The Ethics of Responsibility and the Question of Humanism

This essay outlines an account of ‘theological humanism’ as a new form of theology of culture. I trace the connection between theological humanism and an ethics of responsibility dedicated to respecting and enhancing the integrity of life. I argue that without a ‘theological’ humanism we risk the re...

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主要作者: Schweiker, William 1953- (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Oxford University Press 2004
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2004, 卷: 18, 發布: 3, Pages: 251-270
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總結:This essay outlines an account of ‘theological humanism’ as a new form of theology of culture. I trace the connection between theological humanism and an ethics of responsibility dedicated to respecting and enhancing the integrity of life. I argue that without a ‘theological’ humanism we risk the reduction of values to human purposes, and yet without a theological ‘humanism’ religious conviction is unconstrained by moral purpose. In our age of religious violence and ecological crisis, what is needed in ethics is a renewed vision of the moral vocation of human beings not against but within the wider compass of life on earth.
ISSN:1477-4623
Contains:Enthalten in: Literature and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/litthe/18.3.251