What is Religious Ethics?

As an accessible overview to major themes and methods in religious ethics, this book demonstrates the relevance and importance of ethics based in religious traditions and describes how scholars of religious ethics think through moral problems. It is an ideal guide to those approaching the topic for the first time.

What is Religious Ethics? An Introduction is an accessible and informative overview to major themes and methods in religious ethics. This concise and lively book demonstrates the relevance and importance of ethics based in religious traditions and describes how scholars of religious ethics think through moral problems.

Combining an issues-based approach with a model of studying ethics religion-by-religion, this volume examines pressing topics through a variety of belief systems-Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism-while also importantly spotlighting Indigenous communities. Engaging case studies invite readers to consider the role of religions with regard to issues such as:

• CRISPR

• Vegetarianism

• Nuclear weapons

• Women's leadership

• Reparations for slavery

*What is Religious Ethics?* is a reliable and easily digestible introduction to the field. With chronologically structured chapters, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and interviews with scholars of religious ethics, this is an ideal guide to those approaching the study of religious ethics for the first time.

Autorentext

Irene Oh is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion at the George Washington University, USA.

Klappentext

What is Religious Ethics? An Introduction is an accessible and informative overview to major themes and methods in religious ethics. This concise and lively book demonstrates the relevance and importance of ethics based in religious traditions and describes how scholars of religious ethics think through moral problems. Combining an issues-based approach with a model of studying ethics religion-by-religion, this volume examines pressing topics through a variety of belief systems-Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism-while also importantly spotlighting Indigenous communities. Engaging case studies invite readers to consider the role of religions with regard to issues such as: CRISPR Vegetarianism Nuclear weapons Women's leadership Reparations for slavery What is Religious Ethics? is a reliable and easily digestible introduction to the field. With chronologically structured chapters, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and interviews with scholars of religious ethics, this is an ideal guide to those approaching the study of religious ethics for the first time.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Moral Authority and Moral Influence 2. Biomedical Ethics 3. Climate Change and the Environment 4. Poverty and Wealth Disparity 5. War and Violence 6. Feminism, Sex, and Gender 7. Race, Racism, and Christianity 8. Who Are We? Diverse Voices in Religious Ethics Conclusion. Index