Overview

Mormonism and Moral Life is the first scholarly introduction to the approaches to moral life and the normative principles and practical ethics of the LDS tradition. It is an invaluable contribution to discussions in religious ethics and religious studies, to the growing field of Mormon Studies, and to broader discussions of religious ethics in a pluralistic moral culture. It offers a concise overview of the primary ethical considerations in the LDS tradition for people who otherwise have little familiarity with LDS moral culture and teaching. This book includes: · a brief overview of the LDS religious tradition, its foundational scriptural texts, and its prophetic teaching authorities; · a discussion of the moral visions and primary sources for ethical reflection and moral teaching in the tradition, including scripture, ecclesiastical authority, moral communities, family, personal experience, divine inspiration, and the moral wisdom of other cultures and traditions; · an explanation of core ethical principles that differentiate LDS ethics and moral teaching, including covenantal responsibility, gift ethics, agency, virtues of moral character, and the moral community of “Zion”; · short, lucid chapters that address various aspects of practical and applied ethics, such as the ethics of family and marriage, the ethics of work and the prosperity gospel, healing and medical ethics, civic responsibilities including ethical government, environmental ethics and climate change, the ethics of refugee assistance, and the ethics of non-violence and warfare.

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The debates over the historical origins of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have diverted attention away from the important question Campbell takes up in this important book: What is it about Latter-day Saint teaching and practice that create a unique Christian community with an outsized influence in 21st century America? Campbell’s answers are intriguing and, from the perspective of this Latter-day Saint, spot on. -- Judge Thomas B. Griffith * (ret.) U. S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit * This book addresses a topic that is both foundational to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has been neglected in modern scholarship. Campbell has produced a valuable resource for students and scholars hoping to explore the contours of moral life as understood and practiced in the LDS tradition. -- Daniel Becerra * Assistant Professor in the Department of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University *

The debates over the historical origins of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have diverted attention away from the important question Campbell takes up in this important book: What is it about Latter-day Saint teaching and practice that create a unique Christian community with an outsized influence in 21st century America? Campbell’s answers are intriguing and, from the perspective of this Latter-day Saint, spot on. -- Judge Thomas B. Griffith * (ret.) ,U. S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit * This book addresses a topic that is both foundational to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has been neglected in modern scholarship. Campbell has produced a valuable resource for students and scholars hoping to explore the contours of moral life as understood and practiced in the LDS tradition. -- Daniel Becerra * Assistant Professor in the Department of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University *

Author Information

Courtney S. Campbell is Hundere Professor of Religion and Culture and the Director of the Program in Medical Humanities at Oregon State University, where he teaches biomedical ethics, death and dying, non-violence and just war, religious liberty, and religious ethics. He is the author of Mormonism, Medicine, and Bioethics and Bearing Witness: Religious Meanings in Bioethics, and the editor of What Price Parenthood? Ethics and Assisted Reproduction. He also is a fellow of The Hastings Center, a bioethics think tank.

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