Sex, gender, and Christian ethics

This book endorses feminist critiques of gender, yet upholds the insight of traditional Christianity that sex, commitment and parenthood are fulfilling human relations. Their unity is a positive ideal, though not an absolute norm. Women and men should enjoy equal personal respect and social power. I...

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Subtitles:Sex, Gender, & Christian Ethics
Main Author: Cahill, Lisa Sowle 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1996.
In:Year: 1996
Reviews:Book Reviews : Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics, by Lisa Sowle Cahill. Cambridge University Press, 1996. xvii + 327 pp. hb. £32.50, pb. £11.95. ISBN 0-521-57848-5 (1998) (Meilaender, Gilbert, 1946 -)
REVIEWS (1997) (Oppenheimer, Helen)
Sex, Gender and Christian Ethics. Lisa Sowle Cahill (1998) (Weaver, Darlene Fozard)
Series/Journal:New studies in Christian ethics 9
Further subjects:B Sex role ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
B Sex Religious aspects Christianity
B Sex ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
B Sex role Religious aspects Christianity
B Feminist ethics
B Christian Ethics
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780521440110
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Summary:This book endorses feminist critiques of gender, yet upholds the insight of traditional Christianity that sex, commitment and parenthood are fulfilling human relations. Their unity is a positive ideal, though not an absolute norm. Women and men should enjoy equal personal respect and social power. In reply to feminist critics of oppressive gender and sex norms and to communitarian proponents of Christian morality, Cahill argues that effective intercultural criticism of injustice requires a modest defence of moral objectivity. She thus adopts a critical realism as its moral foundation, drawing on Aristotle and Aquinas. Moral judgment should be based on reasonable, practical, prudent and cross-culturally nuanced reflection on human experience. This is combined with a New Testament model of community, centred on solidarity, compassion and inclusion of the economically or socially marginalised.
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ISBN:1139166581
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139166584