Applied ethics in religion and culture : contextual and global challenges /

Applied ethics in religion and culture : contextual and global challenges / Jesse N.K. Mugambi and David W. Lutz, editors. - Nairobi, Kenya : Action Publishers, 2012. - xi, 211 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Care and compassion: sharing values in the African context / Group report -- 2. Justice, participation and sustainability as pre-requisites for peaceful coexistence / Jesse N.K. Mugambi -- 3. The core of African traditional values / David M. Maillu -- 4. Elderhood as African oracle among the Agikuyu people / Harold F. Miller -- 5. The role of missionary religions in global ethics / Paul Mwangi -- t. The ethics of technology, culture and environment / David J. Ndegwa and Otto J. Kroesen -- 7. Colonial policy towards Muslim personal law in Kenya and post-colonial court practice / Abdulkarir Hashim -- 8. Ethical challenges of international research in Africa / Eunice K. Kamaara and Anne W. Njoroge -- 9. Implications of social contract theory for women in Africa / Loreen Maseno -- 10. Catholic tradition and the globalisation of Democracy / David W. Lutz.

9789966888181 (paperback) 9966888187 (paperback)

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Applied ethics.
Applied ethics--Religious aspects.
Globalization--Moral and ethical aspects.
Religious ethics.
Religious ethics--Africa.

BJ1031 / .A664 2012