Ethics in a Christian Context

Ethics in a Christian Context
Author: Paul L. Lehmann
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-11-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664230050

In this contemporary classic originally published in 1963, Paul Lehmann answers the central question posed time and again to Christians throughout the ages: what am I as a believer in Jesus Christ and a member of his church to do? Lehmann argues that while principles for moral action can be rules of thumb, there are no absolute moral norms beyond the general norm of love. Lehmann contends that Christians are to act in every situation in ways that are consistent with God's humanizing purposes, but what that means changes from context to context and requires strong, faith-shaped discernment. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.

The Matrix of Christian Ethics

The Matrix of Christian Ethics
Author: Patrick Nullens
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2010-08-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 083085701X

Patrick Nullens and Ronald T. Michener seek to revitalize Christian ethics through an integrative approach to classical ethics. Their matrix of consequential, principle, virtue and value ethics provides an alternative to postmodern situation ethics and brings the framework of biblical wisdom to bear on contemporary ethical questions.

Kingdom Ethics, 2nd ed.

Kingdom Ethics, 2nd ed.
Author: David P. Gushee
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2016
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802874215

Comprehensive update of the leading Christian ethics textbook of the 21st century Ever since its original publication in 2003, Glen Stassen and David Gushee's Kingdom Ethics has offered students, pastors, and other readers an outstanding framework for Christian ethical thought, one that is solidly rooted in Scripture, especially Jesus's teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. This substantially revised edition of Kingdom Ethics features enhanced and updated treatments of all major contemporary ethical issues. David Gushee's revisions include updated data and examples, a more global perspective, more gender-inclusive language, a clearer focus on methodology, discussion questions added

Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life

Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life
Author: Bruce C. Birch
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1451438540

Earth is changing in ways it hasn't for hundreds of thousands of years. At the same time, Christianity is breaking away from its millennium-long geographical and cultural center in the Euro-West. Its growth is in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, primarily in Pentecostal, evangelical, and independent churches. These dramatically changed planetary and ecclesial landscapes have led many to conclude that we need a new way of thinking about our collective existence: who are we and what is the nature of our responsibility in this deeply altered world? To address that question, biblical scholars Bruce C. Birch and Jacqueline E. Lapsley and Christian ethicists Larry L. Rasmussen and Cynthia Moe-Lobeda carry on "a new conversation" that engages how Christians are to understand the authority and use of Scripture, the basic elements of any full-bodied Christian ethic attuned to our circumstances, and the nature of our responsibility to our planetary neighbors and creation itself.

Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Author: D. Stephen Long
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2010-07-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199568863

This book provides both a short history of Christian ethics and looks at itsbasic sources as they arise from Judaism, Greco-Roman ethics, andChristianity

Christian Ethics

Christian Ethics
Author: David S. Cunningham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2008-03-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1134185049

Christian Ethics provides a biblical, historical, philosophical and theological guide to the field of Christian ethics. Prominent theologian David S. Cunningham explores the tradition of ‘virtue ethics’ in this creative and lively text, which includes literary and musical references as well as key contemporary theological texts and figures. Three parts examine: the nature of human action and the people of God as the ‘interpretative community’ within which ethical discourse arises the development of a ‘virtue ethics’ approach, and places this in its Christian context significant issues in contemporary Christian ethics, including the ethics of business and economics, politics, the environment, medicine and sex. This is the essential text for students of all ethics courses in theology, religious studies and philosophy.

Theological Ethics

Theological Ethics
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780310111955

This book is an introduction to the field of theological ethics with a Trinitarian perspective that guides pastors, ministry leaders, and students about how to think in a gospel way about the moral formation of persons and communities, about ethical inquiry and action, and about the tone and content of engagement in the public square.

Biblical Christian Ethics

Biblical Christian Ethics
Author: David Clyde Jones
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1994-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441206566

After examining what Scripture teaches about the goal and motive of the Christian life, the author addresses moral dilemmas, human-life issues, sexuality, economic justice, and truthfulness.

Christian Ethics

Christian Ethics
Author: Steve Wilkens
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2017-06-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830891579

Steve Wilkens edits a conversation between four major approaches to contemporary ethics in the Christian tradition: virtue, divine command, natural law, and prophetic. This accessible introduction includes contributions by Brad Kallenberg, John Hare, Claire Peterson, and Peter Heltzel.

An Introduction to Christian Ethics

An Introduction to Christian Ethics
Author: Robin W. Lovin
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426719566

A few years ago, the first distinction that ethicists drew was the line between Christian ethics and philosophical ethics. However, in our global context, Christian ethicists must now, in addition, compare and contrast various ethics. Christian ethics has become increasingly multivocal not only because of a plurality of faiths but also because of a plurality of Christianities. In light of these new realities, this book will introduce Christian ethics. It will lay out history, methods, and basic principles every student must know. The author also will include case studies for further explanation and application.