Christian Ethics: The Basics

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By Robin Gill

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Christian Ethics: The Basics offers a clear and critical exploration of how influential thinkers such as Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther have shaped ethical perspectives within Christianity. Designed for readers with no prior knowledge, the book introduces foundational concepts before delving into pressing contemporary issues including social justice, war and peace, migration, climate change, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, religious violence, biotechnology, and Abrahamic ethics.
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This primer is ideal for anyone interested in religious ethics and Christianity, accessible to both believers and non-believers seeking a concise and authoritative introduction.

This book sets out clearly and critically the different ways that Augustine, Aquinas and Luther continue to shape ethics today within and across Christian denominations. Readers are introduced to Christian ethics before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing people across the world today.

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Christian Ethics: The Basics sets out clearly and critically the different ways that Augustine, Aquinas and Luther continue to shape ethics today within and across Christian denominations. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and can be read by religious believers and non-believers alike. Readers are introduced to Christian ethics from the ground up before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing people across the world today.

Topics addressed include:

Social justice
War and peace
Migration/immigration
Climate change
Euthanasia
Same-sex marriage
Religiously-inspired violence
Biotechnology
Abrahamic ethics

Concise, readable and authoritative, this is the ideal primer for anyone interested in the study of religious ethics and Christianity.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367331108

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 March 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: General / adult, Primary and secondary education, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 820g

Pages: 184

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About the Author

Robin Gill is Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology at the University of Kent. He is the author or editor of 40 books, including Moral Passion and Christian Ethics (2017), A Textbook of Christian Ethics (4th ed., 2014) and Sociological Theology (3 vols., 2012).