Freedom of a Christian Ethicist

Brian Brock is Reader in Moral and Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen, UK.Michael Mawson is Lecturer in Theological Ethics, University of Aberdeen, UK.

This is a very well-presented volume of ten fiercely intelligent engagements on the current state of the discipline ... To those in the guild it will be essential reading. To those beyond it, it provides a window into the state of the art.

• AcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations ContributorsIntroductionMichael Mawson 1. Citizens of HeavenStanley Hauerwas, Duke Divinity School, USA2. The Plight of Protestant EthicsGerald McKenny, University of Notre Dame, USA3. The Messianic Contours of Evangelical Ethics Hans G. Ulrich, Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany4. Living in the Wake of God’s Acts: Luther’s Mary as Key to Barth’s Command Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen, UK5. How to Do or Not Do Protestant Ethics Stanley Hauerwas, Duke Divinity School, USA6. Anabaptist Ethics After Yoder: Accepting the Limits on the Freedom of a Christian EthicistPaul Martens, Baylor University, USA7. The Politics of Jesus and the Ethics of Christ: Why the Differences between Yoder and Bonhoeffer Matter Michael Mawson, University of Aberdeen, UK 8. ‘We, as to our own Particulars…’ Conscience and Vocation in Quaker Tradition Rachel Muers, University of Leeds, UK9. Sleepers Wake! Eudaimonism, Obligation, and the Call to Responsibility Jennifer A. Herdt, Yale Divinity School, USA10. On What we Lost when (or if) we Lost the Saints. Michael Banner, University of Cambridge, UKBibliography Index