Format:
Online-Ressource (xv, 290 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
052177070X
,
0521779189
,
9780521770705
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to religion
Content:
Following the same formula as other Cambridge Companions, this book is written by leading international experts in Christian ethics and is aimed at students on upper-level undergraduate courses, at teachers and at graduate students. It will be useful as well to ministers and other professionals within the church. Its eighteen chapters provide a thorough introduction to Christian ethics which is both authoritative and up-to-date. All contributors have been chosen because they are significant scholars with a proven track record of balanced, comprehensive and comprehensible writing. The Companion examines the scriptural bases of ethics, introduces a variety of approaches to ethics including those informed by considerations such as gender and by other faiths such as Judaism, and then discusses Christian ethics in the context of contemporary issues including war and the arms trade, social justice, ecology, economics, and medicine and genetics. The book offers a superb overview of its subject
Content:
Making moral decisions / Rowan Williams -- The authority of scripture and Christian ethics / Gareth Jones -- The Old Testament and Christian ethics / John Rogerson -- The gospels and Christian ethics / Timothy P. Jackson -- The epistles and Christian ethics / Stephen C. Barton -- Natural law and Christian ethics / Stephen J. Pope -- Virtue ethics / Jean Porter -- Gender and Christian ethics / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Liberation ethics / Tim Gorringe -- Christian ethics: a Jewish perspective / Ronald M. Green -- Other faiths and Christian ethics / Gavin D'Costa -- Christianity and war / R. John Elford -- The arms trade and Christian ethics / Robin Gill -- Social justice and welfare / Duncan B. Forrester -- Ecology and Christian ethics / Michael S. Northcott -- Business, economics and Christian ethics / Max L. Stackhouse -- World family trends / Don Browning -- Christian ethics, medicine and genetics / James F. Childress
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277 - 285) and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
,
Philosophy
Keywords:
Christliche Ethik
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL052177070X
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