Christian ethics in the Protestant tradition /

Christian ethics in the Protestant tradition /

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Author / Creator:Beach, Waldo
Imprint:Atlanta, Ga. : J. Knox Press, c1988.
Description:149 p. ; 21 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Christian ethics
Christian ethics.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/952901
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ISBN:0804207933 : $9.95
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [142]-147.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Principles of Christian Ethics
  • 1. The Challenge of Secular Culture to Christian Ethics
  • Three Meanings of Secular
  • The Secular Gods of American Culture
  • The Secularization of Christian Churches
  • 2. The Field of Christian Ethics
  • Main Types of Ethical Theory
  • Roman Catholic and Protestant Ethics
  • The Locus of Authority
  • Change of Heart versus Social Change
  • The Issue of "Christ and Culture"
  • Protestant Ethics Today
  • Protestant Ethics and Secular Moral Philosophy
  • 3. The Faith-Premises of Christian Ethics
  • Epistemology
  • Christian Ontology
  • Christian Anthropology
  • Covenant Theology and Human Sin
  • Christian Soteriology
  • Christian Eschatology
  • 4. Christian Ethical Norms
  • Response to God as Creator
  • The Christian Meaning of Love
  • Love as Self-Regard
  • Response to God as Judge
  • Response to Grace
  • 5. Christian Love and Social Justice
  • The Baffling Context of Choices
  • Double Contextualism
  • Level I. Empirical Facts
  • Level II. Values in Conflict
  • Level III. Christian Justice
  • Part II. Christian Ethics in Practice
  • 6. Sexuality, Marriage, and Christian Love
  • The Changing Family Pattern in American Culture
  • The Celebration of Sex
  • Christian Ethical Norms
  • Christian Love in Sexual Practice
  • The Problem of Divorce
  • Homosexuality
  • 7. Birthing and Dying
  • The Empirical Context
  • Moral Norms: Pros and Cons
  • Christian Normative Guidelines
  • New Technologies of Reproduction
  • Euthanasia
  • The Fading of the Doctrine of Immortality
  • The Moral Costs of Life-Sustaining Technologies
  • 8. Racial and Gender Relations
  • The Vicious Circle
  • The Benevolent Circle
  • Liberation Theology
  • The Feminist Movement
  • 9. Economic Ethics: Work and Vocation
  • The Concept of Vocation in History
  • The Secularization of Vocation
  • The Recovery of Vocation
  • 10. Wasting and Wanting: the Ethics of Consumption
  • The Energy Crisis
  • A Christian Ethical Response
  • Ecojustice in the Global Village
  • Ecojustice and Energy Resources
  • 11. Christian Ethics and Politics
  • Christian Ethical Premises of Democracy
  • Democracy as a Dike against Sin
  • "To Secure These Rights"
  • Christian Ethics and Legal Justice
  • Penal Justice
  • 12. International Relations and the Nuclear Crisis
  • Values in Conflict
  • Normative Christian Response to the Sovereignty of God
  • Christian Ethical Norms in History
  • What Shall We Do to Survive?
  • The Pros and Cons of Deterrence
  • Christian Witness for Peace
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • Index of Names and Subjects

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