Encyclopedia of religious ethics / editor-in-chief, William Schweiker.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics introduces readers to basic issues in moral inquiry, a selection of moral traditions, and surveys a range of moral issues. Each of the three volumes covers one of these three elements of religious ethics, with Volume I focusing on moral inquiry. What distinguishes "religious" ethics from other approaches to ethics is, first and foremost, its connection to the religions. While there is much debate in modern scholarship about the precise meaning of the term "religion" there is at least a widely shared conviction that there are such things as religions, by which is meant social groups and traditions of thought and practice that are in one way or another about the deepest human questions and the ultimate goal(s) of human life, including but not limited to reverence for a divine being or beings. Thought about or practice in relation to what is held to be ultimately real and important seems to be a longstanding feature of human life across historical periods, geography, and cultural traditions"-- Provided by publisher.

About the Author
William Schweiker is Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics, University of Chicago Divinity School, USA. He is the author of several books including Mimetic Reflections; Responsibility and Christian Ethics; Religious Ethics: Meaning and Method (with David Clairmont). He is the chief editor and contributor to  A Companion to Religious Ethics.

Maria Antonaccio  is Professor of Religious Studies and Director, Bucknell Humanities Center, Bucknell University, USA. She is the author of Picturing the Human: The Moral Thought of Iris Murdoch, A Philosophy to Live By: Engaging Iris Murdoch, Iris Murdoch and the Search for Human Goodness (with William Schweiker).

Elizabeth Bucar is Professor of Religion, Northeastern University, USA. She is the author of three books, including Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress and Religious Ethics in a Time of Globalism: Shaping a Third Wave of Comparative Analysis.

David Clairmont is Associate Professor of Moral Theology and Christian Ethics, University of Notre Dame, USA. He is the co-editor of American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope with Modernization and the author of Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics: On the Person as Classic in Comparative Theological Contexts.