| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 321 pages). |
| Series |
New studies in Christian ethics ; 41 |
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New studies in Christian ethics ; 41.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The difficult question of what family is about -- Family as mystery ; 'What is family about?' as a basic, open and neutral moral question -- A focus in exploring what family might mean: givenness and dependence -- The current state of the family -- Family as a moral problem -- Gabriel Marcel: Approaching family as mystery -- A mystery approach as a theological contribution to family research -- The mystery approach of this book -- The Family Tie as Mystery ; Family ties in Sophocles' Antigone -- Judith Butler's trouble reading Antigone in view of family -- The ethical complexity of Hegel's view of family -- The critical potential of Hegel's attention for the unreflective morality of family -- Conclusion: The unnameable family tie and the divine law -- Family and givenness as mystery -- Rembrandt: What may the image of an ordinary family scene evoke? -- Contemporary views of givenness as the natural: Brenda Almond and Don Browning -- Understanding kinship as made instead of given in recent anthropology -- Conclusion: Family as a 'strong image' and taking givenness actively -- Family and dependence as mystery ; Hosea's lived image of an adulterous family -- Acknowledging dependence and a suspicion against family in current (care) ethics -- Constructive approaches to family as revealing fundamental dependence: Friedrich Schleiermacher and Jean Lacroix -- Conclusion: A mystery approach to overcome the impasses of dependence -- Epilogue: Morality of appeal and answer -- Ethics and the sacred character of the family as mystery. |
| Summary |
"Offers an innovative theological look at what family might mean that cuts deeper than current, mostly polarised debates. The book taps literary, artistic and biblical sources and brings them into conversation with family studies from humanities and social science to understand why family is currently a controversial topic"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 09, 2023). |
| Local Note |
Cambridge University Press Cambridge Open Access Books and Elements |
| Subject |
Families -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Families in literature.
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Christian ethics.
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Mystery.
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Christian ethics
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Families in literature
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Families -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Mystery
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schaafsma, Petruschka. Family and Christian ethics Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009324618 (DLC) 2023015872 |
| ISBN |
9781009324595 electronic book |
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1009324594 electronic book |
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9781009324618 hardcover |
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9781009324601 paperback |
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