Dr. J. Caleb Clanton: God and Morality in Christian Traditions: New Essays on Christian Moral Philosophy
Exploring a wide range of philosophical issues related to the connection between God and morality.
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God and Morality in Christian Traditions: New Essays on Christian Moral Philosophy
Dr. J. Caleb Clanton, Distinguished University Chair in Philosophy and Humanities
Dr. Kraig Martin, co-editors, Abilene Christian University Press, 2022
Christianity presumes morality is connected in important ways to God. God and Morality in Christian Traditions explores a wide range of philosophical issues related to that connection, including the metaphysical foundations of morality, the Fall and its implications, and how faith can affect one’s ability to discern obligations.
Also included is a robust treatment of how vice and virtue shape one’s ethical life, as well as a timely discussion of how people―both Christians and non-Christians―can address deep moral disagreement in a pluralistic society.
Drawing on Catholic, Protestant and free church traditions, this volume highlights perspectives drawn from the natural law tradition, divine command theory and virtue ethics, among other theoretical frameworks. Along the way, the authors provide salient insights on metaethics, moral epistemology, character development, and applied ethics.
Scholars and students in Christian ethics, philosophy, and theology will benefit from this carefully edited and rigorously argued collection of essays.
Clanton is one of Lipscomb’s most prolific writers, having authored or edited several books, including:
- Restoration and Philosophy;
- Philosophy of Religion in the Classical American Tradition;
- The Philosophy of Religion of Alexander Campbell, winner of the Lester McAllister Prize;
- The Ethics of Citizenship; Religion & Democratic Citizenship; and
- Nature and Command: On the Metaphysical Foundations of Morality.