Plurality and Christian Ethics by Ian S Markham

Plurality and Christian Ethics by Ian S Markham

Too many parts of the world testify to the difficulties religions have in tolerating each other. It is often concluded that the only way tolerance and plurality can be protected is to keep religion out of the public sphere. Ian Markham challenges this secularist argument. In the first half of the book, he advances a careful critique of European culture which exposes the problem of plurality. His analysis of the Christendom Group is contrasted with the outlook found in the USA, where a religiously informed culture may be seen to be tolerant. In the second half of the book, the author argues that plurality is better safeguarded by a theistic, rather than a secularist, foundation. He submits that too often secularists use relativist arguments, while theists want to appeal to the complexity of God's world. He concludes that in our post-modern world the religious affirmation of diversity offers genuine political possibilities for cultural enrichment.

'A work of admirable clarity and brevity by a Christian theologian who gives the reader a strong sense of the intelligibility of the Christian moral tradition' Theology

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ISBN 13	9780521453288
ISBN 10	0521453283
Title	Plurality and Christian Ethics
Author	Ian S Markham
Series	New Studies In Christian Ethics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1994-03-24
Number of pages	240
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