N the Moral Nature of the Uni (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780800629830)

What is the ethical import of contemporary scientific cosmology? How does our understanding of the universe relate to our most pressing social concerns? How do the disparate fields of theology, ethics, and the sciences relate to each other? Murphy and Ellis offer a coherent construction of these relations and show how a particular moral vision-a "kenotic" ethic-is supported "from below" by the social sciences and "from above" by theology. The theological import of contemporary cosmology, they argue, points ultimately to an ethic that centers on self-sacrifice and nonviolence. In ambition, rigor, and scale, in its search for an integrated and coherent worldview at a time of unprecedented complexity and uncertainty, readers will find this volume daring and important.

Author: George Ellis, Plus Urphy, Nancy Murphy
ISBN-10: 0800629833
ISBN-13: 9780800629830
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1996
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.08w x 0.74d