02404cam a2200349 a 4500 3977684 AUA.1 20160112164429.0 950213s1995 ilu b 001 0 eng 95006430 0830818553 (alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC BR 115.C8 A33 1995 241 20 Adeney, Bernard T., 1948- 6644 Strange virtues : ethics in multicultural world / Bernard T. Adeney. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c1995. 286 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.[259]-281) and index. Contents: Introduction to crosscultural ethics -- Practicing theology in crosscultural experience -- Knowledge, friendship and wisdom -- The Bible and culture in ethics -- Cultural value orientations in contrast -- Strange communications -- Ethical theory and bribery -- The ethical challenge of other religions -- Women and men as strangers : gender conflict across cultures -- The unity of personal and social ethics -- Appendix : Maps or models of cultural value differences. Summary: Strange Virtues is one of the first books to comprehensively consider ethics across cultures, addressing the ethical import of other religions and gender relations, exploring how the Bible and culture interact to produce ethical stances, and examining such particular case studies as bribery. It will be invaluable not only for missionaries, ethicists and students, but for all Christians who want to better understand neighbors right here at home. Christianity and culture. 6645 Ethics, Comparative. 6646 Christian ethics. 6647 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 19 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK BR 115 .C8 A33 1995 1836 1836 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2011-10-14 Donation, Biblical Research Institute 10.00 AUA002148 1 BR 115 .C8 A33 1995 AUA002148 2023-06-26 06:49:08 2023-06-04 1 10.00 2011-10-14 BOOK 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2013-02-11 Donation, Theological Book Network 10.00 AUA012555 0 BR 115 .C8 A33 1995 AUA012555 2013-02-11 00:00:00 2 10.00 2013-02-11 BOOK