Churchgoing and Christian Ethics by Robin Gill (English) Paperback Book

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Robin Gill argues that moral communities should take center stage in ethics. This book examines recent evidence about church communities in relation to faith, moral order and love, and shows that churchgoers are distinctive in their attitudes, beliefs and behavior. Some attitudes change over time, and there are several moral disagreements among different groups of churchgoers. Moreover, their values and behavior are shared by many nonchurchgoers also. The distinctiveness of church communities in the modern world is thus real but relative, and is crucial for the task of Christian ethics.

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Robin Gill argues that once moral communities (such as churchgoers) take centre stage in ethics - as they do in virtue ethics - then there should be a greater interest in sociological evidence about these communities. This book examines recent evidence, gathered from social attitude surveys, about church communities, in particular their views on faith, moral order and love. It shows that churchgoers are distinctive in their attitudes and behaviour. Some of their attitudes change over time, and there are a number of obvious moral disagreements between different groups of churchgoers. Nonetheless, there are broad patterns of Christian beliefs, teleology and altruism which distinguish churchgoers as a whole from non-churchgoers. However, the values, virtues, moral attitudes and behaviour of churchgoers are shared by many other people as well. The distinctiveness of church communities in the modern world is thus real but relative, and is crucial for the task of Christian ethics.

Author Biography

Robin Gill is Professor of Applied Theology at the University of Kent, Canterbury and General Editor of the New Studies in Christian Ethics series. His recent books include Health Care and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2006), A Textbook of Christian Ethics (2006) and Religious Virtues (2011).

Table of Contents

Preface; List of tables; Introduction; Part I. The Theoretical Context: 1. Churchgoing and the bias of virtue ethicists; 2. Churchgoing and the bias of sociologists; 3. Four theories of churchgoing; Part II. The Evidence: 4. The British Household Panel survey; 5. Faith in British social attitudes surveys; 6. Moral order in British social attitudes surveys; 7. Love in British social attitudes surveys; Part III. The Implications: 8. Churchgoing and Christian identity; 9. Churches and moral disagreement; Postscript; Works cited; Index.

Review

'Churchgoing and Christian Ethics is both original and elegant in its argument.' Journal of Religion 'Gill's challenge to vague and idealized accounts of Christian communities, driven by theological presuppositions, is very welcome ...'. Scottish Journal of Theology

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Examines social survey results to show that churchgoers have distinctive attitudes, beliefs and behaviour.

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This 1999 book examines evidence about church communities, showing that churchgoers are distinctive in their attitudes, beliefs and behaviour. However, these are shared by many non-churchgoers as well. The distinctiveness of church communities in the modern world is thus real but relative, and is central to Christian ethics.

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This 1999 book examines evidence about church communities, showing that churchgoers are distinctive in their attitudes, beliefs and behaviour. However, these are shared by many non-churchgoers as well. The distinctiveness of church communities in the modern world is thus real but relative, and is central to Christian ethics.

Details ISBN0521578280 Author Robin Gill Publisher Cambridge University Press Series New Studies in Christian Ethics Language English ISBN-10 0521578280 ISBN-13 9780521578288 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 241.094 Year 1999 Publication Date 1999-08-31 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title CHURCHGOING & CHRISTIAN ETHICS Residence ENK Birth 1944 Affiliation Royal Holloway University of London University of Kent, Canterbury Roy Pages 292 Illustrations 12 Tables, unspecified DOI 10.1604/9780521578288 Series Number 15 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 1999-08-19 AU Release Date 1999-08-19 NZ Release Date 1999-08-19 We've got this

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