Christian Ethics : An Introductory Reader
by Wells, SamuelEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-05-10
Publisher(s): 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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