Introducing Christian Ethics.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (443 pages)
- New York Academy of Sciences Series .
- New York Academy of Sciences Series .
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One The Story of Christian Ethics -- Chapter One The Story of God -- The People of God -- Approaches -- Characteristics -- Themes -- God in Person -- Is Jesus Normative for Christian Ethics? -- Following Jesus: The New Testament and Christian Ethics -- The Ethics of Paul and his Followers -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter Two The Story of the Church -- Minority Status -- Christendom -- The Church in Modernity -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter Three The Story of Ethics -- Philosophical Ethics -- Religious Ethics -- Professional Ethics -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter Four The Story of Christian Ethics -- Foundations -- Revisions -- Legacies of Division -- References and Further Reading -- Part Two The Questions Christian Ethics Asks -- Chapter Five Universal Ethics -- Right Actions -- Right Outcomes -- Right Relationships -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter Six Subversive Ethics -- Class -- Race -- Gender -- Age and Disability -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter Seven Ecclesial Ethics -- Persuasive Narratives -- A New Aristotelianism -- The Christological Turn -- Critiques and Future Promise -- References and Further Reading -- Three Part Three -- Chapter Eight Good Order -- The State -- Justice and Punishment -- War -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter Nine Good Life -- Economics, Wealth, and Poverty -- Work, Business, and Management -- Media -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter Ten Good Relationships -- Friendship -- The Family, Marriage, and Sex -- Same-Sex Relationships -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter Eleven Good Beginnings and Endings -- Contraception, Assisted Conception, and Genetic Engineering -- Abortion -- Euthanasia and Suicide -- References and Further Reading. Chapter Twelve Good Earth -- Animals -- Crops -- Ecology -- References and Further Reading -- Timeline -- Glossary of Names -- Glossary of Terms -- Subject Index -- Name Index -- EULA.