TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gushee,David P.
AU  - Stassen,Glen Harold
AU  - Stassen,Glen Harold
TI  - Kingdom ethics: following Jesus in contemporary context 
SN  - 9781467446105
AV  - BJ1251 .S8132 2016eb
U1  - 241 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michighan
PB  - William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Jesus Christ.
KW  - Sermon on the mount
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - Christian ethics
KW  - Ethics
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-496) and indexes; Part 1. Methodology for kingdom ethics : --  Jesus began to proclaim: the reign of God -- Blessed are you: virtues of kingdom people -- Law and prophets: authority and scripture -- Moral structure in the world: the form and function of moral norms -- Doing, not dualism: the transforming initiatives of the Sermon on the Mount -- The greatest commandment: love -- Weightier matters of the law: justice -- So much value: the sacredness of life -- Extracting logs, examining fruits: learning to be faithful -- Part 2. Core moral issues in kingdom ethics : -- Salt, light, deeds: the church's public witness in an unbelieving world -- Violence close at hand: criminal justice -- God made them male and female: patriarchy, gender, and Jesus -- Adultery of the heart: sexual ethics in the meantime -- What God has joined together: marriage, divorce, and children -- Let your yes be yes: the ethics of truthful speech -- Peacemaking, cheek turning, and enemy love: the ethics of war -- Thy kingdom come: prayer, trust, and following Jesus -- Treasures on earth: economic ethics in the kingdom way -- Even the birds of the air: creation care and the kingdom -- Judgment, humility, dogs, and swine: overcoming the sin of racism -- Curing every disease: the way of Jesus and contemporary bioethics -- A house built on rock: the way of the kingdom
N2  - Ever since its original publication in 2003, Glen Stassen and David Gushee's Kingdom Ethics has offered students, pastors, and other readers an outstanding framework for Christian ethical thought, one that is solidly rooted in Scripture, especially Jesus's teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. This substantially revised edition of Kingdom Ethics features enhanced and updated treatments of all major contemporary ethical issues. David Gushee's revisions include updated data and examples, a more global perspective, more gender-inclusive language, a clearer focus on methodology, discussion questions added
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