Moral Struggle and Religious Ethics offers a comparative discussion of the challenges of living a moral religious life. This is illustrated with a study of two key thinkers, Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa, who influenced the development of moral thinking in Christianity and Buddhism respectively.

Provides an important and original contribution to the comparative study and practice of religious ethics
Moves away from a comparison of theories by discussing the shared human problem of moral weakness
Offers an fresh approach with a comparison of the understanding of the problem of moral weakness between the two key thinkers, Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa
Written by a highly respected academic in the dynamic and fast-growing field of comparative religious ethics