Philosophy

Do God's emotions, desires, and commands determine what is morally good? And if so, must we take the idea of a potentially cruel God seriously? The contributors discuss these questions by dealing with the divine command theories, alternative approaches to a decidedly religious metaethics, and fundamental questions of theological ethics as a whole.

Corine Pelluchon analyzes the obstacles to a new ecological enlightenment, the basic principles of which she has developed in her works. By linking subjectivity and social structures, she exposes the structure of domination and counters it with the ethics and politics of consideratio.

Sanctuaries are political spaces. Laurin Mackowitz examines sanctuaries as border spaces in which social inequality, ecological devastation, and historical violence intersect with a politics of withdrawal and immunization.

This volume contributes to the reconstruction of the history of ancient Christians on the basis of an exemplary selection of Greek inscriptions. Fifteen essays discussing inscriptions from Asia Minor and Greece offer striking insights into the lives, beliefs, and diversity of Christian communities that literary sources largely pass over.