Challenging sociological reductionism: a Christian ethical analysis
The author analyzes Christian Smith's What Is a Person? from a Christian theological-ethical perspective, assessing the way in which he tackles sociological theories that reflect secularized and reductionist assumptions about the human person, and offering a friendly critique of the Christian p...
| Published in: | Journal of religious ethics |
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| Subtitles: | Book discussion: Christian Smith's What is a person? |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Review |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
[2014]
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| In: |
Journal of religious ethics
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| Review of: | What is a person? (Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] : University of Chicago Press, 2010) (Gushee, David P.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Person
/ Sociology
/ Christian ethics
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| RelBib Classification: | NCB Personal ethics ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | The author analyzes Christian Smith's What Is a Person? from a Christian theological-ethical perspective, assessing the way in which he tackles sociological theories that reflect secularized and reductionist assumptions about the human person, and offering a friendly critique of the Christian personalist, humanist, and virtue ethic that he deploys to challenge his field. |
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| ISSN: | 0384-9694 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12047 |