Robin Gill

Churchgoing and Christian Ethics

Herausgeber: Clark, Stephen R. L.; Gill, Robin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Robin Gill argues that moral communities should take center stage in ethics. This book examines recent evidence about church communities in relation to faith, moral order and love, and shows that churchgoers are distinctive in their attitudes, beliefs and behavior. Some attitudes change over time, and there are several moral disagreements among different groups of churchgoers. Moreover, their values and behavior are shared by many nonchurchgoers also. The distinctiveness of church communities in the modern world is thus real but relative, and is crucial for the task of Christian ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9780521578288
• ISBN-10: 0521578280
• Artikelnr.: 21010354

Autorenporträt

Robin Gill is Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology, University of Kent, and the Editor of Theology. Previous titles by the author include New Challenges for Christians May 2010 A Bit Like Jesus, November 2009, A Sense of Grace - November 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of tables
Introduction
Part I. The Theoretical Context: 1. Churchgoing and the bias of virtue ethicists
2. Churchgoing and the bias of sociologists
3. Four theories of churchgoing
Part II. The Evidence: 4. The British Household Panel survey
5. Faith in British social attitudes surveys
6. Moral order in British social attitudes surveys
7. Love in British social attitudes surveys
Part III. The Implications: 8. Churchgoing and Christian identity
9. Churches and moral disagreement
Postscript
Works cited
Index.