Plurality and Christian Ethics - Rilegato

Markham, Ian S.

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ISBN 10: 0521453283 ISBN 13: 9780521453288

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Riassunto

Too many parts of the world testify to the difficulties religions have in tolerating each other. It is often concluded that the only way tolerance and plurality can be protected is to keep religion out of the public sphere. Ian Markham challenges this secularist argument. In the first half of the book, he advances a careful critique of European culture which exposes the problem of plurality. His analysis of the Christendom Group is contrasted with the outlook found in the USA, where a religiously informed culture may be seen to be tolerant. In the second half of the book, the author argues that plurality is better safeguarded by a theistic, rather than a secularist, foundation. He submits that too often secularists use relativist arguments, while theists want to appeal to the complexity of God's world. He concludes that in our post-modern world the religious affirmation of diversity offers genuine political possibilities for cultural enrichment.

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Recensione:

'A work of admirable clarity and brevity by a Christian theologian who gives the reader a strong sense of the intelligibility of the Christian moral tradition.' Theology

Descrizione del libro:

The first substantial study in Christian Ethics to explore the problem of religion, plurality and ethics. Ian Markham argues that plurality is better safeguarded by a theistic, rather than a secularist, foundation, and shows that the religious affirmation of diversity offers genuine political possibilities in our post-modern world.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521453283
• ISBN 13: 9780521453288
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240