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Author:   Miguel A. De La Torre ,  Thomas Hermans-Webster
Publisher:   Orbis Books (USA)
Imprint:   Orbis Books (USA)
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781626985346

ISBN 10:   1626985340
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   10 November 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Book
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Prefaces and Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Part I ETHICAL THEORY 1. Doing Christian Ethics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. The (De)Liberation of Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3. The Liberation of Ethics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Part II CASE STUDIES OF GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS 4. Introducing Global Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 5. Global Poverty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 6. War and Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 7. Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Part III CASE STUDIES OF NATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS 8. Introduction to National Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 9. National Poverty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 10. Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 11. Life and Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Part IV CASE STUDIES OF BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS 12. Introduction to Business Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 13. Corporate Accountability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 14. Sexism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 15. Affirmative Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Conclusion: Acting—Implementing Praxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

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Miguel De La Torre is an established Orbis author. He presently serves as Professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. A Fulbright scholar, he has taught in Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, and Germany; and lectured in Costa Rica, Cuba, Palestine, Thailand, and Taiwan. Within his guild he served as the 2012 President of the Society of Christian Ethics. He is the recipient of the 2020 AAR Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2021 Martin E. Marty Public Understanding of Religion Award. The focus of Dr. De La Torre’s academic pursuit is social ethics within contemporary U.S. thought, specifically how religion affects race, class, and gender oppression.

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