Gathered for the Journey brings to market, a new and contemporary approach to catholic moral theology. The writers, all post Vatican II contemporaries themselves, have created a tightly knitted series of chapters, with a specific undergraduate...

Part 1 provides general orientation. Part 2 explores the religious and philosophical background. Part 3 contains a more detailed discussion of Gnosticism and Gnostics. Part 4 examines the relationship between 'Catholic' Christianity and Gnosticism.

Documents seeking to form criteria for worldwide ethical action.

Ronald Preston has been one of the few experts on social ethics with the skill to analyse contentious issues in sufficient depth to point the way towards effective action. This book includes many significant writings from the last two decades.

Presents a collection of essays focussing on the central proclamation of the Encyclical; that the truth which will set us free has come into the world and is present among us in its redeeming power. This book aims to serve a stimulus to open up...

Preface By Alison WebsterRejects Christian doctrines and metaphysics in favour of the religious consciousness which characterises human identity and abandons objective theism. Whatever one thinks of the author's views, and of the non-realist...

An account of the relationship between theology and post-modernity. For use by academics, postgraduate and advanced undergraduates across a wide range of subject areas: philosophy, literature, cultural studies, language, as well as theology and...

The author is one of the most creative British theologians, well-known for his wide-ranging interdisciplinary work at the interface of theology, social policy, crime and justice. Here he outlines a theology of the senses, a new understanding of...

These contributors bear impressive witness that in many religions and cultures a greater awareness of the need for a global ethic is steadily growing.