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An introduction to Christian ethics
2006, Pearson Education
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An introduction to Christian ethics
1995, Prentice Hall
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Introduction: to the student
Ethics and Christian ethics
An overview of ethics
Definitions
Subject matter
Assumptions
Cautions
Alternatives to Christian ethics
Religious systems
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Humanism
Objectivism
Behaviorism
Alternatives within Christian ethics
Obedience to external authority
In Roman Catholicism
In Protestantism
Responsibility for personal decisions
What am I to do?
What am I to be?
Transforming society
Reinhold Neibuhr's "impossible possibility"
Paul Ramsey's "obedient love"
James Gustafson's "theocentric ethics"
Liberation theology
Ethics and the Christian faith
Sources of guidance
The Bible
The Christian community
The nature of the church
The function of the church
The Christian in the church
Personal experience
The use of the mind
The prompting of the conscience
The leadership of the spirit
Biblical ethics
The Hebrew Scripture
General characteristics of Hebrew morality
The law, the prophets, and the writings
Jesus and the Gospels
Jesus and Judaism
Characteristics of Jesus's ethical teachings
Basic concepts in Jesus's ethical teachings
The example of Jesus
The ethical teachings of Paul
Theology and ethics
An ethic of responsible freedom
An ethic of love
An ethic of a new life
Faith working through love
Theological premises
Beliefs about God
Beliefs about humankind
Beliefs about history
Faith
Faith and salvation
Life in the Christian community
The instruction of Scripture
Worship and morality
Love (agape)
The nature of love
The source of love
The demands of love
The relationship between love and justice
Decision
Christian ethics and contemporary issues
Human sexuality and the marriage relationship
The current scene
A Christian interpretation of sexuality
A theological perspective
Questions about the relationship
A Christian interpretation of marriage
Homosexuality and the Christian faith
Contemporary social perspective
A biblical perspective
Varying Christian interpretations
Homosexuality and the Christian way of live.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
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