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Forbidding Wrong in Islamby Michael Cook; Patricia Crone
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 26.00This book represents an abridgement of Michael Cook's magisterial study that reflected upon the Islamic injunction to forbid wrongdoing. Using stories from Islamic sources for his argument, Cook unravels the complexities of the subject. The book educates and entertains, but at its heart is an important message about Islam and its values. more...
Theories of the Gift in Medieval South Asiaby Maria Heim
Routledge 2004; US$ 111.00This book explores the ethical and social implications of unilateral gifts of esteem, offering a perceptive guide to the uniquely South Asian contributors to theoretical work on the gift. more...
Divine Command Ethicsby Michael J. Harris
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 200.00This book analyses the response of the classic texts of Jewish tradition to Plato's 'Euthyphro dilemma': does God freely determine morality, or is morality independent of God? more...
Christian Ethicsby Robin W. Lovin
Abingdon Press 2004; US$ 10.00Robin W. Lovin achieves a balance between the questions and issues which form the core of the study of ethics, and the life situations from which those questions arise. more...
An Introduction to Buddhist Ethicsby Peter Harvey
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 26.00This systematic introduction to Buddhist ethics is aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism, including students, scholars and general readers. Peter Harvey is author of the acclaimed Introduction to Buddhism (Cambridge, 1990), and his new book is written in a clear style, applying Buddhist ethics to issues of contemporary concern. more...
The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethicsby Sam Wells; Stanley Hauerwas
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 199.95The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics presents a comprehensive and systematic exposition of Christian ethics, seen through the lens of Christian worship. An innovative exposition of Christian ethics, seen through the lens of Christian worship Challenges conventional approaches to the subject Restores a sense of the integral connection between Christian ethics and theology Stanley Hauerwas is one of the most influential figures in Christian ethics around the world Embraces contributors from the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Mennonite and Pentecostal traditions Designed to be accessible to introductory students Will have a major impact on the discipline of Christian ethics more...
Self Love and Christian Ethicsby Darlene Fozard Weaver; Robin Gill
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 30.00Contemporary culture encourages self love while depriving us of the resources needed to discern what it means to love ourselves rightly. Darlene Fozard Weaver argues that proper self love involves truthfulness of and to the self, embodied in actions and relations, under the norms of love for God and neighbor. more...
Biology and Christian Ethicsby Stephen R. L. Clark; Robin Gill
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 39.00This stimulating and wide-ranging book mounts a profound enquiry into some of the most pressing questions of our age, by examining the relationship between biological science and Christianity. The history of biological discovery is explored from the point of view of a leading philosopher and ethicist. more...
Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thoughtby Michael Cook
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 52.00Do we have a duty to stop others doing wrong? The question is intelligible in any civilization, but only in the Islamic tradition is 'commanding right and forbidding wrong' a central moral tenet. Michael Cook's analysis is the first to chart the history of Islamic reflection on this obligation. more...
The Common Good and Christian Ethicsby David Hollenbach; Robin Gill
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 29.00The Common Good and Christian Ethics rethinks the ancient tradition of the common good in a way that addresses contemporary social divisions, both urban and global. David Hollenbach draws on social analysis, moral philosophy, and theological ethics to chart new directions in both urban life and global society. more...