{"product_id":"churchgoing-and-christian-ethics-hardback-9780521570589","title":"Churchgoing and Christian Ethics (Hardback) 9780521570589","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChurchgoing and Christian Ethics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines social survey results to show that churchgoers have distinctive attitudes, beliefs and behaviour.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobin Gill (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521570589, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 August 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages, 12 tables\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Gill's challenge to vague and idealized accounts of Christian communities, driven by theological presuppositions, is very welcome …'. Scottish Journal of Theology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRobin Gill argues that once moral communities (such as churchgoers) take centre stage in ethics - as they do in virtue ethics - then there should be a greater interest in sociological evidence about these communities. This book, first published in 1999, examines evidence gathered from social attitude surveys about church communities, in particular their views on faith, moral order and love. It shows that churchgoers are distinctive in their attitudes and behaviour. Some of their attitudes change over time, and there are a number of obvious moral disagreements between different groups of churchgoers. Nonetheless, there are broad patterns of Christian beliefs, teleology and altruism which distinguish churchgoers as a whole from non-churchgoers. However, the values, virtues, moral attitudes and behaviour of churchgoers are shared by many other people as well. The distinctiveness of church communities in the modern world is thus real but relative, and is crucial for the task of Christian ethics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Theoretical Context: 1. Churchgoing and the bias of virtue ethicists\u003cbr\u003e 2. Churchgoing and the bias of sociologists\u003cbr\u003e 3. Four theories of churchgoing\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Evidence: 4. The British Household Panel survey\u003cbr\u003e 5. Faith in British social attitudes surveys\u003cbr\u003e 6. Moral order in British social attitudes surveys\u003cbr\u003e 7. Love in British social attitudes surveys\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Implications: 8. Churchgoing and Christian identity\u003cbr\u003e 9. Churches and moral disagreement\u003cbr\u003e Postscript\u003cbr\u003e Works cited\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ethics%20\u0026amp;%20moral%20philosophy%20%5BHPQ%5D%22\"\u003eHPQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46065999773976,"sku":"9780521570589","price":70.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521570589i.jpg?v=1691408676","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/churchgoing-and-christian-ethics-hardback-9780521570589","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}