Michael Banner is current Professor of Public Policy in the Life Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.  From September 2006 he will be Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge. Alan J. Torrance is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of St. Andrews, UK.

'A book like this (with its distinguished array of contributors) offers a decisive reprimand to those who believe that Christian ethics can be pursued without any detailed consideration of Christian doctrine. Instead, here we find a lively engagement between them both that provides real interest and challenge. A breath of fresh air!' David Brown FBA, Van Mildert Professor of Divinity, University of Durham Department of Theology and Religion.

• Introduction. Michael Banner and Alan Torrance; 1. Prolegomena to a Dogmatic Sexual Ethic. Michael Banner; 2. The Doctrine of God and the Ultimate Meaning of Human Life. Germain Grisez; 3. God's Commands and Moral Realism. John Hare; 4. The Truth about God: The Decalogue as Condition for Truthful Speech. Stanley Hauerwas; 5. Virtue Ethics and the Doctrine of God According to Thomas Aquinas. Fergus Kerr; 6. What Has Christianity to Say to the Moral Philosopher? Alasdair MacIntyre; 7. The Poverty of Christ and Non-Proprietary Community. Joan Lockwood O'Donovan; 8. What Can Ethics Know about God? Oliver O'Donovan; 9. Morality, Ethics and God. Wolfhart Pannenberg; 10. To Render Praise: Humanity in God's World. Murray Rae; 11. On Deriving 'Ought' from 'Is': Christ, Covenant and Koinonia. Alan Torrance; 12. 'The Trinity is Our Social Programme': The Doctrine of the Trinity and the Shape of Social Engagement. Miroslav Volf; 13. God and Conscience. John Webster; Index

Michael Banner is current Professor of Public Policy in the Life Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.  From September 2006 he will be Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge. Alan J. Torrance is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of St. Andrews, UK.

'A book like this (with its distinguished array of contributors) offers a decisive reprimand to those who believe that Christian ethics can be pursued without any detailed consideration of Christian doctrine. Instead, here we find a lively engagement between them both that provides real interest and challenge. A breath of fresh air!' David Brown FBA, Van Mildert Professor of Divinity, University of Durham Department of Theology and Religion.

• Introduction. Michael Banner and Alan Torrance; 1. Prolegomena to a Dogmatic Sexual Ethic. Michael Banner; 2. The Doctrine of God and the Ultimate Meaning of Human Life. Germain Grisez; 3. God's Commands and Moral Realism. John Hare; 4. The Truth about God: The Decalogue as Condition for Truthful Speech. Stanley Hauerwas; 5. Virtue Ethics and the Doctrine of God According to Thomas Aquinas. Fergus Kerr; 6. What Has Christianity to Say to the Moral Philosopher? Alasdair MacIntyre; 7. The Poverty of Christ and Non-Proprietary Community. Joan Lockwood O'Donovan; 8. What Can Ethics Know about God? Oliver O'Donovan; 9. Morality, Ethics and God. Wolfhart Pannenberg; 10. To Render Praise: Humanity in God's World. Murray Rae; 11. On Deriving 'Ought' from 'Is': Christ, Covenant and Koinonia. Alan Torrance; 12. 'The Trinity is Our Social Programme': The Doctrine of the Trinity and the Shape of Social Engagement. Miroslav Volf; 13. God and Conscience. John Webster; Index

Michael Banner is current Professor of Public Policy in the Life Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.  From September 2006 he will be Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge. Alan J. Torrance is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of St. Andrews, UK.

'A book like this (with its distinguished array of contributors) offers a decisive reprimand to those who believe that Christian ethics can be pursued without any detailed consideration of Christian doctrine. Instead, here we find a lively engagement between them both that provides real interest and challenge. A breath of fresh air!' David Brown FBA, Van Mildert Professor of Divinity, University of Durham Department of Theology and Religion.

• Introduction. Michael Banner and Alan Torrance; 1. Prolegomena to a Dogmatic Sexual Ethic. Michael Banner; 2. The Doctrine of God and the Ultimate Meaning of Human Life. Germain Grisez; 3. God's Commands and Moral Realism. John Hare; 4. The Truth about God: The Decalogue as Condition for Truthful Speech. Stanley Hauerwas; 5. Virtue Ethics and the Doctrine of God According to Thomas Aquinas. Fergus Kerr; 6. What Has Christianity to Say to the Moral Philosopher? Alasdair MacIntyre; 7. The Poverty of Christ and Non-Proprietary Community. Joan Lockwood O'Donovan; 8. What Can Ethics Know about God? Oliver O'Donovan; 9. Morality, Ethics and God. Wolfhart Pannenberg; 10. To Render Praise: Humanity in God's World. Murray Rae; 11. On Deriving 'Ought' from 'Is': Christ, Covenant and Koinonia. Alan Torrance; 12. 'The Trinity is Our Social Programme': The Doctrine of the Trinity and the Shape of Social Engagement. Miroslav Volf; 13. God and Conscience. John Webster; Index