Maureen Junker-Kenny Livres

Maureen Junker-Kenny offers a systematic overview of the discipline of theological ethics in the variety of its approaches, which draw upon different philosophical traditions and theological visions in treating its sources. Part One examines the four sources of theological ethics: the Bible, tradition, philosophical accounts of the human, and the individual human sciences. Part Two compares five frameworks in English- and German-speaking theological ethics, based on virtue, worship, natural law, autonomy, and feminist analyses. Part Three compares three types of vision - integralist, praxis-oriented, and discourse-focused - , and Junker-Kenny concludes by situating the investigation of the discipline within contemporary philosophical and theological exchanges on religion in the public sphere. The book provides a framework in which students can locate the specific use of core ethical concepts and argumentations, comparing how each approach relates to the Bible, to historical reason, theological thought, practical self-understandings and interdisciplinary perspectives on ethics in a scientific and technological culture. In an age of globalisation where different cultures, religions, lifestyles and values meet in the workplace, in schools, and in public spaces shaped by religious and cultural traditions, it is necessary to foster the ability to create possibilities and venues for dialogue between different self-understandings. Analysing the variety of approaches to theological ethics helps articulate different visions of what constitutes a fulfilled life, of how the moral vocation of each human being can be supported, and of the role of the Christian faith for ethics

Focusing on the modern constitutional conditions of Christianity, this work explores practical theology through a cultural and religious hermeneutical lens. The series aims to contribute significantly to foundational research and critical self-reflection within the field. It fosters an encyclopedic dialogue with systematic theology, including theological ethics, and engages in interdisciplinary discussions with philosophical and cultural theoretical approaches, enriching the understanding of practical theology in contemporary discourse.

Focusing on the intersection of religion and modernity, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of Habermas's influential theories. It explores his perspectives on the role of religion in public discourse and its implications for democracy and societal cohesion. The text delves into Habermas's arguments about the necessity of dialogue between secular and religious viewpoints, making it an essential read for those interested in contemporary philosophy, sociology, and the evolving landscape of belief in the modern world.

As the first book in English to treat the most recent, as yet untranslated stage of Paul Ricoeur's work, the topical themes of memory and forgiveness as they relate to his theory of self and to the question of God, this publication offers an overview of the fruitfulness of his categories for different theological disciplines by experts from different cultural North America, Britain, Germany and Scandinavia. Paul Ricoeur's own article on forgiveness as a dimension opened up from beyond human powers, and his contributions to the discussion of his work document a new stage of interaction with Theology.