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The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics

William Schweiker editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:19th Dec '07

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Written by internationally renowned scholars, this Companion maps the moral teachings of the world’s religions, and also charts new directions for work in the field of religious ethics.


  • Now available in paperback, this is a rich resource for understanding the moral teachings and practices of the world’s religions
  • Includes detailed discussions of issues in moral theory
  • Offers extensive treatment of the world’s major religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese religions and African religions
  • Compares the ways in which the religions provide resources for addressing current moral challenges in areas such as ecology, economics, global dynamics, religious war, human rights and other topics.

"This volume is an extremely thorough and scholarly resource in religious ethics, containing comprehensive essays by fifty-seven scholars, some of them quite well known." (Religious Studies Review, June 2010)

 “Edited by the superbly qualified Schweiker, this book contains 57 short articles by leading scholars of religious ethics … The volume's goal of exhibiting the horizons of contemporary work in religious ethics is well achieved … It serves also as a useful reference on the most studied traditions and on theoretical and practical issues. Highly recommended.” Choice

ISBN: 9781405177580

Dimensions: 241mm x 170mm x 47mm

Weight: 1071g

634 pages