Comparative religious ethics
Subtitle: everyday decisions for our everyday lives
By: by Christine E. Gudorf
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780800698614; 9781451426212
Subjects: Comparative studies; Religious ethics
Description: "The study of comparative religious ethics is at a critical juncture, given the growing awareness of non-Christian ethical beliefs and practices and their bearing on social change. Christine Gudorf is at the forefront of rendering comparative-and competing-religious beliefs meaningful for students, especially in the area of ethics. Unlike other texts, Gudorf's work focuses on common, everyday issues-including food and diet, work, sex and marriage, proper dress, anger and violence, charity, family, and infirmity and the elderly-while drawing out ethical implications of each and demonstrating how different religious traditions prescribe rules for action. An introductory chapter reviews standard ethical theory and core elements of comparative religious analysis. Each chapter opens with a riveting real-life case and shows how religious ethics can shed light on how to handle the larger issues, without determining for the reader what a proper ethical response might be. Helpful pedagogy, including summaries, questions, and list of readings, along with special chapter features, charts and photographs and a glossary, combine to make this new text most suitable for the wide array of courses in comparative religious ethics."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: comparative religious ethics and the contemporary search for meaning; title: Ethics and spirituality in religion; title: Religions on food, fasting, and feasting; title: Religions on making work human; title: Religions on body covering, appearance, and identity; title: Religions on sexuality and marriage; title: Religions on making and keeping families; title: Religions on anger and violence; title: Religions on charity and beggars.