Richard A. Hughes

Pro-Justice Ethics

from Lament to Nonviolence

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Pro-Justice Ethics: From Lament to Nonviolence is an original work within Christian social ethics and is based upon the civil rights movement, the philosophy of nonviolence, and the biblical lament tradition. The author formulates the justice imperative as an ethic of duty and defines justice as an act of protesting, preventing, and remedying injustices that cause human suffering. Formally, injustice is the violation of fairness, equality, and dignity, but in its primal form injustice is child abuse. Birth and death are discussed from a justice perspective beyond the dichotomy of pro-life and pro-choice. Special attention is devoted to the in… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-1-4331-0525-8
EAN: 9781433105258
Produktnummer: 19045655
Verlag: Peter Lang
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 284 S.
Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.9 cm 551 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 551

Über den Autor

The Author: Richard A. Hughes is the M.B. Rich Professor of Religion at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. from Boston University and studied at the Universities of Geneva and Paris. He has published eight books and many essays in the fields of theology, biblical studies, depth psychology, ethics, and the law. His scholarly work has received academic awards from the Louisville Institute and the Szondi Foundation of Switzerland.