TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cook,Chris
TI  - Alcohol, addiction and Christian ethics
T2  - New studies in Christian ethics
SN  - 0511191863
AV  - HV5186 .C66 2006eb
U1  - 261.832292 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Alcoholism
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Christian ethics
KW  - Compulsive behavior
KW  - Substance abuse
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - Social Issues
KW  - fast
KW  - Alcoholisme
KW  - gtt
KW  - Dronkenschap
KW  - Ethische aspecten
KW  - Alkoholkonsum
KW  - gnd
KW  - Alkoholismus
KW  - Christliche Ethik
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-210) and indexes; 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
N2  - 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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