Inequality Christian Ethics 16 Douglas A. Hicks Hardcover 9780521772532

Inequality and Christian EthicsAuthor(s): Douglas A. Hicks\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521772532, 978-0521772532\nSynopsis\nInequality and Christian Ethics, first published in 2000, provides a moral and empirical analysis of contemporary social and economic inequality. Drawing on Christian social ethics, political philosophy, and development economics, the book seeks to create an interdisciplinary conversation that illuminates not only the contemporary realities and trends of inequality, but their moral significance as well. It is necessary to examine and understand inequality in various forms - which the book maps out - including disparity in income, education, and health as well as differentials based on race, ethnicity, gender, and nationality. The book draws in particular on the theological ethics of Gustavo Gutirrez and H. Richard Niebuhr to provide a Christian ethical approach to ine.