1st Edition

Constructing Moral Concepts of God in a Global Age

By Myriam Renaud Copyright 2023
214 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Constructing Moral Concepts of God in a Global Age focuses on what people say and think about God, rather than on arguments about God's existence. It advances a theological method, or step-by-step approach to explore and reframe personal convictions about God and the worldviews shaped by those convictions. Since a moral God is more likely to foster a moral life, this method integrates an... Read more

1. God in a Time of Violence, Globalization, and Uncertainty, 2. Kaufman’s Theology and Theological Method, 3. Person-Like Concepts of God, 4. Kaufman’s Relativizing and Humanizing God , 5. The Global Ethic: An Ethos for a Globalizing World, 6. The Global Ethic’s Strengths and Weaknesses, 7. What Kind of Ethic Is the Global Ethic?, 8. A Theological Method for a Global Age, Appendix: Towards a Global Ethic (An Initial Declaration). 

 

Biography

Myriam Renaud (PhD) is co-editor and contributor to two collections of academic essays and several journal articles on God, the moral life, constructive theology, and global ethics. Subsequent to her research for this volume, she was recruited by the Parliament of the World's Religions to serve as Director of the Global Ethic Project. She also teaches at DePaul University.