The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics [Hardcover]

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• Now available in paperback, this is a rich resource for understanding the moral teachings and practices of the world’s religions
  
• Includes detailed discussions of issues in moral theory
  
• Offers extensive treatment of the world’s major religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese religions and African religions
  
• Compares the ways in which the religions provide resources for addressing current moral challenges in areas such as ecology, economics, global dynamics, religious war, human rights and other topics.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

On Religious Ethics: William Schweiker (University of Chicago).

PART I: MORAL INQUIRY.

1 Reflection.

1. Moral Theories:Robin W. Lovin (Southern Methodist University).

2. Moral Truth: Maria Antonaccio (Bucknell University).

3. Agents and Moral Formation: Thomas W. Ogletree (Yale University).

4. Ideas of Ethical Excellence:Lee Yearley (Stanford University).

5. Practical Reasoning and Moral Casuistry: Albert R. Jonsen (University of.

Washington).

6. Authority and Religious Experience:Darrell J. Fasching (University of South Florida).

2 Transmission.

7. Text and Canon: Michael Fishbane (University of Chicagols;