Barmherzigkeit
Das Mitgefühl im Brennpunkt von Religion und Ethik
Edited by Roderich Barth, Ute E. Eisen and Martin Fritz
[Mercy. Compassion Explored between Religion and Ethics.]
2023. IX, 509 pages. Published in German.
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Taking interdisciplinary and interreligious approaches, this volume traces the roots of mercy and compassion in the history of religion and culture back to antiquity, examines their transformations and critiques in the Middle Ages and modern times, and, against this backdrop, explores their ethical-religious potential for the present.