Religion and Ethics Today

Religion and Ethics Today: God's World and Human Responsibilities, Volume 2 examines the major systems of ethics and principles of normative moral judgement in Western ethics, including religious, environmental, biomedical, and cultural moral values, from an evolutionist approach. The book is organized into four parts: the problems of evil and yet, the affirmation of the reality of existence of a loving, powerful God; the ethics of Jesus and God’s incarnation of love; the evolutionary moral agents of God’s kingdom; and critical moral and ethical theories, which evaluates virtue ethics, biomedical ethics, and environmental and applied utilitarian ethics. Specific topics explored throughout the text include the concept of evil as it relates to both Christianity and Judaism, Karl Marx’s theory of inequality, Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream of a beloved community, Buddha and the law of karma, and more.Written for intellectually inquiring students and educators, and designed to be used with the first volume of the same name, Religion and Ethics Today is well-suited for introductory religious survey courses, classes on comparative religion, and any course that addresses theology, ethics, or the philosophy of religion.

Emmanuel K. Twesigye, who holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, is Benedicts’ professor of Christian Studies and the Sharp-Davies-Trimble professor of religion at Ohio Wesleyan University. His teaching emphases are church history, theology, and Christian ethics. His research interests include African religion and philosophy, and both theologies and ethics of creationism versus evolutionism. He has written extensively in the topics of religion, politics, philosophy, and ethics. He has held faculty visiting fellowships at Princeton University, Harvard University, and Boston College. Dr. Twesigye is also an Episcopal priest in the United States.