Author: William SchweikerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521657099
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Schweiker develops a powerful new theory of responsibility articulated in terms of Christian faith.
Responsibility and Christian Ethics
Author: William SchweikerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521657099
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Schweiker develops a powerful new theory of responsibility articulated in terms of Christian faith.
Christian Ethics in a Technological Age
Author: Brian BrockPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802865178
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Through close analysis of the historical and conceptual roots of modern science and technology, Brian Brock here develops a theological ethic addressing a wide range of contemporary perplexities about the moral challenges raised by new technology.
The Responsible Self
Author: Helmut Richard NiebuhrPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664221522
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Responsible Self was H. Richard Niebuhr's most important work in Christian ethics. In it he probes the most fundamental character of the moral life and it stands today as a landmark contribution to the field. 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.
Personal Responsibility and Christian Morality
Author: Josef Fuchs, SJPublisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 9781589018631
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In this volume, Josef Fuchs has brought together 12 important essays which consider various aspects of the relationship between Christian morality and human behavior. Among the subjects he discusses are the connections between moral theology and Christian experience, the absolute character of moral norms, and the importance of ethical reflection in shaping the future of the human race.
Christian Ethics as Witness
Author: David HaddorffPublisher: James Clarke & Company
ISBN: 0227903021
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Christian ethics is less a system of principles, rules, or even virtues, and more of a free and open-ended responsible witness to God's gracious action to be with and for others and the world. Postmodernity has left us with the risky uncertainty of knowing and doing the good. It also leaves us with the global risks of political violence and terrorism, economic globalization and financial crisis, and environmental destruction and global climate change. How should Christians respond to these problems? Thisbook creatively explores how Christian ethics is best understood as a witness to God's action, thereby providing the ethical framework for addressing the various problematic social issues that put our world at risk. Haddorff develops the notion of witness through a detailed study of Karl Barth's theological ethics. Barth, he argues, provides a language enabling us to know what a Christian ethics of witness actually looks like in both theory and in practice. In correspondence to God's gracious action, Christians remain free to think and act in faith, hope, and love in respondence to their unique circumstances, even in a world at risk. In their witness, Christians remain confident that God has not abandoned the world but loves and cares for its future.
Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life
Author: Bruce C. BirchPublisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 1451438540
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
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.
Hope and Christian Ethics
Author: David ElliotPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108509681
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The theological virtue of hope has long been neglected in Christian ethics. However, as social, civic and global anxieties mount, the need to overcome despair has become urgent. This book proposes the theological virtue of hope as a promising source of rejuvenation. Theological hope sustains us from the sloth, presumption and despair that threaten amid injustice, tragedy and dying; it provides an ultimate meaning and transcendent purpose to our lives; and it rejoices and refreshes us 'on the way' with the prospect of eternal beatitude. Rather than degrading this life and world, hope ordains earthly goods to our eschatological end, forming us to pursue social justice with a resilience and vitality that transcend the cynicism and disillusionment so widespread at present. Drawing on Thomas Aquinas and virtue ethics, the book shows how the virtue of hope contributes to human happiness in this life and not just the next.
Moral Responsibility
Author: Joseph F. FletcherPublisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Westminster Press
ISBN:
Category : Christian ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
An Introduction to Christian Ethics (2-downloads)
Author: Roger H CrooksPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317347390
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
An Introduction to Christian Ethics uses a Christian approach while encouraging students to consider a variety of current ethical issues and apply relevant biblical and theological concepts to these issues. The main goal of the text is to acquaint students with both the field of ethics in general and varieties of Christian ethical systems in particular. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to use a Christian method of making moral decisions and view issues from a Christian perspective.
From Christ to the World
Author: Wayne G. BoultonPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802806406
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Here is a single volume that effectively introduces students to the full breadth of the discipline of Christian ethics. Essays deal with both concrete issues and theoretical foundations. Revevant biblical readings and a series of case studies accentuate the text.