In the Service of Charity and Truth
Essays in Honour of Lucius Ugorji
©2012
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273 Pages
Summary
This work is a Festschrift to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria. Its title draws from his Episcopal Coat of Arms – Caritas et Veritas. The focus of this book is Moral Theology. It contains fifteen diverse essays which indicate the spread and nuances of contemporary moral theological reflections. Their contributors are from three continents – Africa, Europe and North America. Firstly, this publication pays tribute to the efforts of Bishop Ugorji to inspire interest in Moral Theology in Nigeria and deepen its reflections. Secondly, it hopes to provide more resource materials for students and researchers in the field of Moral Theology and Theological Ethics in Nigeria and beyond.
Details
- Pages
- 273
- Publication Year
- 2012
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783653014402
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9783631622537
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-3-653-01440-2
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2012 (August)
- Keywords
- Virtue Ethics North America Africa Biafra-Nigerian War Umuahia Nigeria Casuistry Moral Theology
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. 273 pp., 1 fig.
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