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Preface and Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Introduction: A Primer on Doing Ethics | p. 1 |
What Makes Ethics Christian? | |
Foundations | p. 15 |
An Opening Case | p. 15 |
Introduction | p. 15 |
Biblical Authority | p. 18 |
The Bible in Transit | p. 25 |
A Death to Celebrate? The Just-War Tradition and the Killing of Osama Bin Laden | p. 29 |
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Brain | p. 33 |
"Wading through Many Sorrows": Toward a Theology of Suffering in Womanist Perspective | p. 37 |
Taking a Stand | p. 46 |
An Opening Case | p. 46 |
Introduction | p. 46 |
The Eclipse of Love for God | p. 49 |
Mujerista Discourse: A Platform for Latinas' Subjugated Knowledge | p. 53 |
"Rights and Wrongs": An Interview with Nicholas Wolterstorff | p. 63 |
The Unholy Trinity of Consumerism | p. 68 |
Forgiveness | p. 73 |
An Opening Case | p. 73 |
Introduction | p. 73 |
Imitating God: Nickel Mines, Forgiveness, and Yoder | p. 76 |
Blame Versus Forgiveness | p. 84 |
Lessons in Mercy: Justice and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Atrocities | p. 91 |
Letting Go: The Final Miracle of Forgiveness | p. 96 |
Sexual Ethics | |
Sexual Intimacy | p. 103 |
An Opening Case | p. 103 |
Introduction | p. 103 |
The Body's Grace | p. 106 |
Marriage Prep and Double Standards: The Hookup Culture's Damaging Effects | p. 116 |
Good Sex: Its Meaning and Morals | p. 122 |
Love Your Enemy: Sex, Power, and Christian Ethics | p. 127 |
Sexual Slavery on Main Street | p. 136 |
Marriage and Family | p. 141 |
An Opening Case | p. 141 |
Introduction | p. 141 |
A Betrothal Proposal | p. 144 |
Domestic Abuse | p. 149 |
No Good Divorce: The Children's Perspective: An Interview with Elizabeth Marquardt | p. 152 |
What God Has Joined | p. 157 |
Role Play | p. 162 |
Advice and Consent: Monogamy in the Age of Dan Savage | p. 165 |
Prejudice and Discrimination | |
Heterosexism | p. 173 |
An Opening Case | p. 173 |
Introduction | p. 173 |
Awaiting the Redemption of Our Bodies | p. 177 |
Heterosexism and the Interpretation of Romans 1:18-32 | p. 186 |
Bearing Better Witness | p. 199 |
Blessing Same-Sex Marriages | p. 205 |
Racism | p. 211 |
An Opening Case | p. 211 |
Introduction | p. 211 |
Obama and Race in America: What's Changed? | p. 214 |
Race Matters | p. 221 |
Whiteness: The Structure of Institutional Racism | p. 226 |
Issues of National and Global Priority | |
Immigration | p. 235 |
An Opening Case | p. 235 |
Introduction | p. 235 |
Imagining the Immigrant: Why Legality Must Give Way to Humanity | p. 238 |
Creating a Sacred Space: An Iglesia Evangélica Response to Global Homelessness | p. 241 |
A Judeo-Christian Approach to "Comprehensive" Immigration Reform | p. 248 |
Caring for the Whole Earth Community | p. 253 |
An Opening Case | p. 253 |
Introduction | p. 254 |
Poisoning the Well: A Review of Mark Hertsgaard's Hot: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth | p. 256 |
Toward an Ethic of Ecojustice | p. 259 |
The Challenge of Biocentrism | p. 264 |
An Earth-Honoring Faith | p. 272 |
When "Knowledge" Is Simply "All Wet" and "Ignorance Is Bliss"! Christian Environmental Ethics Meets Science in Louisiana's Wetlands | p. 276 |
Economic Justice | |
Consumerism | p. 285 |
An Opening Case | p. 285 |
Introduction | p. 285 |
Pay Attention to the Birds | p. 288 |
Just a Little Bit More: Greed and the Mailing of Our Souls | p. 292 |
Nickel and Dimed: A Review of Bethany Moreton's To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise | p. 298 |
Capitalism and Christian Values | p. 300 |
An Opening Case | p. 300 |
Introduction | p. 301 |
When Generosity Is Not Enough | p. 303 |
Fighting Poverty to Build Peace | p. 312 |
Just Deserts: Beyond the Free Market | p. 317 |
When Is Self-interest Moral? A Gap in Catholic Social Teaching | p. 323 |
Seeking Economic Justice in a Globalized World | p. 327 |
An Opening Case | p. 327 |
Introduction | p. 328 |
Christian Theology and Development | p. 331 |
Shopping for Justice: The Trouble with Good Intentions | p. 336 |
The Dread Cancer of Stinginess | p. 340 |
Still Hungry: A Review of Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid: A Better Way for Africa | p. 345 |
Issues of Life and Death | |
Abortion | p. 351 |
An Opening Case | p. 351 |
Introduction | p. 352 |
Theology and Morality of Procreative Choice | p. 355 |
Abortion and the Sexual Agenda | p. 363 |
Fetal Status: Sources and Implications | p. 371 |
What Actually Works? The Right Supports Can Reduce Abortion Rates | p. 377 |
Physician-Assisted Suicide | p. 380 |
An Opening Case | p. 380 |
Introduction | p. 381 |
Still Dying Badly: A Christian Critique | p. 384 |
Assisted Suicide: Do We Own Our Bodies? | p. 392 |
The Case for Physician-Assisted Suicide? | p. 397 |
Capital Punishment | p. 405 |
An Opening Case | p. 405 |
Introduction | p. 405 |
A Horrific Crime: But Is Execution the Answer? | p. 408 |
Catholicism and Capital Punishment | p. 410 |
Crime and Sacrifice | p. 416 |
Terrorism and War | p. 420 |
An Opening Case | p. 420 |
Introduction | p. 420 |
Did 9/11 Make Us Morally "Better"? | p. 423 |
When the Shooting Stops: Criteria for a Just Peace | p. 426 |
Courageous Nonviolence | p. 430 |
Against the New Utopianism | p. 433 |
Notes | p. 439 |
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