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Introducing Christian ethics / Sam Wells and Ben Quash.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.Description: ix, 387 p. ; pbk ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781405152761 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 241/WEL
Contents:
Part I. The Story of Christian Ethics : -- 1. The story of God : -- The people of God -- God in person -- Following Jesus -- 2. The story of the church : -- Minority status -- Christendom -- The church in western modernity -- 3. The story of ethics : -- Philosophical ethics -- Religious ethics -- Professional ethics -- 4. The story of Christian ethics : -- Foundations -- Revisions -- Legacies of division --
Part II. The Questions Christian Ethics Asks : -- 5. Universal ethics : -- Right actions -- Right outcomes -- Right relationships -- 6. Subversive ethics : -- Class -- Race -- Gender -- Age and disability -- 7. Ecclesial ethics : -- Persuasive narratives -- A new Aristotelianism -- The christological turn --
Part III. The Questions Asked of Christian Ethics : -- 8. Good order : -- The state -- Justice and punishment -- War -- 9. Good life : -- Economics, wealth, and poverty -- Work, business, and management, media -- 10. Good relationships : -- Friendship -- The family, marriage, and sex -- Homosexuality -- 11. Good beginnings and endings : -- Contraception, assisted conception, and genetic engineering -- Abortion -- Euthanasia and suicide -- 12. Good earth : -- Animals -- Crops -- Ecology
Summary: This comprehensive textbook offers an unparalleled introduction to the study of Christian Ethics, mapping and exploring all the major ethical approaches, and offering thoughtful insights into the complex moral challenges facing people today.* Redefines the field of Christian ethics along three strands: universal (ethics for anyone), subversive (ethics for the excluded), and ecclesial (ethics for the church)* Encompasses Christian ethics in its entirety, offering students a substantial overview by re-mapping the field and exploring the differences in various ethical approaches* Provides a successful balance between description, analysis, and critique * Reveals how ecclesial ethics is respectful of, and indeed, often profoundly indebted to, other approaches to ethics* Structured so that it can be used alongside a companion volume, Christian Ethics: An Introductory Reader, which further illustrates and amplifies the diversity of material and arguments explored here
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The Story of Christian Ethics : --
1. The story of God : --
The people of God --
God in person --
Following Jesus --
2. The story of the church : --
Minority status --
Christendom --
The church in western modernity --
3. The story of ethics : --
Philosophical ethics --
Religious ethics --
Professional ethics --
4. The story of Christian ethics : --
Foundations --
Revisions --
Legacies of division --

Part II. The Questions Christian Ethics Asks : --
5. Universal ethics : --
Right actions --
Right outcomes --
Right relationships --
6. Subversive ethics : --
Class --
Race --
Gender --
Age and disability --
7. Ecclesial ethics : --
Persuasive narratives --
A new Aristotelianism --
The christological turn --

Part III. The Questions Asked of Christian Ethics : --
8. Good order : --
The state --
Justice and punishment --
War --
9. Good life : --
Economics, wealth, and poverty --
Work, business, and management, media --
10. Good relationships : --
Friendship --
The family, marriage, and sex --
Homosexuality --
11. Good beginnings and endings : --
Contraception, assisted conception, and genetic engineering --
Abortion --
Euthanasia and suicide --
12. Good earth : --
Animals --
Crops --
Ecology

This comprehensive textbook offers an unparalleled introduction to the study of Christian Ethics, mapping and exploring all the major ethical approaches, and offering thoughtful insights into the complex moral challenges facing people today.* Redefines the field of Christian ethics along three strands: universal (ethics for anyone), subversive (ethics for the excluded), and ecclesial (ethics for the church)* Encompasses Christian ethics in its entirety, offering students a substantial overview by re-mapping the field and exploring the differences in various ethical approaches* Provides a successful balance between description, analysis, and critique * Reveals how ecclesial ethics is respectful of, and indeed, often profoundly indebted to, other approaches to ethics* Structured so that it can be used alongside a companion volume, Christian Ethics: An Introductory Reader, which further illustrates and amplifies the diversity of material and arguments explored here

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