Family and Christian Ethics

Petruschka Schaafsma

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Petruschka Schaafsma, Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: July 2023
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781009324595
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009324595
Creative Commons:: This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/creativelicenses

Subjects:: Religious Ethics, Ethics, Religion, Philosophy
Series:: New Studies in Christian Ethics

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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
pp i-ii

New Studies in Christian Ethics - Series page
pp iii-iv

Family and Christian Ethics - Title page
pp v-v

Copyright page
pp vi-vi

Dedication
pp vii-viii

Contents
pp ix-x

General Editor’s Preface
pp xi-xiii

Acknowledgements
pp xiv-xvi

Prologue - The Difficult Question of What Family Is About
pp 1-11

Chapter 1 - Family as Mystery
pp 12-85

Chapter 2 - The Family Tie as Mystery
pp 86-152

Chapter 3 - Family and Givenness as Mystery
pp 153-224

Chapter 4 - Family and Dependence as Mystery
pp 225-287

Epilogue - Morality of Appeal and Answer
pp 288-304

Bibliography
pp 305-316

Index
pp 317-321

Titles published in the series (continued from page iii) - Series page
pp 322-322

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