Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics

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Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics offers a comparativediscussion of the challenges of living a moral religious life. Thisis illustrated with a study of two key thinkers, Bonaventure andBuddhaghosa, who influenced the development of moral thinking inChristianity and Buddhism respectively. * Provides an important and original contribution to thecomparative study and practice of religious ethics * Moves away from a comparison of theories by discussing theshared human problem of moral weakness * Offers an fresh approach with a comparison of the understandingof the problem of moral weakness between the two key thinkers,Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa * Written by a highly respected academic in the dynamic andfast-growing field of comparative religious ethics

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David A. Clairmont

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Religion & Theology Religion u. Theologie Religionsethik Religious Ethics

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"Clairmont has given us a significant contribution to comparativeethics and comparative theology more broadly. Best of all,Clairmont reflects in depth on the current discussion concerningthe hermeneutics of comparison. I strongly recommend thisbook." --Rev. James L. Fredericks, Ph.D. Loyola MarymountUniversity "Over the past several years, comparative religious ethics hasemerged as a centrally important interdisciplinary line ofresearch, crossing the boundaries among religious studies, history,anthropology, and ethics. David Clairmont's book offers astrikingly original contribution to this emerging field." --Jean Porter, John A. O'Brien Professor of TheologicalEthics, University of Notre Dame "David Clairmont is one of a new generation of scholars whopossess the requisite philological and philosophical skillsto undertake serious comparative study of thinkers from radicallydifferent traditions. This work shows what we have been missing upto now. It offers meticulous comparisons between them on issuessuch as sacramental and meditative practices, understandings of thecultivation of virtue, and the nature and purpose of religious andethical languages, and he has acute and thought-provoking things tosay on all of them. This book is part of a new era in religiousethics." --Charles Mathewes, University of Virginia
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