Ethics
Subtitle: a liberative approach
By: Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780800697877; 9781451426229
Subjects: Liberation theology; Social Marginality; Christian ethics; Conduct of life; People with social disabilities
Description: "This survey text for religious ethics and theological ethics courses explores how ethical concepts defined as liberationist, which initially was a Latin American Catholic phenomenon, is presently manifest around the globe and within the United States across different racial, ethnic, and gender groups. Authored by several contributors, this book elucidates how the powerless and disenfranchised within marginalized communities employ their religious beliefs to articulate a liberationist/liberative religious ethical perspective. Students will thus comprehend the diversity existing within the liberative ethical discourse and know which scholars and texts to read and will encounter practical ways to further social justice."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global context; title: Latin American liberative ethics; title: African liberative ethics; title: Asian liberative ethics; title: Economic liberative ethics; title: U.S. racial & ethnic context; title: Hispanic liberative ethics; title: African-American liberative ethics; title: Asian-American liberative ethics; title: American Indian liberative ethics; title: U.S. gender, sexual identity, and disability context; title: Feminist liberative ethics; title: Women of color liberative ethics; title: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender liberative ethics; title: Disability liberative ethics.