Pro-Justice Ethics
from lament to nonviolence
$297.54
- Hardcover
267 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2009
Summary
Pro-Justice Ethics: From Lament to Nonviolence is an original work within Christian social ethics and is based upon the civil rights movement, the philosophy of nonviolence, and the biblical lament tradition. The author formulates the justice imperative as an ethic of duty and defines justice as an act of protesting, preventing, and remedying injustices that cause human suffering. Formally, injustice is the violation of fairness, equality, and dignity, but in its primal form injustice is chil…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781433105258 |
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| ISBN-10: | 143310525X |
| Author: | Richard A. Hughes |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Imprint: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 267 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 160mm |
| Series: | American University Studies |
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About The Author
Richard A. Hughes
The Author: Richard A. Hughes is the M.B. Rich Professor of Religion at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. from Boston University and studied at the Universities of Geneva and Paris. He has published eight books and many essays in the fields of theology, biblical studies, depth psychology, ethics, and the law. His scholarly work has received academic awards from the Louisville Institute and the Szondi Foundation of Switzerland.
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