Ethics: A Liberative Approach - Softcover

Miguel A. De La Torre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800697871 ISBN 13: 9780800697877

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2013

Synopsis

This survey text for religious ethics and theological ethics courses explores how ethical concepts defined as liberationist, which initially was a Latin American Catholic phenomenon, is presently manifest around the globe and within the United States across different racial, ethnic, and gender groups. Authored by several contributors, this book elucidates how the powerless and disenfranchised within marginalized communities employ their religious beliefs to articulate a liberationist/liberative religious ethical perspective. Students will thus comprehend the diversity existing within the liberative ethical discourse and know which scholars and texts to read and will encounter practical ways to further social justice.

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About the Author

Miguel A. De La Torre is professor of social ethics at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. He has published over thirty-one books, including Social Justice from a Latino/a Perspective (2013), The Quest for the Historical Satan (Fortress Press, 2011), Liberating Jonah: Forming an Ethics of Reconciliation (2007), and Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins (2004). He was president of the Society for Christian Ethics and a board member of the American Academy of Religion. He was also the founding editor of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion. His award-winning documentary Trails of Hope and Terror has been shown at international film festivals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800697871
• ISBN 13: 9780800697877
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264