商品簡介
This first volume of the series (titles devoted to the ethics of gender, sex, nature, and race are forthcoming) addresses the concept of Christian moral community ( koinonia ), the lessons of past experimental American and European Christian communities, and the philosophy of John Macmurray. Kirkpatrick (religion, Trinity College) cautions against "losing the authenticity of the church community in indiscriminate engagement with the secular world," and attempts to balance "the appeal of community with the need for individual `space.'" Kirkpatrick then suggests a future for Christian communities confronting issues of social injustice especially those concerned with economic class. Holding the text together is "the intention of God working with and through human beings to bring God's vision of community to fruition." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
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.
