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New Studies in Christian Ethics Ser.: Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics by Lisa Sowle Cahill (1996, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521578485
ISBN-139780521578486
eBay Product ID (ePID)1109553
Product Key Features
Number of Pages348 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSex, Gender, and Christian Ethics
SubjectEthics, Christian Life / Love & Marriage, Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christian Theology / Ethics
Publication Year1996
TypeTextbook
AuthorLisa Sowle Cahill
Subject AreaReligion
SeriesNew Studies in Christian Ethics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.7 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-048156
Reviews"...her book is strong and appealing. One hopes that t will succeed in nudging important discussions of sex and gender ethics in a more constructive direction." America, 'Cahill ... brings the seemingly opposing perspectives of Christian and postmodern thought into a fruitful dialogue. The result is an original and important contribution to sexual ethics and the methodology of Christian ethics ... All persons concerned about authentic gender equality, humane sexual relationships, and the welfare of the family are in Lisa Sowle Cahill's debt. Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics demonstrates the significant contribution the Christian moral tradition can make to these vitally important questions. Cahill's careful scholarship, insightful treatment of the Christian tradition, and rich feminist consciousness guarantees her book a central place in such discussions.' Brian Linnane, Heythrop Journal, 'Cahill … brings the seemingly opposing perspectives of Christian and postmodern thought into a fruitful dialogue. The result is an original and important contribution to sexual ethics and the methodology of Christian ethics … All persons concerned about authentic gender equality, humane sexual relationships, and the welfare of the family are in Lisa Sowle Cahill's debt. Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics demonstrates the significant contribution the Christian moral tradition can make to these vitally important questions. Cahill's careful scholarship, insightful treatment of the Christian tradition, and rich feminist consciousness guarantees her book a central place in such discussions.' Brian Linnane, Heythrop Journal, "Here is the most comprehensive treatment of sexuality in Christian ethics, certainly Catholic moral theology, available today." Theological Studies, ‘Cahill … brings the seemingly opposing perspectives of Christian and postmodern thought into a fruitful dialogue. The result is an original and important contribution to sexual ethics and the methodology of Christian ethics … All persons concerned about authentic gender equality, humane sexual relationships, and the welfare of the family are in Lisa Sowle Cahill’s debt. Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics demonstrates the significant contribution the Christian moral tradition can make to these vitally important questions. Cahill’s careful scholarship, insightful treatment of the Christian tradition, and rich feminist consciousness guarantees her book a central place in such discussions.’Brian Linnane, Heythrop Journal
Dewey Edition20
Series Volume NumberSeries Number 9
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal241.6/3
Table Of Content1. Sex, gender and the problem of moral argument; 2. Feminism and foundations; 3. Particular experiences, shared goods; 4. 'The body' - in context; An interlude and a proposal; 5. Sex, gender and early Christianity; 6. Sex, marriage and family in Christian tradition; 7. The new birth technologies and public moral argument; Concluding reflections.
SynopsisCahill addresses the ethics of sexuality, marriage, parenthood and family from a feminist Christian standpoint. She reaffirms the traditional unity of sex, love and parenthood, as a guiding framework. She develops New Testament models of community and of moral formation in a context of concern for the poor and marginalised., This book endorses feminist critiques of gender, yet upholds the insight of traditional Christianity that sex, commitment and parenthood are fulfilling human relations. Their unity is a positive ideal, though not an absolute norm. Women and men should enjoy equal personal respect and social power. In reply to feminist critics of oppressive gender and sex norms and to communitarian proponents of Christian morality, Cahill argues that effective intercultural criticism of injustice requires a modest defence of moral objectivity. She thus adopts a critical realism as its moral foundation, drawing on Aristotle and Aquinas. Moral judgment should be based on reasonable, practical, prudent and cross-culturally nuanced reflection on human experience. This is combined with a New Testament model of community, centred on solidarity, compassion and inclusion of the economically or socially marginalised., Cahill addresses the ethics of sexuality, marriage, parenthood and family from a feminist Christian standpoint. She wants to reaffirm the traditional unity of sex, love and parenthood, not as an absolute norm, but a guiding framework. The book also develops the significance of New Testament models of community and of moral formation, to argue that the human values associated with sex and family should be embodied in a context of concern for society's poor and marginalized. Roman Catholicism receives special but not exclusive attention.
LC Classification NumberBT708 .C283 1996
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