Wissenschaftliche Literatur Morality

Onyema Anozie

Theological Ethical Moral Series (TEMS) Vol. 2

Thanksgiving, Faith and Morality

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

The Theological Ethical Moral Series (TEMS) Vol. 2 stresses that the need to thank God is more of a virtue, which should be learnt, than a law that prescribes. Virtue springs from life and forms it. The psalms indicate that thanksgiving is not only personal but communal, drawing from a happy reversal of events.

The Eucharist is the principal act of thanksgiving that Jesus Christ instituted. Though the Eucharist essentially is thanksgiving, this doesnt…

Onyema Anozie

Morality in the Society: A Theological Ethical Study

Just as the Body so the Society

Schriften zur Praktischen Theologie

Morality in the society demands that what belongs to all should receive the attention of all concerned. The societal morality is about harmony, which springs from respectful-honest dialogue. It is about being considerate in the use of scarce resources in the community such that each person has a just and honest representation. It is being prudent through a meticulous use of the common resources. It is in general a common consciousness about what concerns all. In its…

Mojca K. Šebart / Miha Kovač

Knowledge, values, equity: Contemporary tendencies in education

Schriften zur Pädagogischen Theorie

This book addresses three main topics: the first one relates to the issue of values in education; the second one regards the role and importance of knowledge in education; and the third one examines the attitudes towards deep reading as this is one of the fundamental processes on which the achievement of any long-term educational goal depends.

In regard to the issue of values, the authors claim that society needs to achieve a consensus about what principles can…

Dorothee Schmidt

Mitigating the Shadow of Conflict

Essays on the Possible Role of Morality and Social Capital for the Reduction of Conflicts

Studien zur Konflikt- und Friedensforschung

The history of mankind has been shaped by conflicts – conflicts on the interpersonal scale as well as between small groups or nations. The source of conflicts most of the time is the desire to secure some kind of valuable resource, be it consumption or production goods that serve as inputs for consumption.

Conflicts and opportunities for conflict influence the incentives for investment and production. Furthermore, to conduct conflicts valuable resources are…

Andreas Süssmilch

Modernisation and Rationalisation in National Socialist Germany, 1933–1945

“We must create the new man”

Schriften zur Geschichtsforschung des 20. Jahrhunderts

„He even questions the whole concept of morality and favours the modern principle of destruction in order to achieve good results instead. He even demands more than a hundred million lives in order to bring reason to bear in Europe“
Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky, The Devils (1871) [...]

Eugene Suom-Dery

The Family as Subject of Moral Education in the African Context

Incarnating Christian Ethics among the Dagara of North-western Ghana

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

How can and should Christian ethics and morality be incarnated in the African moral universe and penetrate into the personal and social lives of African peoples, particularly among the Dagara of North-western Ghana? How does Christian ethics and morality relate to African ethics and morality with regard to moral education and development within the African family context? Has the African family a chance at all as a moral educational subject in a time of rapid changes and…