Exploring Christian Ethics

An Introduction to Key Methods and Debates

AvCraig Hovey

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Talking about ethics tends to involve talking about what we should or, more often, shouldn't do. We talk about setting limits on actions that, for whatever reason, we think are either wrong or somehow harmful to ourselves or others. The aim of this book, however, is to explore Christian ethics within a wider, more positive framework - one that that views Christianity's moral resources as part of the good news that it proclaims to all creation. Ethics, says Hovey, need not be characterized primarily by negative prohibitions, limits, and tiresome hand-wringing. Rather, it's about a joyful and worshipful way of living, which flows naturally out of the abundant goodness God's life and character, as revealed in Jesus.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-04-19
Mått:156 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt:472 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:SPCK Publishing
ISBN:9780281071029

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

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Craig Hovey is Associate Professor of Religion and Director of the Ashland Center for Nonviolence at Ashland University Ohio. He is the author of What Makes Us Moral? (SPCK, 2012) and Bearing True Witness: Truthfulness in Christian Practice (Eerdmans, 2011), and is co-editor of An Eerdmans Reader in Contemporary Political Theology (Eerdmans, 2008).

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In this refreshing and at times exhilarating exploration, Craig Hovey portrays Christian ethics as the discovery of what is made possible because Christ is born, has died, is risen and will come again. In doing so, he dismantles the popular perception of Christianity as a catalogue of prohibitions and opens out a vista of promise, purpose and potential.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Part 1 What Makes Christian Ethics Christian?1. The Bible2. Following Jesus3. Some Key Theological Themes Part 2 What Makes Christian Ethics "Ethics"?4. Classical Roots5. Modern Options6. Contemporary Challenges Part 3 The Stuff of Christian Ethics7. Baptism and Identity8. Mercy and Peace9. Justice from Above (Order)10. Justice from Below (Liberation)11. Sexuality12. Vulnerable Life13. Challenges Posed by Science and Technology

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