ABSTRACT
This Dictionary provides a unique and groundbreaking survey of both the historical and contemporary interrelations between ethics, theology and society. In over 250 separately-authored entries, a selection of the world's leading scholars from many disciplines and many denominations present their own views on a wide range of topics.
Arranged alphabetically, entries cover all aspects of philosophy, theology, ethics, economics, politics and government. Each entry includes:
* a concise definition of the term
* a description of the principal ideas behind it
* analysis of its history, development and contemporary relevance
* a detailed bibliography giving the major sources in the field
The entire field is prefaced by an editorial introduction outlining its scope and diversity.
Selected entries include:
Animal Rights * Capital Punishment * Communism * Domestic Violence * Ethics * Evil * Government * Homophobia * Humanism * Liberation Theology * Politics * Pornography * Racism * Sexism * Society * Vivisection * Women's Ordination
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |903 pages
Entries
entry |4 pages
Abortion
entry |3 pages
Adventism
entry |4 pages
Advertising
entry |3 pages
Aggression
entry |3 pages
Agnosticism
entry |3 pages
Aids
entry |6 pages
Alienation
entry |5 pages
Anarchism
entry |5 pages
Anglicanism
entry |5 pages
Animal Rights
entry |4 pages
Anomie
entry |5 pages
Anti-Semitism
entry |4 pages
Apartheid
entry |4 pages
Apocalyptic
entry |5 pages
Armament
entry |5 pages
Art
entry |5 pages
Artificial Intelligence
entry |4 pages
Asceticism
entry |4 pages
Atheism
entry |6 pages
Atonement
entry |4 pages
Authority
entry |4 pages
Autonomy
entry |3 pages
Baptist
entry |3 pages
Black Muslims
entry |6 pages
Black Theology
entry |4 pages
Blasphemy
entry |6 pages
Bondage
entry |4 pages
Bureaucracy
entry |4 pages
Business
entry |6 pages
Capital Punishment
entry |6 pages
Capitalism
entry |6 pages
Catholicism
entry |5 pages
Celibacy
entry |3 pages
Censorship
entry |4 pages
Charismatic Movements
entry |5 pages
Child Abuse
entry |5 pages
Christian Socialism
entry |5 pages
Christology
entry |4 pages
Church And State
entry |6 pages
Citizenship
entry |8 pages
City
entry |3 pages
Civil Disobedience
entry |5 pages
Class
entry |5 pages
Clergy
entry |7 pages
Communism
entry |5 pages
Conservatism
entry |3 pages
Contextual Theology
entry |4 pages
Contraception
entry |5 pages
Corporatism
entry |3 pages
Countryside
entry |7 pages
Covenant
entry |8 pages
Creation
entry |6 pages
Crime
entry |3 pages
Cruelty
entry |4 pages
Cults
entry |7 pages
Culture
entry |4 pages
Death
entry |8 pages
Deconstruction
entry |4 pages
Deism
entry |5 pages
Democracy
entry |3 pages
Demonic
entry |2 pages
Deontology
entry |7 pages
Determinism
entry |4 pages
Development
entry |2 pages
Devil
entry |4 pages
Disarmament
entry |4 pages
Disposal
entry |4 pages
Divorce
entry |3 pages
Domestic Violence
entry |3 pages
Drug Addiction
entry |5 pages
Ecclesiology
entry |5 pages
Ecological Theology
entry |4 pages
Economy
entry |4 pages
Ecumenical Movement
entry |4 pages
Education
entry |4 pages
Elderly
entry |4 pages
Emancipation
entry |6 pages
Embryo Research
entry |3 pages
Enterprise
entry |7 pages
Environment
entry |5 pages
Equality
entry |6 pages
Eschatology
entry |4 pages
Espionage
entry |14 pages
Ethics
entry |3 pages
Ethnicity
entry |5 pages
Eucharist
entry |6 pages
Eugenics
entry |6 pages
European Integration
entry |7 pages
Euthanasia
entry |4 pages
Evangelicalism
entry |12 pages
Evil
entry |5 pages
Evolution
entry |4 pages
Exodus
entry |5 pages
Experimentation
entry |3 pages
Fall
entry |5 pages
Family
entry |3 pages
Farming
entry |5 pages
Feminism
entry |8 pages
Free Will
entry |5 pages
Fundamentalism
entry |4 pages
Gambling
entry |5 pages
Gender
entry |4 pages
Genocide
entry |3 pages
Global Theology
entry |3 pages
Gnosticism
entry |4 pages
Government
entry |5 pages
Grace
entry |6 pages
Green
entry |3 pages
Guilt
entry |4 pages
Heaven
entry |4 pages
Hell
entry |4 pages
Hermeneutics
entry |3 pages
Holism
entry |5 pages
Holocaust
entry |5 pages
Homelessness
entry |4 pages
Homophobia
entry |4 pages
Hospitals
entry |4 pages
Hostage
entry |6 pages
Human Rights
entry |4 pages
Humanism
entry |5 pages
Hunger
entry |3 pages
Hunting
entry |4 pages
Ideology
entry |4 pages
Imperialism
entry |3 pages
Independent Churches
entry |6 pages
Individualism
entry |5 pages
Industrialization
entry |5 pages
Intelligence Services
entry |5 pages
International Relations
entry |4 pages
Islamic Fundamentalism
entry |5 pages
Judgement
entry |3 pages
Judiciary
entry |5 pages
Justice
entry |4 pages
Justification
entry |4 pages
Kingdom Of God
entry |5 pages
Law
entry |4 pages
Liberalism
entry |4 pages
Liberation Theology
entry |3 pages
Libertarianism
entry |3 pages
Liturgical Movement
entry |5 pages
Liturgy
entry |4 pages
Love
entry |6 pages
Lutheranism
entry |2 pages
Lying
entry |4 pages
Madness
entry |3 pages
Markets
entry |6 pages
Marriage
entry |5 pages
Marxism
entry |6 pages
Media
entry |2 pages
Methodism
entry |3 pages
Migration
entry |5 pages
Millenarianism
entry |3 pages
Miracle
entry |4 pages
Mission
entry |4 pages
Modernity
entry |6 pages
Monetarism
entry |4 pages
Monotheism
entry |3 pages
Mormons
entry |3 pages
Multinational Companies
entry |5 pages
Nationalism
entry |4 pages
Natural Law
entry |3 pages
Natural Rights
entry |3 pages
New Age
entry |5 pages
New Religious Movements
entry |4 pages
Nihilism
entry |5 pages
Noise
entry |5 pages
Nuclear Energy
entry |5 pages
Obscenity
entry |2 pages
Organ Transplantation
entry |4 pages
Pacifism
entry |3 pages
Partnering
entry |5 pages
Patriarchy
entry |5 pages
Peace
entry |4 pages
Persons
entry |4 pages
Play
entry |4 pages
Pneumatology
entry |5 pages
Policing
entry |4 pages
Political Correctness
entry |6 pages
Political Theology
entry |6 pages
Politics
entry |4 pages
Population Control
entry |4 pages
Pornography
entry |4 pages
Poverty
entry |6 pages
Power
entry |5 pages
Process Theology
entry |4 pages
Professional Ethics
entry |5 pages
Property
entry |4 pages
Prophecy
entry |2 pages
Prostitution
entry |6 pages
Protestantism
entry |4 pages
Providence
entry |4 pages
Punishment
entry |2 pages
Quakerism
entry |3 pages
Racism
entry |4 pages
Radical Theology
entry |5 pages
Rape
entry |4 pages
Realism
entry |2 pages
Reciprocity
entry |3 pages
Resurrection
entry |4 pages
Revolution
entry |5 pages
Ritual
entry |2 pages
Sabbatarianism
entry |4 pages
Sacrifice
entry |7 pages
Same-Sex Relations
entry |5 pages
Sects
entry |4 pages
Secularization
entry |4 pages
Sexism
entry |7 pages
Sexuality
entry |7 pages
Sin
entry |4 pages
Slavery
entry |5 pages
Socialism
entry |4 pages
Socialization
entry |12 pages
Society
entry |3 pages
Soul
entry |5 pages
Speciesism
entry |10 pages
State
entry |3 pages
Stigma
entry |3 pages
Suffering
entry |3 pages
Suicide
entry |4 pages
Surrogacy
entry |4 pages
Teleological Ethics
entry |2 pages
Theocracy
entry |4 pages
Theodicy
entry |8 pages
Theology
entry |3 pages
Toleration
entry |3 pages
Torture
entry |5 pages
Totalitarianism
entry |4 pages
Tourism
entry |3 pages
Trade Unions
entry |5 pages
Transcendence
entry |6 pages
Trinity
entry |4 pages
Truth
entry |3 pages
Unemployment
entry |3 pages
Unitarian
entry |5 pages
Urbanization
entry |2 pages
Usury
entry |4 pages
Vegetarianism
entry |5 pages
Violence
entry |5 pages
Vivisection
entry |5 pages
War
entry |3 pages
War Crimes
entry |3 pages
Wealth
entry |4 pages
Welfare
entry |3 pages
Women'S Ordination
entry |5 pages
Work
entry |4 pages
World Council Of Churches
entry |5 pages
Worship
entry |3 pages
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