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Disruptive Christian Ethics by Traci C. West

Disruptive Christian Ethics

When Racism and Women's Lives Matter

Traci C. West

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation · Print & ebook · January 16, 2006

This book brings to the fore the difficult realities of racism and the sexual violation of women.

Race & DiscriminationLiberation TheologyChristian Ethics
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Who it’s for
Traci West argues for Christian social ethics grounded in marginalized lives, not generic abstractions.
Genres
Liberation Theology, Christian Ethics, Race & Discrimination
Published
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, January 16, 2006

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About this book

This book brings to the fore the difficult realities of racism and the sexual violation of women. Traci West argues for a liberative method of Christian social ethics in which the discussion begins not with generic philosophical concepts but in the concrete realities of the lives of the socially and economically marginalized.

Concrete Christian Ethics

Traci West argues for Christian social ethics grounded in marginalized lives, not generic abstractions.

Come here for

  • The difficult realities of racism
  • The sexual violation of women

Expect

  • Ethical discussion beginning with socially and economically marginalized lives
  • A contrast with generic philosophical concepts

Where it sits

Liberation Theology68%
Christian Ethics49%
Race & Discrimination38%

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Publisher categories

  • Women's Issues (Christian)
  • Christian Theology
  • Christian Ethics
Authors
Traci C. West
Publisher
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
Published
January 16, 2006
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Women's Issues (Christian)