Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics

Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics
Author:
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 1691
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441239987

This one-stop reference book on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics offers needed orientation and perspective for students, pastors, and scholars. Written to respond to the movement among biblical scholars and ethicists to recover the Bible for moral formation, it is the best reference work available on the intersection of these two fields. The volume shows how Christian Scripture and Christian ethics are necessarily intertwined and offers up-to-date treatment of five hundred biblical, traditional, and contemporary topics, ranging from adultery, bioethics, and Colossians to vegetarianism, work, and Zephaniah. The stellar ecumenical list of contributors consists of more than two hundred leading scholars from the fields of biblical studies and ethics, including Darrell Bock, David Gushee, Amy Laura Hall, Daniel Harrington, Dennis Olson, Christine Pohl, Glen Stassen, and Max Stackhouse.

Paul, Scripture and Ethics

Paul, Scripture and Ethics
Author: Rosner
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2018-12-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004332758

Paul, Scripture and Ethics evaluates the widely held view that Scripture did not play an important role in the formation of Paul's ethics by investigating 1 Corinthians 5-7. It concludes that in spite of the relatively few quotations of Scripture and other indications to the contrary, Scripture is nevertheless a crucial and formative source for Paul's moral teaching. The major lines and many of the details of Paul's ethics in these chapters are traced back into the Scriptures, in most cases by way of Jewish sources. The conclusion is drawn that the Scriptures were for Paul not only “witness to the Gospel” but “written for our instruction”. The work has considerable implications for the study of Christian origins, the interpretation of the New Testament and for the question of Paul and the Law.

The Old Testament and Ethics

The Old Testament and Ethics
Author: Joel B. Green
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441245677

The acclaimed Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (DSE), written to respond to the movement among biblical scholars and ethicists to recover the Bible for moral formation, offered needed orientation and perspective on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics. This book-by-book survey of the Old Testament features key articles from the DSE, bringing together a stellar list of contributors to introduce students to the use of the Old Testament for moral formation. It will serve as an excellent supplementary text. The stellar list of contributors includes Bruce Birch, Mark Boda, William Brown, Stephen Chapman, Daniel Harrington, and Dennis Olson.

Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships

Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships
Author: Karen R. Keen
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2018-10-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467451339

WHEN IT COMES TO SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS, this book by Karen Keen contains the most thoughtful, balanced, biblically grounded discussion you’re likely to encounter anywhere. With pastoral sensitivity and respect for biblical authority, Keen breaks through current stalemates in the debate surrounding faith and sexual identity. The fresh, evenhanded reevaluation of Scripture, Christian tradition, theology, and science in Keen’s Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships will appeal to both traditionalist and progressive church leaders and parishioners, students of ethics and biblical studies, and gay and lesbian people who often feel painfully torn between faith and sexuality.

Character Ethics and the New Testament

Character Ethics and the New Testament
Author: Robert L. Brawley
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2007-02-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Throughout the New Testament, the Gospel stories, the sayings of Jesus, and the writings of Paul not only teach a way of life that requires individuals to be moral but they demonstrate how. In biblical studies, character ethics has been one of the fastest-growing areas of interest. Whereas ethics usually studies rules of behavior, character ethics focuses on how people are formed to be moral agents in the world. Here editor Robert Brawley presents the most up-to-date academic work in New Testament character ethics, covering topics throughout the Gospels and Paul, as well as focusing on the essential topics of forgiveness, reconciliation, politics, and peacemaking. In addition to Brawley, contributors are C. Clifton Black, Neil Elliott, Jens Herzer, L. Ann Jervis, Sylvia C. Keesmat, Jae Won Lee, J. Clinton McCann Jr., Elna Mouton, C. Drew Smith, Glen Stassen, Willard M. Swartley, Allen Verhey, and Jinseong Woo.

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.

Biblical Ethics

Biblical Ethics
Author: Thomas Buford Maston
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1982
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780865540514

An Introduction to Biblical Ethics

An Introduction to Biblical Ethics
Author: David Wayne Jones
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2013
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433669692

An introductory text explaining the nature, relevancy, coherency, and structure of the moral law as revealed throughout the Bible, with discussion of the Ten Commandments as a moral rubric and a subsequent application of each commandment to Christian living.

Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life

Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life
Author: Bruce C. Birch
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451404609

Among the topics treated are: Christian ethics as community ethics Charting the moral life Elements of character formation Character and social structure Decision making The nature and role of biblical authority Uses of Scripture in Christian ethics

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.