Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics
On the Person as Classic in Comparative Theological Contexts
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Theology, Ethics
| Author: | David A. Clairmont | ISBN: | 9781444393637 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | March 31, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | David A. Clairmont |
| ISBN: | 9781444393637 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | March 31, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics offers a comparative discussion of the challenges of living a moral religious life. This is illustrated with a study of two key thinkers, Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa, who influenced the development of moral thinking in Christianity and Buddhism respectively.
- Provides an important and original contribution to the comparative study and practice of religious ethics
- Moves away from a comparison of theories by discussing the shared human problem of moral weakness
- Offers an fresh approach with a comparison of the understanding of the problem of moral weakness between the two key thinkers, Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa
- Written by a highly respected academic in the dynamic and fast-growing field of comparative religious ethics
Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics offers a comparative discussion of the challenges of living a moral religious life. This is illustrated with a study of two key thinkers, Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa, who influenced the development of moral thinking in Christianity and Buddhism respectively.
- Provides an important and original contribution to the comparative study and practice of religious ethics
- Moves away from a comparison of theories by discussing the shared human problem of moral weakness
- Offers an fresh approach with a comparison of the understanding of the problem of moral weakness between the two key thinkers, Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa
- Written by a highly respected academic in the dynamic and fast-growing field of comparative religious ethics
