Religion and Moral Reason : A New Method for Comparative Study - Ronald M. Green

Religion and Moral Reason

A New Method for Comparative Study

By: Ronald M. Green

Paperback | 1 March 1988

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Continuing in the tradition of his well-received Religious Reason, Ronald Green here offers a penetrating moral understanding of religious belief and practice. Human religiousness, he contends, principally arises from a universal "deep structure" of moral reasoning that comprises three essential elements: one guides impartial moral reasoning; a second affirms the reality of moral retribution; and a third provides escape from the penalties that justly accompany unavoidable human moral failure. Using this innovative approach, Green confronts a series of different religious traditions and issues, including African primal religions, classical Chinese religion, the "Divine Command" tradition in Judaism and Christianity, religious ritual, and the economic teachings of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. Drawing on contemporary rationalist ethical theory, Green provides a simple but effective model for understanding the complexity of religious life.
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"[A] careful and historically informed study....I recommend this further development of Green's Religious Reason (1978) for study by ethicists and comparative scholars, as well as by seminary students and the inclusive ecumenical community."--Journal of Ecumenical Studies "[A] fascinating study of the structure of religion....A very interesting contribution to our understanding of religion and one from which we can learn much."--Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society "Students of religion may, and I think most certainly should, avail themselves of Green's brilliant Kantian interpretation and description of religion in history and culture."--The Journal of Religion "Addresses important issues about the relation of religion and morality in a comprehensive fashion."--Interpretation "A timely and important study....Green illustrates his thesis with analyses of Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, Judaism, and several African religions. Regarding monotheism, Green supplies a careful study of divine command ethics. And not the least valuable aspect of the book are discussions of the writings of Kierkegaard and Kant, welcome supplements to inadequate interpretive work on these thinkers. A valuable addition."--Choice

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