Christian Ethics : An Introductory Reader

by Wells, Samuel

• ISBN13: 9781405168878
• ISBN10: 1405168870
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781405168861
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-10
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

This comprehensive anthology of primary documents and materials explores the evolution and study of Christian ethical principles. It may be used independently, or alongside the accompanying textbook, Introducing Christian Ethics, for a complete overview of the field.Represents the entire canon of Christian ethics, including first-hand accounts from major figures in the theological and ecclesial traditionIntroduces foundational figures such as Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther; contemporary theorists including Jűrgen Moltmann, Stanley Hauerwas, and Wendell Berry; in addition to work by work by non-theoretical figures, such as Ghandi and Martin Luther KingFeatures useful introductory material that demonstrates the significance of each extract and how they relate to each otherMay be used independently or together with the accompanying textbook, Introducing Christian Ethics; both books share the same structure and are cross-referenced for ease of use

Author Biography

Samuel Wells is Dean of Duke University Chapel and Research Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina. He has written widely on Christian social ethics, including God's Companions: Reimagining Christian Ethics (2006). The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics (edited, with Stanley Hauerwas, 2004), and Introducing Christian Ethics (with Ben Quash, 2010), all published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Story of Christian Ethics

The Story of God

The People of God

Tertullian, Against Marcion

Israel and the Church

If Abraham is our Father

Yhwh Reigns

God in Person

The Purpose for which Christ was Sent by the Father

Jesus: The Presence of the Peaceable Kingdom

Following Jesus

The Sum of the Christian Life: The Denial of Ourselves

Costly Grace

The Story of the Church

Minority Status

The Epistle to Diognetus

Perpetua, The Martyrdom of Perpetua

Clement of Alexandria, Who is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?

Christendom

Eusebius of Caesarea, A Speech on the Dedication of the Holy Sepulchre Church

The Rule of St. Benedict

The Constantinian Sources of Western Social Ethics

The Church in Western Modernity

The Gospel Ethic

Christ the Transformer of Culture

The Story of Ethics

Philosophical Ethics

Plato, The Republic

Aristotle, The Nature of Virtue

Religious Ethics

Comparison in Religious Ethics

Experiments With Truth

The Supreme Emotion

Professional Ethics

Principles of Biomedical Ethics

A Brief History of American Business Ethics

The Story of Christian Ethics

Foundations

Augustine, The City of God

Of War

Revisions

Temporal Authority

A Kind Admonition on Church Discipline

Legacies of Division

The Use of Money

The Confl ict Between Individual and Social Morality

Christian Social Principles

The Questions Christian Ethics Asks

Universal Ethics

Right Actions

The Command of God

The Natural Law

Natural Law and Natural Right

The Categorical Imperative

Right Outcomes

Utilitarianism

Ambiguity in Moral Choice

Situation Ethics

Right Relationships

Rerum Novarum (On Capital, Labor)

History of the Indies

General Assembly of the United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

A Theory of Justice

Subversive Ethics

Class

The Church in the Process of Liberation

Race

Black Theology of Liberation

Gender

Sexism and God-Talk

Womanist Theology

Mujerista Theology

Age and Disability

In the Presence of the Poor

The Gifts Reserved for Age

Ecclesial Ethics

Persuasive Narratives

After Virtue

Theology as a Social Science

A New Aristotelianism

Of the Virtues

Forming Habits

The Narrative Character of Christian Ethics

The Christological Turn

The Possibility of a Messianic Ethic

The Questions Asked of Christian Ethics

Good Order

The State

Quadragesimo Anno (On Reconstruction of the Social Order)

Pacem in Terris (On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity, and Liberty)

The Kairos Document

The Barmen Declaration

Justice and Punishment

The Death Penalty in Evangelium Vitae

Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Civil Disobedience

Atonement, Retribution, and Forgiveness

War and Violence

Justice in War

Love and Revolution

Our Country Passes from Undeclared War to Declared War; We Continue Our Christian Pacifi st Stand

Good Life

Economics, Wealth, and Poverty

The Invisible Hand

Medellín Conference

I See The Promised Land

Work, Business, and Management

Spirituality and the Corporation

Corporate Accountability

"Fact," Explanation, and Expertise

Media

Aetatis Novae (On Social Communications on the Twentieth Anniversary of Communio et Progressio)

Growing Faithful Children in Media Cultures

Christian Formation in Global Culture Industries

Good Relationships

Friendship

The Four Loves

The Fire of Female Friendship

Aelred of Rievaulx, Spiritual Friendship

The Family, Marriage, and Sex

Personal Standards

Reimagining Families

An Orthodox Ethic of Marriage and Family

Homosexuality

Homosexuality and Natural Law

Homosexuality in the Scriptures

Sanctifi cation, Homosexuality, and God's Triune Life

Good Beginnings and Endings

Contraception, Assisted Conception, and Genetic Engineering

Humanae Vitae (On the Regulation of Birth)

Feminist Theology and Bioethics

Begotten or Made?

Abortion

Abortion: An Ethical Case Study

Procreative Choice

Abortion and the Church

Euthanasia and Suicide

Proportionalist Reasoning

Gender and Euthanasia

Suicide and Euthanasia

Good Earth

Animals

Reverence, Responsibility, and Rights

Institutional Violence, Feminist Ethics, and Vegetarianism

The Lord's Supper as a Vegetarian Meal

Crops

Genetic Engineering of Food

The Pleasures of Eating

Faithful Feasting

Ecology

Jürgen Moltmann, An Ecological Doctrine of Creation

Sallie McFague, The Body of God

Laura Ruth Yordy, The Church's Eco-Discipleship

Source Credits

Names Index

Subject Index

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