✍ Scribed by Irene Oh
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
What is Religious Ethics? An Introduction is an accessible and informative overview to major themes and methods in religious ethics. This concise and lively book demonstrates the relevance and importance of ethics based in religious traditions and describes how scholars of religious ethics think through moral problems.
Combining an issues-based approach with a model of studying ethics religion-by-religion, this volume examines pressing topics through a variety of belief systems—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism—while also importantly spotlighting Indigenous communities. Engaging case studies invite readers to consider the role of religions with regard to issues such as:
What is Religious Ethics? is a reliable and easily digestible introduction to the field. With chronologically structured chapters, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and interviews with scholars of religious ethics, this is an ideal guide to those approaching the study of religious ethics for the first time.
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Why Study Religious Ethics?
Models for Studying and Teaching Religious Ethics
Moral Expertise
Strands of Religious Ethics
1 Moral Authority and Moral Influence
Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Sikhism
Conclusion
2 Biomedical Ethics
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Case Study: Buddhist Views on CRISPR and Gene Editing
3 Climate Change and the Environment
On the Moral Status of Nature and Non-Human Animals
Indigenous Traditions
Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Sikhism
Case Study: Vegetarianism in the Abrahamic Traditions
4 Poverty and Wealth Disparity
Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Sikhism
Case Study: Anti-Poverty Measures in Hindu India
5 War and Violence
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Case Study: Judaism, Israel, and Nuclear Weapons
6 Feminism, Sex, and Gender
Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Sikhism
Case Study: Women as Religious Leaders in Islam
7 Race, Racism, and Christianity
Racism and Christianity
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Slavery in the United States
Reconstruction and Jim Crow
The Civil Rights Movement
Black Lives Matter
Case Study: Reparations for Slavery
8 Who Are We? Diverse Voices in Religious Ethics
Jonathan K. Crane
Shannon Dunn
Nichole Flores
Laura Hartman
Terrence L. Johnson
Aline Kalbian
Grace Kao
John Kelsay
Charles Mathewes
Aaron Stalnaker
Conclusion
Religious “Nones”
Religious Nationalism
Artificial Intelligence
Index
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