ethics in multicultural world Adeney, Bernard T. 1948- creator text bibliography ilu Downers Grove, Ill InterVarsity Press c1995 1995 monographic eng

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286 p. ; 24 cm. 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. 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. Bernard T. Adeney. Includes bibliographical references (p.[259]-281) and index. Christianity and culture Ethics, Comparative Christian ethics BR 115.C8 A33 1995 241 0830818553 (alk. paper) 95006430 DLC 950213 20160112164429.0 3977684