Religion / Ethics
"Fresh, insightful and highly stimulating....The book responds to Michael Banner's important recent proposal that theological ethics be grounded in an 'everyday ethics' schooled by social anthropology.... An authoritative guide into many of the contemporary concerns and possibilities of theological ethics as a whole."
-Jonathan Chaplin, independent researcher and writer, and member, Cambridge University Divinity Faculty
What might we learn if the study of ethics focused less on hard cases and more on the practices of everyday life? In Everyday Ethics, Michael Lamb and Brian A. Williams gather some of the world's leading scholars and practitioners of moral theology to explore that question and engage with anthropology and the social sciences. Inspired by the work of Michael Banner, these scholars cross disciplinary boundaries to analyze the ethics of ordinary practices?from eating, learning, and loving thy neighbor to borrowing, spending, using technology, and working in a flexible economy. Along the way, they consider the moral and methodological questions that emerge from this interdisciplinary dialogue and assess the implications for the future of moral theology.
Michael Lamb is director of the Program for Leadership and Character, and assistant professor of politics, ethics, and interdisciplinary humanities at Wake Forest University.
Brian Williams is dean of the Templeton Honors College and assistant professor of ethics and liberal studies at Eastern University.
Contributors
Michael Banner, Luke Bretherton, Brian Brock, Morgan Clarke, Molly Farneth, Craig M. Gay, Eric Gregory, Jennifer A. Herdt, Michael Lamb, Philip Lorish, Charles Mathewes, Patrick McKearney, Rachel Muers, Stephanie Mota Thurston, Justin Welby, Brian A. Williams
