Luke Bretherton

Hospitality as Holiness

Christian Witness Amid Moral Diversity

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Produktbeschreibung

Hospitality as Holiness will appeal to those interested in the broad question of the relationship between reason, tradition, natural law and revelation in theology, and more specifically to those engaged with questions about plurality, tolerance and ethical conflict in Christian ethics and medical ethics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9781409403494
• ISBN-10: 1409403491
• Artikelnr.: 30849094

Autorenporträt

Luke Bretherton is Senior Lecturer in Theology & Politics, and Convenor of the Faith & Public Policy Forum at King's College London. He has worked with a variety of faith-based NGOs, mission agencies and churches in several national and international contexts. He is the author of Christianity and Contemporary Politics: The Conditions and Possibilities of Faithful Witness (2010) and Reviews Editor of the journal Political Theology.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction. Part I The Problem of Moral Plurality: Alasdair MacIntyre's diagnosis of the contemporary context
Germain Grisez and the shared rationality of all moral traditions
Oliver O'Donovan and the distinctiveness of Christian ethics. Part II The Nature and Shape of Christian Hospitality: Local politics, ecclesiology and resisting modernity
The practice of hospitality
Hospitality, hospice care and euthanasia - a case study in negotiating moral diversity. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.