WILLIAM SCHWEIKER is Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chicago. He is past President of the Society of Christian Ethics, and author of several books including Theological Ethics and Global Dynamics, nominated for the prestigious Grawemeyer Award.
DAVID A. CLAIRMONT is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, and is author of Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
Preface vi
Acknowledgments viii
Note on Sources, Dates, and Language Conventions x
Introduction 1
1 The Task of Religious Ethics 7
2 Blindness and Insight: Descriptive Dimension 27
3 Good, Evil, and Beyond: Normative Dimension
Part 1 59
Part 2 87
4 Perplexity and Wisdom: Practical Dimension 115
5 Freedom and Bondage: Fundamental Dimension 155
6 Truth and Illusion: Metaethical Dimension 195
7 The Point of Religious Ethics 237
Glossary and Additional Concepts in the Study of Religious Ethics 267
Bibliography 296
Index 311