The Ethics of Community
New Dimensions to Religious Ethics
1. Auflage April 2001
200 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-21683-4
John Wiley & Sons
In this important and timely study, Frank Kirkpatrick draws on theology, political philosophy and the social sciences more generally to develop a Christian ethic of community.
Introduction.
1. Moral and Scriptural Foundations.
2. Historical Experiments in Community: Europe.
3. Historical Experiments in Community: America.
4. Building A Philosophy of Community.
5. Political Philosophies of Society.
6. Community and Society: Difference and Engagement.
7. Turning Inward to Community: The Family and The Danger of Too
Much Community.
8. Working Outward From Community: Economic Justice and
International Order.
9. Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.
1. Moral and Scriptural Foundations.
2. Historical Experiments in Community: Europe.
3. Historical Experiments in Community: America.
4. Building A Philosophy of Community.
5. Political Philosophies of Society.
6. Community and Society: Difference and Engagement.
7. Turning Inward to Community: The Family and The Danger of Too
Much Community.
8. Working Outward From Community: Economic Justice and
International Order.
9. Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.
"In the Ethics of Community, Frank Kirkpatrick has written a
scholarly dissertation on the roots of the idea of community and
state in Biblical and secular thought. I am grateful to Dr.
Kirkpatrick for this book, which raises all the right questions."
Good News, The Newspaper of the Episcopal Diocese of
Connecticut
"This is a work of theological ethics, but one informed by
philosophy and conversant with Western history...This is a
scholarly book, written on a theoretical level and in an abstract
style for fellow scholars. It is appropriate for research libraries
in the fields of theology, philosophy, and history."
Choice
"I can see this book being used not only by students in the
academy, but also by congregational communities such as the author
defines. In this way the ethics of community will spread from the
classroom into the church community, and through both hopefully
into all of society." Reviews in Religion and Theology
"Kirkpatrick's chief strength is an understanding of the
teleology that is specific to the church and how it informs the way
church and society interact." Journal of Religion
scholarly dissertation on the roots of the idea of community and
state in Biblical and secular thought. I am grateful to Dr.
Kirkpatrick for this book, which raises all the right questions."
Good News, The Newspaper of the Episcopal Diocese of
Connecticut
"This is a work of theological ethics, but one informed by
philosophy and conversant with Western history...This is a
scholarly book, written on a theoretical level and in an abstract
style for fellow scholars. It is appropriate for research libraries
in the fields of theology, philosophy, and history."
Choice
"I can see this book being used not only by students in the
academy, but also by congregational communities such as the author
defines. In this way the ethics of community will spread from the
classroom into the church community, and through both hopefully
into all of society." Reviews in Religion and Theology
"Kirkpatrick's chief strength is an understanding of the
teleology that is specific to the church and how it informs the way
church and society interact." Journal of Religion
Frank G. Kirkpatrick is Professor of Religion at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He is the co-editor of the series 'Blackwell Religious Ethics' and is author of many books and articles, including Living Issues in Ethics (with Richard Nolan), Community: A Trinity of Models, Together Bound: God, History, and the Religious Community, and To Gather the Nations: A Christian Ethic of Flourishing and Justice in a Postmodern Age.
