TY - BOOK ID - 2775900 TI - Inequality and christian ethics PY - 2000 VL - 16 SN - 0521787548 0521772532 9780521772532 9780521787543 113916712X PB - Cambridge Cambridge University press DB - UniCat KW - Christelijke ethiek KW - Christian ethics KW - Christianisme--Morale KW - Ethique chrétienne KW - Moraaltheologie KW - Moral theology KW - Morale chrétienne KW - Theologie [Moraal] KW - Theology [Moral ] KW - Théologie morale KW - 241.65*6 KW - Equality KW - -Egalitarianism KW - Inequality KW - Social equality KW - Social inequality KW - Political science KW - Sociology KW - Democracy KW - Liberty KW - Ethical theology KW - Theology, Ethical KW - Theology, Moral KW - Christian life KW - Christian philosophy KW - Religious ethics KW - Theologische ethiek: gelijkberechtiging; emancipatie KW - Religious aspects KW - -Christianity KW - -Theologische ethiek: gelijkberechtiging; emancipatie KW - 241.65*6 Theologische ethiek: gelijkberechtiging; emancipatie KW - -Ethical theology KW - Egalitarianism KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Christianity KW - Inégalité sociale KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion KW - Christian ethics. KW - Christianity. KW - Social change KW - Moral and ethical aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2775900 AB - Inequality and Christian Ethics, first published in 2000, provides a moral and empirical analysis of contemporary social and economic inequality. Drawing on Christian social ethics, political philosophy, and development economics, the book seeks to create an interdisciplinary conversation that illuminates not only the contemporary realities and trends of inequality, but their moral significance as well. It is necessary to examine and understand inequality in various forms - which the book maps out - including disparity in income, education, and health as well as differentials based on race, ethnicity, gender, and nationality. The book draws in particular on the theological ethics of Gustavo Gutiérrez and H. Richard Niebuhr to provide a Christian ethical approach to inequality and well-being. It considers the 'capability approach' set forth by Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate in economics. Sen's framework helps Christians and other persons to add specificity to what the commitment to 'equality before God' would demand in social and economic relations. ER -