The Ethics of Community - Kirkpatrick, Frank G
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We live today in a world dominated by large political, economic and social institutions; yet we long for the intimacy of smaller, more directly personal communities. This tension between 'individualism' and 'fellowship' is central to communitarian ethics. Frank Kirkpatrick's important and timely study sets out to identify a Christian ethic of community which accounts for the whole range of forms of human association, exploring the significant differences between them. He argues that a realistic Christian ethic of community must address the relationship between the religious aspiration for…mehr

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We live today in a world dominated by large political, economic and social institutions; yet we long for the intimacy of smaller, more directly personal communities. This tension between 'individualism' and 'fellowship' is central to communitarian ethics. Frank Kirkpatrick's important and timely study sets out to identify a Christian ethic of community which accounts for the whole range of forms of human association, exploring the significant differences between them. He argues that a realistic Christian ethic of community must address the relationship between the religious aspiration for community and the political necessity for society. Drawing on theology, political philosophy and the social sciences generally, Kirkpatrick develops a 'philosophy of the personal' which can guide us towards understanding what a good society and a fulfilling community ought to be and which might ultimately help us to achieve a greater sense of personal meaning and fulfilment.
Autorenporträt
Frank G. Kirkpatrick is Professor of Religion at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He is the co-editor of the series 'Blackwell Religious Ethics' and is author of many books and articles, including Living Issues in Ethics (with Richard Nolan), Community: A Trinity of Models, Together Bound: God, History, and the Religious Community, and To Gather the Nations: A Christian Ethic of Flourishing and Justice in a Postmodern Age.
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"In the Ethics of Community, Frank Kirkpatrick has written ascholarly dissertation on the roots of the idea of community andstate in Biblical and secular thought. I am grateful to Dr.Kirkpatrick for this book, which raises all the right questions."Good News, The Newspaper of the Episcopal Diocese ofConnecticut

"This is a work of theological ethics, but one informed byphilosophy and conversant with Western history...This is ascholarly book, written on a theoretical level and in an abstractstyle for fellow scholars. It is appropriate for research librariesin the fields of theology, philosophy, and history."Choice

"I can see this book being used not only by students in theacademy, but also by congregational communities such as the authordefines. In this way the ethics of community will spread from theclassroom into the church community, and through both hopefullyinto all of society." Reviews in Religion and Theology

"Kirkpatrick's chief strength is an understanding of theteleology that is specific to the church and how it informs the waychurch and society interact." Journal of Religion