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Theologically informed and philosophically astute, Anna Peterson develops a practice-based ethical theory that discloses the centrality of the embodied imagination for human life and action. She develops her distinctive argument through a critical review of the contributions and shortcomings of virtually every theoretical alternative. A timely analysis of urgent ethical dilemmas, Works Righteousness deserves serious consideration and extensive debate. -- Mark C. Taylor, Professor of Religion, Columbia University Both a compelling advance in the field of ethics and an outstanding classroom resource, this book is an eminently convincing map of the multilateral relationship between practices and ethics. Anna Peterson applies her gift for narrative analytic prose to articulate the limitations of a one-way street approach to ethics that moves outward from ideas to actions DL and develops new intellectual resources to provide a compelling alternative that gives practice its due. -- Donovan Schaefer, author of Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power Anna Peterson draws on the ethical wisdom of the past and extends its guidance with creativity and rigor, offering a practice-based approach to ethics that can help us engage deeply and creatively with the most essential ethical and political challenges of our time -economic justice, religious pacifism, rising white nationalism, euthanasia, and human- induced climate change. She challenges us to work collectively to open our hearts to the suffering of others and our minds to new possibilities of expansive justice and collective flourishing. -- Sharon D. Welch, author of After the Protests Are Heard: Enacting Civic Engagement and Social Transformation

Anna Peterson draws on the ethical wisdom of the past and extends its guidance with creativity and rigor, offering a practice-based approach to ethics that can help us engage deeply and creatively with the most essential ethical and political challenges of our time -economic justice, religious pacifism, rising white nationalism, euthanasia, and human- induced climate change. She challenges us to work collectively to open our hearts to the suffering of others and our minds to new possibilities of expansive justice and collective flourishing. * Sharon D. Welch, author of After the Protests Are Heard: Enacting Civic Engagement and Social Transformation * Both a compelling advance in the field of ethics and an outstanding classroom resource, this book is an eminently convincing map of the multilateral relationship between practices and ethics. Anna Peterson applies her gift for narrative analytic prose to articulate the limitations of a one-way street approach to ethics that moves outward from ideas to actions - and develops new intellectual resources to provide a compelling alternative that gives practice its due. * Donovan Schaefer, author of Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power * Theologically informed and philosophically astute, Anna Peterson develops a practice-based ethical theory that discloses the centrality of the embodied imagination for human life and action. She develops her distinctive argument through a critical review of the contributions and shortcomings of virtually every theoretical alternative. A timely analysis of urgent ethical dilemmas, Works Righteousness deserves serious consideration and extensive debate. * Mark C. Taylor, Professor of Religion, Columbia University *

Theologically informed and philosophically astute, Anna Peterson develops a practice-based ethical theory that discloses the centrality of the embodied imagination for human life and action. She develops her distinctive argument through a critical review of the contributions and shortcomings of virtually every theoretical alternative. A timely analysis of urgent ethical dilemmas, Works Righteousness deserves serious consideration and extensive debate. -- Mark C. Taylor, Professor of Religion, Columbia University Both a compelling advance in the field of ethics and an outstanding classroom resource, this book is an eminently convincing map of the multilateral relationship between practices and ethics. Anna Peterson applies her gift for narrative analytic prose to articulate the limitations of a one-way street approach to ethics that moves outward from ideas to actions and develops new intellectual resources to provide a compelling alternative that gives practice its due. -- Donovan Schaefer, author of Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power Anna Peterson draws on the ethical wisdom of the past and extends its guidance with creativity and rigor, offering a practice-based approach to ethics that can help us engage deeply and creatively with the most essential ethical and political challenges of our time -economic justice, religious pacifism, rising white nationalism, euthanasia, and human- induced climate change. She challenges us to work collectively to open our hearts to the suffering of others and our minds to new possibilities of expansive justice and collective flourishing. -- Sharon D. Welch, author of After the Protests Are Heard: Enacting Civic Engagement and Social Transformation

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Anna L. Peterson is a professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Florida. She received her AB from the University of California at Berkeley and her PhD from the University of Chicago Divinity School. Her research and teaching interests include social and environmental ethics, animal studies, and religion and social change.

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