difference between right and wrong? This is no easy question to answer, yet we constantly try to make it so, frequently appealing to s...

Theological conversations about violence have typically framed the discussion in terms of victim and perpetrator. Such work, while important, only ...