Introducing Christian ethics / Samuel Wells and Ben Quash
2012, Reprint. Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell. Very good paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #473782
ISBN: 9781405152761
Physical description; ix, 387 p. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; Part I. The Story of Christian Ethics : -- 1. The story of God : -- The people of God -- God in person -- Following Jesus -- 2. The story of the church : -- Minority status -- Christendom -- The church in western modernity -- 3. The story of ethics : -- Philosophical ethics -- Religious ethics -- Professional ethics -- 4. The story of Christian ethics : -- Foundations -- Revisions -- Legacies of division -- Part II. The Questions Christian Ethics Asks : -- 5. Universal ethics : -- Right actions -- Right outcomes -- Right relationships -- 6. Subversive ethics : -- Class -- Race -- Gender -- Age and disability -- 7. Ecclesial ethics : -- Persuasive narratives -- A new Aristotelianism -- The christological turn -- Part III. The Questions Asked of Christian Ethics : -- 8. Good order : -- The state -- Justice and punishment -- War -- 9. Good life : -- Economics, wealth, and poverty -- Work, business, and management, media -- 10. Good relationships : -- Friendship -- The family, marriage, and sex -- Homosexuality -- 11. Good beginnings and endings : -- Contraception, assisted conception, and genetic engineering -- Abortion -- Euthanasia and suicide -- 12. Good earth : -- Animals -- Crops -- Ecology. Subjects; Christian ethics. Christian ethics ; Textbooks.
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