Brent Waters examines the historical roots and contemporary implications of the virtual disappearance of the family in late liberal and Christian social and political thought. Waters argues that the principal cause of this disappearance is late liberalism's fixation on individual autonomy, which renders familial bonds unintelligible. He traces the history of this emphasis, from its origin in Hobbes and Locke, through Kant, to such contemporary theorists as Rawls and Okin. In response, Waters offers an alternative normative account of the family's role in social and political ordering, drawing upon the work of Althusius, Grotius, Dooyeweerd, and O'Donovan.

The Family in Christian Social and Political Thought (Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics)

Politics & Social Sciences

Waters, Brent

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

Reproductive Technology: Toward a Theology of Procreative Stewardship (Ethics & Theology)

Brent Waters explores issues of childlessness and parenthood, proposing a new ethical framework, of `procreative stewardship', within which these may be assessed.

Self-Help

Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd.

Just Capitalism is a Christian moral defense of economic globalization as a system that is well-suited to provide the necessary material needs that are prerequisite for human community and flourishing. Global-based market exchange offers the development and distribution of the goods of creation for humans to enjoy and share. Globalization also offers "the most realistic and promising way of exercising a preferential option for the poor." Waters argues that economic globalization, and thus capitalism, is a necessary condition for sustaining human life but not a sufficient condition for enabling human flourishing. Even though globalization is generally compatible with Christian theological and moral claims and can realistically facilitate the well-being of the human family, it must be reoriented toward koinonia—human community, communication, fellowship—as the global economy's primary goal in order to help actualize human flourishing. Readers will gain insight about how economic globalization (and thus capitalism) is good for the human family and can be made better by certain reorientations that are compatible with Christian moral values. Waters provides a mature and civil counterargument against knee-jerk condemnations of economic globalization and capitalism.

Just Capitalism: A Christian Ethic of Economic Globalization

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Westminster/John Knox Press

Technology is one of the dominant forces shaping the emerging postmodern world. Indeed the very fabric of daily life is dependent upon various information, communication, and transportation technologies. With anticipated advances in biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and robotics, that dependence will increase. Yet this growing dependence is accompanied with a deep ambivalence. For many technology symbolises the faith of the postmodern world, but it is an ambivalent faith encapsulating both our hopes and fears for the future. This book examines the religious foundations underlying this troubled faith in technology, as well as critically and constructively engaging particular technological developments from a theological perspective.

From Human to Posthuman: Christian Theology and Technology in a Postmodern World (Routledge Science and Religion Series)

Routledge

From Human to Posthuman: Christian Theology And Technology in a Postmodern World (Ashgate Science and Religion Series)

We are living in an emerging technoculture. Machines and gadgets not only weave the fabric of daily life, but more importantly embody philosophical and religious values which shape the contemporary moral vision-a vision that is often at odds with Christian convictions. This book critically examines those values, and offers a framework for how Christian moral theology should be formed and lived-out within the emerging technoculture. Brent Waters argues that technology represents the principal cultural background against which contemporary Christian moral life is formed. Addressing contemporary ethical and religious issues, this book will be of particular interest to students and scholars exploring the ideas of Heidegger, Nietzsche, Grant, Arendt, and Borgmann.

Christian Moral Theology in the Emerging Technoculture: From Posthuman Back to Human (Routledge Science and Religion Series)

This book brings together leading theologians and ethicists to explore the neglected relationship between Christology and ethics. The contributors to this volume work to overcome the tendency toward disciplinary xenophobia, considering such questions as What is the relation between faithful teaching about the reality of Christ and teaching faithfulness to the way of Christ? and How is christological doctrine related to theological judgments about normative human agency? With renewed attention and creative reformulation, they argue, we can discover fresh ways of tending to these perennial questions.

Christology and Ethics

Shults, F. LeRon

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

The Authority of the Gospel: Explorations in Moral and Political Theology in Honor of Oliver O'Donovan

Oliver O'Donovan is widely regarded as one of the preeminent Protestant Christian ethicists of our time. His teaching and scholarship have exerted a profound influence on countless moral theologians.

History

Song, Robert

World

How are clergy to respond to the profound impact of genetics and medical technology at the beginning of life? In clear, accessible language Ron Cole-Turner and Brent Waters trace recent developments in the field, then describe the religious and moral issues that confront those coping with difficult pregnancies. Theologically sensitive and enormously practical, Pastoral Genetics is a summons to clergy to engage in an increasingly necessary conversation in the life of the church.

Pastoral Genetics: Theology and Care at the Beginning of Life

Cole-Turner, Ronald

Pilgrim Pr

A guide developed in response to resolutions adopted by the United Church of Christ explores the theological, historical, and ethical aspects of death and dying

Dying and Death: A Resource for Christian Reflection

Sociology

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