| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 251) |
| Contents |
Religion, ethics and theology under change / Jan-Olav Henriksen and Tage Kurtén -- Lutheran moral thinking: its dilemma in a late modern setting / Tage Kurtén -- "Am I my brother's keeper?" Postmodern conditions for theological ethics / Eskil Skjeldal -- Using their reproductive autonomy or buying their way out of moral dilemmas? The rhetorical construction of cross-border reproductive travel in and from the Nordic countries / Lise Kanckos -- Post-secular alternative politics: the case of l'Arche / Miika Tolonen -- The church does (not) apologize: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland and the Civil War of 1918 / Heidi Jokinen -- Post-modernity and the de-secularization of Europe: an Eastern European perspective / Vija Herefoss -- Post-secularity and post-Constantiniamism: the case of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland / Patrik Hagman -- Contextuality and revelation: on the interplay between a postmodern focus on contextuality and the theological concept of Revelation / Kristin Graff-Kallevåg -- The God of the unfinished: trust and distrust in Finno-Swedish poetry / Carina Nynäs -- Aesthetics and language: transcending the dichotomy between aesthetics and language in the light of philosophy of Jacques Derrida / Johannes Hvaal Solberg -- Contextuality and universality in post-modern philosophy of religion / Asle Eikrem -- Old wine in new wineskins? On the lasting impact of critique of religion on the understanding of God in the theology of the twentieth century / Jan-Olav Henriksen |
| Summary |
A common basis for the project on which this volume is based is that one cannot understand religion and ethics Otherout paying attention to the different contexts in, and by means of which, these cultural elements are expressed. This approach makes both religion and ethics liquid, and allows us to see them as based on specific contingencies rather than as expressions of some essential features. The changing societal and cultural conditions in late modern Western societies pose new challenges for established religion, theology and ethics: Not only does religion itself appear to be in some kind |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christianity and culture.
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Christian ethics.
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Religion and ethics.
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Philosophy of religion.
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Christian theology.
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Religious ethics.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- Ethics.
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Christian ethics
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Christianity and culture
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Religion and ethics
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dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Henriksen, Jan-Olav
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Kurtén, Tage
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| ISBN |
9781443838245 |
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1443838241 |
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9781280486418 |
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1280486414 |
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