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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      27 July 2023
      10 August 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009324595
      9781009324618
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009324595
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      Creative Common License - CC Creative Common License - BY Creative Common License - NC
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      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 340 Pages
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      Religious Ethics, Ethics, Religion, Philosophy
      Series:
      New Studies in Christian Ethics
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    Religious Ethics, Ethics, Religion, Philosophy
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    In this book, Petruschka Schaafsma offers an innovative appraisal of family. Eschewing the framework of worry and renewal that currently dominates family studies, she instead explores the topic through the concepts of 'givenness' and 'dependence'. 'Givenness' highlights the fact that family is not chosen; 'dependence' refers to being intimately included in each other's identities and lives. Both experiences are challenging, especially in a contemporary context, where independence and freedom to shape one's own life have become accepted ideals. Schaafsma shows the impasses to which these ideals lead in several disciplines – theology, philosophy, sociology, social anthropology and care ethics. She moves constructively beyond them by tapping literary, artistic and biblical sources for their insights on family. Grounded in a theological approach to family as 'mystery' rather than 'problem', she develops an understanding of the current controversial character of family that accounts for both its ordinary and transcendent character. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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    • Family and Christian Ethics
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    • New Studies in Christian Ethics - Series page
      pp iii-iv
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    • Family and Christian Ethics - Title page
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    • Copyright page
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    • Dedication
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    • Contents
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    • General Editor’s Preface
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    • Acknowledgements
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    • Prologue - The Difficult Question of What Family Is About
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    • Chapter 1 - Family as Mystery
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    • Chapter 2 - The Family Tie as Mystery
      pp 86-152
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    • Chapter 3 - Family and Givenness as Mystery
      pp 153-224
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    • Chapter 4 - Family and Dependence as Mystery
      pp 225-287
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    • Epilogue - Morality of Appeal and Answer
      pp 288-304
    • Ethics and the Sacred Character of Family as Mystery
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    • Bibliography
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    • Index
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    • Titles published in the series (continued from page iii) - Series page
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