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Alcohol, addiction and Christian ethics / Christopher C.H. Cook.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New studies in Christian ethics ; 27.Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0511191863
  • 9780511191862
  • 0511191006
  • 9780511191008
  • 0511191502
  • 9780511191503
  • 0521851823
  • 9780521851824
  • 9780511488337
  • 0511488335
  • 9786610458745
  • 661045874X
  • 9780521091343
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  • 9781107165335
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  • 9781280458743
  • 0511190689
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  • 0511316062
  • 9780511316067
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Alcohol, addiction and Christian ethics.DDC classification:
  • 261.832292 22
LOC classification:
  • HV5186 .C66 2006eb
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  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.62
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Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; General editor's preface; Preface; 1 Alcohol, addiction and Christian ethics: introduction; 2 An addiction in context: the use, misuse and harmful use of alcohol; 3 Drunkenness as vice in the New Testament; 4 Drunkenness as intemperance: Augustine, Aquinas, Luther and Whitefield; 5 Temperance redefined: the nineteenth-century temperance movement; 6 Addiction as sin and syndrome: the divided self; 7 Alcohol, addiction and Christian ethics; 8 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index of Bible references; Index of names and subjects.
Summary: Academic perspectives on addictive behaviour usually come from clinical and scientific standpoints, rejecting the 'moral model'. Cook reassesses the nature of addiction and considers the ethical challenges presented by alcohol use and misuse to both individuals and society, arguing that theology should not be excluded from serious discourse about addiction.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)159794

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-210) and indexes.

Print version record.

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; General editor's preface; Preface; 1 Alcohol, addiction and Christian ethics: introduction; 2 An addiction in context: the use, misuse and harmful use of alcohol; 3 Drunkenness as vice in the New Testament; 4 Drunkenness as intemperance: Augustine, Aquinas, Luther and Whitefield; 5 Temperance redefined: the nineteenth-century temperance movement; 6 Addiction as sin and syndrome: the divided self; 7 Alcohol, addiction and Christian ethics; 8 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index of Bible references; Index of names and subjects.

Academic perspectives on addictive behaviour usually come from clinical and scientific standpoints, rejecting the 'moral model'. Cook reassesses the nature of addiction and considers the ethical challenges presented by alcohol use and misuse to both individuals and society, arguing that theology should not be excluded from serious discourse about addiction.

English.