Peter Hooton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4430151 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Hooton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Hooton |
| SIGNATURE | HOOTON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles Sturt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9950-529X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Public Theology and Global Catastrophic Risk
We live, by virtue of an unprecedented interconnectedness driven by massively uneven, wealth-dominated processes of globalisation, in an era of global risk for which human beings must take responsibility and to which they must respond collectively. This article asks whether public theology – which is essentially a process of theologically informed dialogue with different parts of society on matters of shared concern – has a role to play in crafti…
Australia’s bipolar approach to nuclear disarmament
Australia is a strong supporter of global nuclear (and conventional) arms control and non-proliferation measures and has contributed significantly to their development; but it sees the world, strategically, through the eyes of a nuclear weapon state which, it believes, applies its nuclear deterrence doctrine also to the defence of Australia. It is thus effectively locked into what is essentially a nuclear weapon state's view of the future that pa…
The Eclipse of Equality in a World of Extremes
Christianity and democracy have in common the idea of equality before God and the law. But how seriously was this notion taken by the Christian architects of modern representative democracy, and how seriously is it taken in today’s deeply unequal democratic societies? Democracy has long embraced the idea of a formal equality of persons but has generally held substantive equality to be incompatible with the secure possession of private property, w…
The Common Good and the Orientation toward Christ
The common good is a surprisingly elusive concept. While we may reasonably assume it to describe a life of shared purpose and solidarity in ordered, just, and equitable community, there is, unsurprisingly, no one agreed description of the shape and structure of such a life – which is why those who write about the common good often prioritize the quality of the conversation over the substance of the vision. This article holds the notion of the com…
The Common Good and the Orientation toward Christ
The common good is a surprisingly elusive concept. While we may reasonably assume it to describe a life of shared purpose and solidarity in ordered, just, and equitable community, there is, unsurprisingly, no one agreed description of the shape and structure of such a life – which is why those who write about the common good often prioritize the quality of the conversation over the substance of the vision. This article holds the notion of the com…
The Common Good and the Orientation toward Christ
The common good is a surprisingly elusive concept. While we may reasonably assume it to describe a life of shared purpose and solidarity in ordered, just, and equitable community, there is, unsurprisingly, no one agreed description of the shape and structure of such a life – which is why those who write about the common good often prioritize the quality of the conversation over the substance of the vision. This article holds the notion of the com…
The Eclipse of Equality in a World of Extremes
Christianity and democracy have in common the idea of equality before God and the law. But how seriously was this notion taken by the Christian architects of modern representative democracy, and how seriously is it taken in today’s deeply unequal democratic societies? Democracy has long embraced the idea of a formal equality of persons but has generally held substantive equality to be incompatible with the secure possession of private property, w…
Australia’s bipolar approach to nuclear disarmament
Australia is a strong supporter of global nuclear (and conventional) arms control and non-proliferation measures and has contributed significantly to their development; but it sees the world, strategically, through the eyes of a nuclear weapon state which, it believes, applies its nuclear deterrence doctrine also to the defence of Australia. It is thus effectively locked into what is essentially a nuclear weapon state's view of the future that pa…
Public Theology and Global Catastrophic Risk
We live, by virtue of an unprecedented interconnectedness driven by massively uneven, wealth-dominated processes of globalisation, in an era of global risk for which human beings must take responsibility and to which they must respond collectively. This article asks whether public theology – which is essentially a process of theologically informed dialogue with different parts of society on matters of shared concern – has a role to play in crafti…
Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Sociology of religion (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Jewish studies (2 works) · Judaism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)