{"product_id":"doing-right-and-being-good-catholic-and-protestant-readings-in-christian-ethics-9780814651797","title":"Doing Right and Being Good: Catholic and Protestant Readings in Christian Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eContinuing the unbroken conversation on ethics that has endured across the Christian generations, David Oki Ahearn and Peter R. Gathje present \u003cem\u003eDoing Right and Being Good\u003c\/em\u003e. For Ahearn and Gathje, ethics is the critical reflection on morality, focusing on our beliefs, our practices, our held values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the book's wide-reaching selected readings, Ahearn and Gathje offer introductions to each chapter which provide extensive overviews and establish contexts for moral issues over which sincere Christians differ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors examine two broad understandings of ethics: that of doing right (understanding the difference between right and wrong) and being good (specific personal traits). Acknowledging a shared history between Protestant and Roman Catholic traditions, this book takes both historical and ecumenical approaches to ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging, and informational, \u003cem\u003eDoing Right and Being Good\u003c\/em\u003e aims at providing constructive reflection and dialogue to all readers, regardless of background.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters are: \"The Moral Person,\" \"Sources of Christian Ethics,\" \"Interpretations of Love and Justice,\" \"Marriage, Family, and Sexuality,\" \"Political Life and the Problem of Violence,\" \"Stewardship: Work, Property, and the Environment,\" \"Christian Love at the Margins of Life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Oki Ahearn, Peter R. Gathje\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Glazier Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.34w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814651797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAhearn, David Oki:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - David Oki Ahearn, PhD, an ordained member of the United Methodist Clergy, serves as associate professor of religion and philosophy, as well as chair of the division of humanities and social sciences at LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Glazier Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40180700151923,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f087aa8e-73f7-4589-ba1d-0add9d11148a.jpg?v=1655472474","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/doing-right-and-being-good-catholic-and-protestant-readings-in-christian-ethics-9780814651797","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}