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001 2010049298
003 DLC
005 20110610083656.0
008 101122s2011 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010049298
020 $a9781444331332 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBJ1188$b.F35 2011
082 00 $a205$222
084 $aREL028000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFasching, Darrell J.,$d1944-
245 10 $aComparative religious ethics :$ba narrative approach to global ethics /$cDarrell J. Fasching, Dell deChant, and David M. Lantigua.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aChichester, West Sussex [England] ;$aMalden, MA :$bWiley-Blackwell,$c2011.
300 $axiv, 360 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
520 $a"This popular textbook has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent global developments, whilst retaining its unique and compelling narrative-style approach. Using ancient stories from diverse religions, it explores a broad range of important and complex moral issues, resulting in a truly reader-friendly and comparative introduction to religious ethics. A thoroughly revised and expanded new edition of this popular textbook, yet retains the unique narrative-style approach which has proved so successful with students Considers the ways in which ancient stories from diverse religions, such as the Bhagavad Gita and the lives of Jesus and Buddha, have provided ethical orientation in the modern world Updated to reflect recent discussions on globalization and its influence on cross-cultural and comparative ethics, economic dimensions to ethics, Gandhian traditions, and global ethics in an age of terrorism Expands coverage of Asian religions, quest narratives, the religious and philosophical approach to ethics in the West, and considers Chinese influences on Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen Buddhism, and Augustine's Confessions Accompanied by an instructor's manual which shows how to use the book in conjunction with contemporary films"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"The new edition of this popular textbook has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent global developments. The book retains the unique and compelling narrative-style approach which has proved so successful with students; reflecting the ways in which ancient stories from diverse religions, such as the Bhagavad Gita and the lives of Jesus and Buddha, have been used to project an ethical framework and provide ethical orientation in the modern world. New to this edition are discussions of globalization and its influence on cross-cultural and comparative ethics, economic dimensions to ethics, Gandhian traditions, and global ethics in an age of terrorism. The book also considers Chinese influences on Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen Buddhism, and Augustine's Confessions. Greater in-depth discussions are included on Asian religions, quest narratives, and the religious and philosophical approach to ethics in the West. Exploring a broad range of important and complex moral issues in a clear and absorbing style, this is a truly reader-friendly and comparative introduction to religious ethics"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
650 0 $aReligious ethics$vComparative studies.
650 7 $aRELIGION / Ethics$2bisacsh.
700 1 $adeChant, Dell.
700 1 $aLantigua, David M.