Family ethics : practices for Christians / Julie Hanlon Rubio.

How can ordinary Christians find moral guidance for the mundane dilemmas they confront in their daily lives? To answer this question, Julie Hanlon Rubio brings together a rich Catholic theology of marriage and a strong commitment to social justice to focus on the place where the ethics of ordinary l...

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Main Author: Rubio, Julie Hanlon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2010.
Series:Moral traditions series.
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Summary:How can ordinary Christians find moral guidance for the mundane dilemmas they confront in their daily lives? To answer this question, Julie Hanlon Rubio brings together a rich Catholic theology of marriage and a strong commitment to social justice to focus on the place where the ethics of ordinary life are played out: the family. Sex, money, eating, spirituality, and service. According to Rubio, all are areas for practical application of an ethics of the family. In each area, intentional practices can function as acts of resistance to a cultural and middle-class conformity that promotes materi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 260 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781589016675
158901667X
1589016394
9781589016392
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.