David A. Clairmont

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Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics (eBook, ePUB)

On the Person as Classic in Comparative Theological Contexts

Beschreibung

Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics offers a comparative discussion of the challenges of living a moral religious life. This is illustrated with a study of two key thinkers, Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa, who influenced the development of moral thinking in Christianity and Buddhism respectively. * Provides an important and original contribution to the comparative study and practice of religious ethics * Moves away from a comparison of theories by discussing the shared human problem of moral weakness * Offers an fresh approach with a comparison of the understanding of the problem of moral weakness between the two key thinkers, Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa * Written by a highly respected academic in the dynamic and fast-growing field of comparative religious ethics

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Autor

David A. Clairmont is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the co-author of American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope With Modernization and Democracy (2007).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444393637
• Artikelnr.: 38307954

Rezensionen

"Clairmont has given us a significant contribution to comparativeethics and comparative theology more broadly. Best of all,Clairmont reflects in depth on the current discussion concerningthe hermeneutics of comparison. I strongly recommend thisbook."
--Rev. James L. Fredericks, Ph.D. Loyola MarymountUniversity

"Over the past several years, comparative religious ethics hasemerged as a centrally important interdisciplinary line ofresearch, crossing the boundaries among religious studies, history,anthropology, and ethics. David Clairmont's book offers astrikingly original contribution to this emerging field."
--Jean Porter, John A. O'Brien Professor of TheologicalEthics, University of Notre Dame

"David Clairmont is one of a new generation of scholars whopossess the requisite philological and philosophical skillsto undertake serious comparative study of thinkers from radicallydifferent traditions. This work shows what we have been missing upto now. It offers meticulous comparisons between them on issuessuch as sacramental and meditative practices, understandings of thecultivation of virtue, and the nature and purpose of religious andethical languages, and he has acute and thought-provoking things tosay on all of them. This book is part of a new era in religiousethics."
--Charles Mathewes, University of Virginia