Power, Value, and Conviction: Theological Ethics in the Postmodern Age [Paperback]

William Schweiker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Pilgrim Press (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0829812903
• ISBN-13: 978-0829812909
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,544,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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William Schweiker is the Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chicago. Born in Des Moines, Iowa (1953) he holds degrees from Simpson College, Duke University and also the University of Chicago. Besides teaching at Chicago, he has also been guest professor at Uppsala University and the University of Heidelberg. Schweiker´s writings engage theological and ethical questions attentive to global dynamics, comparative religious ethics, the history of ethics, and hermeneutical philosophy. Schweiker has published five books, numerous articles and award-winning essays, as well as edited and contributed to six volumes, including A Companion to Religious Ethics (2004), a comprehensive and innovative work in the field of comparative religious ethics. He has a forthcoming book on Christian faith and new humanisms and is also currently working on a volume Religious Ethics: An Introduction. On-going research is for a book on theological ethics and the integrity of life.