Ethics and Society
Books on ethics and social issues, including moral theology, environmental ethics, peace and pacifism, economic and social justice, and religion and politics.
Church and Ethical Responsibility in the Midst of World Economy:
Greed, Dominion, and Justice
By Paul S. Chung
An in-depth study and critique of global capitalism from a theological point of view, emphasising the Church's responsibility as a defender of economic justice.
ISBN: 9780227901557
Conscience and its Problems:
An Introduction to Casuistry
By Kenneth E. Kirk
One of the classic texts of moral theology, setting out crucial moral problems and arguments drawn from religion and the religious community.
ISBN: 9780227679487
The Crisis of Global Capitalism:
Pope Benedict XVI's Social Encyclical and the Future of Political Economy
By Adrian Pabst (editor)
Essays exploring the impact of the papal encyclical Caritas in Veritate on the development of a third way between socialist statism and free-market capitalism.
ISBN: 9780227680162
ISBN: 9780227901373
Culture in a Post-Secular Context:
Theological Possibilities in Milbank, Barth and Bediako
By Alan Thomson
A critique of the over-reliance of contemporary theologians on secular cultural ideas, showing that a theological understanding of culture already exists.
ISBN: 9780227174678
ISBN: 9780227902776
Deep Economy:
Caring for Ecology, Humanity and Religion
By Hans Dirk van Hoogstraten
An analysis of the ecological and theological dimensions of the world economy, showing how we need to rethink our ideas of life and death, wealth and work.
ISBN: 9780227679654
Durkheim: Essays on Morals and Education
By Emile Durkheim and W.S.F. Pickering (editor)
A selection of the most important writings of the great French sociologist on ethics and education, including many pieces previously unavailable in English.
ISBN: 9780227174210
ISBN: 9780227902530
Durkheim: The Collection
By Emile Durkheim and W.S.F. Pickering (editor)
A single resource containing all three of W.S.F. Pickering's classic guides to the thought and writings of the great French sociologist Émile Durkheim.
ISBN: 9780227902561
Early Inter-racial Oneness Pentecostalism:
G.T. Haywood and the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (1901–1931)
By Talmadge L. French
A study of a neglected episode in American religious history, exploring the commitment to racial unity in the early years of Oneness Pentecostalistism.
ISBN: 9780227174777
ISBN: 9780227902875
The Economy of Salvation:
Essays in Honour of M. Douglas Meeks
By Jürgen Moltmann, Timothy R. Eberhart and Matthew W. Charlton (editors)
A Festschrift exploring the work of the American theologian M. Douglas Meeks, in particular the socio-economic dimensions of the Christian hope of salvation.
ISBN: 9780227175859
ISBN: 9780227905432
Embracing Vulnerability:
Human and Divine
By Roberto Sirvent
A study in moral theology that argues that the doctrine of divine impassibility is incompatible with the notion of God as moral exemplar.
ISBN: 9780227176498
ISBN: 9780227906309
Euthanasia and Patristic Tradition:
Reading John Damascene and Symeon the New Theologian on Christian Bioethics
By Ioannis Bekos
A critique of contemporary bioethical thought, drawing on the Patristic tradition to develop a Christian anthropology that offers an alternative approach to bioethics.
ISBN: 9780227906941
Facing the Other:
John Paul II, Levinas, and the Body
By Nigel Zimmermann
A study of the theological and ethical significance of the body, creatively bringing into dialogue the writings of Karol Wojtyla and Emmanuel Levinas.
ISBN: 9780227175705
ISBN: 9780227905289
The Greatness of Humility:
St Augustine on Moral Excellence
By Joseph J. McInerney
An exploration of Augustine's defence of humility as a key virtue in human greatness, showing how his case stands up to criticisms both ancient and modern.
ISBN: 9780227176009
