Virtues and Practices in the Christian Tradition: Christian Ethics after MacIntyre

by Nancey Murphy (Editor)

Contributors to Virtues and Practices in the Christian Tradition use Alasdair MacIntyre’s work as a methodological guide for doing ethics in the Christian tradition. These essays are grouped in three descriptions of MacIntyre’s approach to ethics as developed in After Virtue , reflections on the moral issues that come to the fore when viewing the Christian tradition from a MacIntyrean perspective, and selected essays on family, homosexuality, abortion, pacifism, feminism, business ethics, medical ethics, and economic justice.

Genres: Academic, Theology

400 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

Reviews

[Audra Spiven · Rating 2 out of 5]

Probably one of my least favorite assigned textbooks in my grad-school career thus far (which is, now, more than half over!). That's not to say this isn't a GOOD book. But it's dense, and long, and hard to enjoy. I do appreciate it, though, and I think it's possible to appreciate its contribution to its subject matter without necessarily having enjoyed the work of reading through it.