Cross-cultural Dialogue on the Virtues

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331907833X
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Cross-cultural Dialogue on the Virtues by : Trudy D. Conway

Download or read book Cross-cultural Dialogue on the Virtues written by Trudy D. Conway and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the development of the influential worldwide Hizmet movement inspired by the Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen, known for his moderate Islamic emphasis on peaceful relations among diverse people. It provides a detailed study of Gülen’s account of the virtues and argues that they provide the key to understanding this thinker and the movement he inspired, from its initial establishment of hospitality houses through the growth of worldwide schools, hospitals, media outlets, charitable associations and dialogue centers. The book analyzes the distinctive virtues that shaped the Hizmet movement’s ethos as well as continue to sustain its expansive energy, from the core virtues of tolerance, hospitality, compassion and charity to a host of related virtues, including wisdom, humility, mildness, patience, mercy, integrity and hope. It also examines the Islamic and Sufi roots of Gülen’s understanding of the virtues as well as presents a comparative study of Gülen’s account of the virtues in dialogue with prominent thinkers of the Western philosophical tradition and the religious traditions of Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism. The Hizmet movement provides living witness to the power and efficacy of tolerance, dialogue and peaceful relations among diverse people. This book offers an insightful portrait of the core virtues of this movement and the scholar who fully explored them within his writing. It will appeal to readers interested in virtue ethics, character education, cross-cultural studies, interfaith dialogue and the role of moderate Islam today.

Strange Virtues

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Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830877041
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Strange Virtues by : Bernard T. Adeney-Riskotta

Download or read book Strange Virtues written by Bernard T. Adeney-Riskotta and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-09-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theologian and veteran missionary Bernard Adeney addresses in-depth what may be the stickiest crosscultural communication problem of our day: differing approaches to morality. In this comprehensive treatment, he considers ethics across cultures, addresses the ethical import of other religions and gender relations, explores how the Bible and culture interact to produce ethical stances, and includes particular case studies. Strange Virtues will benefit not only missionaries, ethicists and students, but all Christians who want to better understand their neighbors here at home.

Confucianism in Cross-cultural Dialogue

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Confucianism in Cross-cultural Dialogue by : 洪庆福

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The Freedom of Virtue

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Publisher : Australian Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1925644154
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (256 download)

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Book Synopsis The Freedom of Virtue by : Tom Edwards

Download or read book The Freedom of Virtue written by Tom Edwards and published by Australian Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Come on a journey with two travellers — not virtuous, just trying to be. Virtue is not for everyone, and many people find their happiness in the green valleys of life. But for those of us with a little chutzpah, a summit looms high above and time is of the essence … “ What makes a person, no matter their background, intelligence, or resilience, stand out from the crowd, to display excellence in the art of living? It was this question that led two friends — a behavioural neuroscientist turned counsellor and a mathematician — both experienced academics and educators, to embark on a journey of discovery into the ingredients for human excellence. The dish they found is called virtue. Virtue sits in the background of daily life, yet influences everything we say and do. It is about a person’s style and substance in spite of their physical strength or intellect. Virtue is for us all, not only for the strong and the smart. So how do we attain a life of excellence amidst a modern world that has provided so many technical advances yet in which we still suffer so much anxiety, depression, obesity and conflict? The authors argue our need to always feel comfortable, if not happy, has robbed us of achieving excellence in our own lives. Taking an evidence-based approach, they examine research findings from positive psychology, anthropology, and biology and delve into the tenets of religion and philosophy to identify six virtues which are foundational to our humanity and which orientate each of us to our ‘best-lived’ life. Cutting across cultural and religious barriers this unique book provides readers with practical tools in the daily art of living useful to parents, teachers, mental health professionals, community workers and business leaders. Create your own clear path to a life of excellence through virtue.

Wealth, Virtue, and Moral Luck

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Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1647121388
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (471 download)

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Book Synopsis Wealth, Virtue, and Moral Luck by : Kate Ward

Download or read book Wealth, Virtue, and Moral Luck written by Kate Ward and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book, Kate Ward addresses the issue of inequality from the perspective of Christian virtue ethics. Her unique contribution is to argue that moral luck, our individual life circumstances, affects one's ability to pursue virtue. She argues that economic status functions as moral luck and impedes the ability of both the wealthy and the impoverished to pursue virtues such as prudence, justice, and temperance. The book presents social science evidence that inequality reduces empathy for others' suffering, and increases violence, fear, and the desire to punish others. For the wealthy, inequality creates "hyperagency" - abundant freedom, power, and choice beyond that enjoyed by other members of society. For the poor, scarcity of time, money, and other important goods can also impair their ability to pursue virtue. Having established the theological harm caused by inequality, Ward then makes the argument that both individual Christians and Christian communities have obligations to address the impact of inequality. As individuals, Christians should pursue what Ward calls encounter, conversion, and contentment. Encounter means genuinely reaching out to the less fortunate and spending enough time to get to know individuals as human beings. For Ward, conversion means informing oneself about the realities of poverty and inequality. Contentment means being satisfied with one's position and not striving for more material wealth. Christian communities, in Ward's view, have obligations to pursue political action, tithing, and aid, and to foster encounters in parishes and educational settings"--

Mapping the Legal Boundaries of Belonging

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199383022
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Book Synopsis Mapping the Legal Boundaries of Belonging by : Rene Provost

Download or read book Mapping the Legal Boundaries of Belonging written by Rene Provost and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several decades, culture played a central role in challenging the liberal tradition. More recently however, religion has re-emerged as one of the central challenges facing Western liberal societies' conception of multiculturalism. Mapping the Legal Boundaries of Belonging explores the complex relationship between religion and multiculturalism and the role of the state and law in the creation of boundaries. The intersection between religion, nationalism and other vectors of difference in Canada and Israel offer an ideal laboratory in which to examine multiculturalism in particular and the governance of diversity in general. The contributors to this volume investigate concepts of religious difference and diversity and the ways in which these two states and legal systems understand and respond to them. As a consequence of a purportedly secular human rights perspective, they show, state laws may appear to define religious identity in a way that contradicts the definition found within a particular religion. Both state and religion make the same mistake if they take a court decision that emphasizes individual belief and practice as effecting a direct modification of a religious norm: the court lacks the power to change the authoritative internal definition of who belongs to a particular faith. Similarly, in the pursuit of a particular model of social diversity, the state may adopt policies that imply a particular private/public distinction foreign to some religious traditions.

A History of Catholic Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441189483
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of Catholic Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century by : James F. Keenan

Download or read book A History of Catholic Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century written by James F. Keenan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-01-17 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an historical survey of 20th Century Roman Catholic Theological Ethics (also known as moral theology). The thesis is that only through historical investigation can we really understand how the most conservative and negative field in Catholic theology at the beginning of the 20th could become by the end of the 20th century the most innovative one. The 20th century begins with moral manuals being translated into the vernacular. After examining the manuals of Thomas Slater and Henry Davis, Keenan then turns to three works and a crowning synthesis of innovation all developed before, during and soon after the Second World War. The first by Odon Lottin asks whether moral theology is adequately historical; Fritz Tillmann asks whether it's adequately biblical; and Gerard Gilleman, whether it's adequately spiritual. Bernard Haering integrates these contributions into his Law of Christ. Of course, people like Gerald Kelly and John Ford in the US are like a few moralists elsewhere, classical gate keepers, censoring innovation. But with Humanae vitae, and successive encyclicals, bishops and popes reject the direction of moral theologians. At the same time, moral theologians, like Josef Fuchs, ask whether the locus of moral truth is in continuous, universal teachings of the magisterium or in the moral judgment of the informed conscience. In their move toward a deeper appreciation of their field as forming consciences, they turn more deeply to local experience where they continue their work of innovation. Each continent subsequently gives rise to their own respondents: In Europe they speak of autonomy and personalism; in Latin America, liberation theology; in North America, Feminism and Black Catholic theology; and, in Asia and Africa a deep post-colonial interculturatism. At the end I assert that in its nature, theological ethics is historical and innovative, seeking moral truth for the conscience by looking to speak crossculturally.

Ernest Sosa Encountering Chinese Philosophy

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ISBN 13 : 9781350265806
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (658 download)

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Book Synopsis Ernest Sosa Encountering Chinese Philosophy by : Yong Huang

Download or read book Ernest Sosa Encountering Chinese Philosophy written by Yong Huang and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major figure in the Anglo-American analytic tradition, Ernest Sosa is a pioneer of contemporary virtue epistemology. Engaging with his important work for the first time, a team of renowned scholars of Chinese philosophy bring Western analytic epistemology into dialogue with themes and issues in the history of the Chinese tradition in order to reveal multiple points of connection. Drawing on thinkers and texts from Confucianism, Daoism, and Chinese Buddhism, chapters explore issues central to virtue epistemology, such as the reliabilist and responsibilist divide, the distinction between virtues constitutive of knowledge and virtues auxiliary to knowledge, epistemic competence, and the role of testimony. Including Sosa's constructive and systematic responses to each scholar's interpretation of his work, this volume demonstrates the value of cross-cultural dialogue, advancing the field of virtue epistemology, and paving the way for further engagement between philosophical traditions.

Virtue and the Moral Life

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Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739182323
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis Virtue and the Moral Life by : William Werpehowski

Download or read book Virtue and the Moral Life written by William Werpehowski and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scope of interest and reflection on virtue and the virtues is as wide and deep as the questions we can ask about what makes a moral agent’s life decent, or noble, or holy rather than cruel, or base, or sinful; or about the conditions of human character and circumstance that make for good relations between family members, friends, workers, fellow citizens, and strangers, and the sorts of conditions that do not. Clearly these questions will inevitably be directed to more finely grained features of everyday life in particular contexts. Virtue and the Moral Life: Theological and Philosophical Perspectives takes up these questions. In its ten timely and original chapters, it considers the specific importance of virtue ethics, its public significance for shaping a society’s common good, the value of civic integrity, warfare and returning soldiers’ sense of enlarged moral responsibility, the care for and agency of children in contemporary secular consumer society, and other questions involving moral failure, humility, and forgiveness.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441142177
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Book Synopsis The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy by : Andrew Fiala

Download or read book The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy written by Andrew Fiala and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy is the definitive guide to contemporary political philosophy. The book covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Fourteen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts, including Eduardo Mendieta and Gillian Brock, reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores a range of issues from the nature and history of political philosophy, sovereignty, distributive justice, democratic theory, feminist theory, to toleration, human rights, immigration, cosmopolitanism, peace, war, and the challenge of Eurocentrism in political philosophy. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a chronology, a detailed list of resources, and a fully annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for anyone researching or working in political philosophy.

Christian Apologetics as Cross-Cultural Dialogue

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567193373
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (671 download)

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Book Synopsis Christian Apologetics as Cross-Cultural Dialogue by : Benno van den Toren

Download or read book Christian Apologetics as Cross-Cultural Dialogue written by Benno van den Toren and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A call for a new understanding of apologetics, moving away from appeals to tran-cultural rationality, arguing for a new form of cross-cultural dialogue.

Bridging Scripture and Moral Theology

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498567762
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Book Synopsis Bridging Scripture and Moral Theology by : Michael B. Cover

Download or read book Bridging Scripture and Moral Theology written by Michael B. Cover and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises essays honoring the life and work of Yiu Sing Lúcás Chan, S.J., who died unexpectedly on May 19, 2015, at the end of his first year as a member of the faculty in the Department of Theology at Marquette University. The editors intend to commemorate Chan’s brief but productive career by furthering the critical conversations he started. The essays included thus touch on aspects of the brilliant young Jesuit’s wide-ranging work in the fields of scriptural research, moral theology, and systematic theology. Each essay either engages Chan’s scholarship directly or seeks to advance his design to bridge the disciplinary gaps between scriptural research and constructive theology. This book includes contributions by noted Roman Catholic theologians James F. Keenan, S.J., Bryan N. Massingale, and John R. Donohue, S.J., as well as two original poems by his Marquette colleagues dedicated to Lúcás.

Comparative Approaches to Chinese Philosophy

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351950096
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Book Synopsis Comparative Approaches to Chinese Philosophy by : Bo Mou

Download or read book Comparative Approaches to Chinese Philosophy written by Bo Mou and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology explores how Chinese and Western philosophies could jointly and constructively contribute to a common philosophical enterprise. Philosophers with in-depth knowledge of both traditions present a variety of distinct comparative approaches, offering a refined introduction to the further reaches of Chinese philosophy in the comparative context, especially regarding its three major constituents - Confucianism, philosophical Daoism, and the Yi-Jing philosophy. This book examines various issues concerning philosophical methodology, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and logic, and investigates both the living-spring source of Chinese philosophy and its contemporary implications and development through contemporary resources. The balanced coverage, accessible content, and breadth of approaches presented in this anthology make it a valuable resource for students of Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, and other related courses.

For the Sake of Allah

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Publisher : Blue Dome Press
ISBN 13 : 1682065243
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis For the Sake of Allah by : Anwar Alam

Download or read book For the Sake of Allah written by Anwar Alam and published by Blue Dome Press. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the Sake of Allah explores the Gülen Movement, also known as Hizmet, a religio-social movement inspired by Fethullah Gülen, one of the most prominent Islamic scholars of Turkish origin in the modern world. Notwithstanding the current purge of Hizmet under the Erdoğan regime, it is one of the most interesting faith-based movements to arise from a Muslim society in the twentieth century. Since the late 1960s, Hizmet has opened thousands of schools around the world and has also contributed to relief efforts in Turkey and abroad.

African Perspectives on Culture and World Christianity

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443891592
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis African Perspectives on Culture and World Christianity by : Joseph Ogbonnaya

Download or read book African Perspectives on Culture and World Christianity written by Joseph Ogbonnaya and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike the global North, “the ferment of Christianity” in the global South, among the majority of world people, has been astronomical. Despite the shift in the center of gravity of Christianity to the global South, intra-ecclesial tensions globally remain those of the relationship of culture to religion. The questions posed revolve around to what extent Western Christianity should be adapted to local cultures. Should we talk of Christianity in non-Western contexts or of majority world Christianity? Is it appropriate to describe the shift as the emergence of global Christianity or world Christianity? Should Christianity in the global South mimic Christianity in the global North, or can it be different in the light of the diversity of these cultures? Can Africans, Asians, Latin Americans, Europeans and North Americans – the entire global community – speak of God in the same way? This book is devoted to examining varieties of the intercultural process in world Christianity. It understands culture broadly as a common meaning upon which communities’ social order is organized. Culture in this sense is the whole life of people. It is the integrator of the filial bond holding people together and the various institutional structures – economic, technological, political and legal – that guarantee peace and survival in societies, states, and nations, both locally and internationally. As this book shows, the centrality of culture for world Christianity equally showcases the important position the scale of values occupies in world Christianity.

A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics

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Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889208557
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (892 download)

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Book Synopsis A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics by : Harold Coward

Download or read book A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics written by Harold Coward and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ethical theories employed in health care today assume, in the main, a modern Western philosophical framework. Yet the diversity of cultural and religious assumptions regarding human nature, health and illness, life and death, and the status of the individual suggest that a cross-cultural study of health care ethics is needed. A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics provides this study. It shows that ethical questions can be resolved by examining the ethical principles present in each culture, critically assessing each value, and identifying common values found within all traditions, It encourages the development of global awareness and sensitivity to and respect for the diversity of peoples and their values and will advance understanding as well as help to foster a greater balance and a fuller truth in consideration of the human condition and what makes for health and wholeness.

Cross-cultural Conversation

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780788503085
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Cross-cultural Conversation by : Anindita Niyogi Balslev

Download or read book Cross-cultural Conversation written by Anindita Niyogi Balslev and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eleven essays in this collection address various aspects of cross-cultural studies. Contributors were visiting scholars at the Center for Cultural Research at Aarhus University in Denmark. The clarity provided by their reflections concerning both the rewards and limitations of cross-cultural studies will be increasingly important now that we've entered the pluralistic world of the new millennium.