Doing Right and Being Good : Catholic and

Chapters are: "The Moral Person," "Sources of Christian Ethics," "Interpretations of Love and Justice," "Marriage, Family, and Sexuality," "Political Life and the Problem of Violence," "Stewardship: Work, Property, and the Environment," "Christian Love at the Margins of life."

Peter R. Gathje teaches religion at Christian Brothers University in Memphis. David Oki Ahearn teaches religion and philosophy at LaGrange College in Georgia, where he serves as chair of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction

ix

Chapter One: The Moral Person

Introduction

1

(3)

Readings

1. Biblical Foundations

4

(1)

2. Thomas Aquinas, Selections from the Summa Theologiae

5

(6)

3. Martin Luther, Concerning Christian Liberty

11

(7)

4. Peter R. Gathje, "A Christian Vision of Life"

18

(7)

5. Stanley Hauerwas, "Peacemaking: the Virtue of the Church"

25

(8)

Chapter Two: Sources of Christian Ethics

Introduction

33

(6)

Readings

1. Biblical Foundations

39

(1)

2. Walter Brueggemann, "Biblical Authority"

39

(8)

3. Thomas Aquinas, Selections from the Summa Theologiae

47

(7)

4. Lord John Habgood, "Science and Ethics"

54

(4)

5. Rosemary Radford Ruether, "Women's Experience and Historical Tradition"

58

(6)

Chapter Three: Interpretations of Love and Justice

Introduction

64

(6)

Readings

1. Biblical Foundations

70

(1)

2. Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine

71

(7)

3. Christine E. Gudorf, "Parenting, Mutual Love, and Sacrifice"

78

(8)

4. Lewis B. Smedes, "How Do Love and Justice Work Together?"

86

(3)

5. Douglas Sturm, "On Meanings of Justice"

89

(12)

Chapter Four: Marriage, Family, and Sexuality

Introduction

101

(9)

Readings

1. Biblical Foundations

110

(1)

2. Augustine of Hippo, The Good of Marriage

111

(7)

3. Pope John Paul II, "Apostolic Exhortation on the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World"

118

(9)

4. Sally B. Purvis, "A Common Love: Christian Feminist Ethics and the Family"

127

(11)

5. Luke Timothy Johnson, "Disputed Questions: Debate and Discernment, Scripture and the Spirit"

138

(5)

6. Karen Lebacqz, "Appropriate Vulnerability: A Sexual Ethic for Singles?"

143

(7)

Chapter Five: Political Life and the Problem of Violence

Introduction

150

(5)

Readings

1. Biblical Foundations

155

(2)

2. David Oki Ahearn and Peter Gathje, "A Typology of Christian Responses to War and Violence: Pacifism, Just War, and the Crusade"

157

(5)

3. Tertullian, Apology

162

(4)

4. Augustine of Hippo, The City of God; Letter to Marcellinus

166

(7)

5. Bernard of Clairvaux, In Praise of the New Knighthood

173

(3)

6. Paul Ramsey, "Justice in War"

176

(6)

7. Martin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham City Jail"

182

(13)

Chapter Six: Stewardship: Work, Property, and the Environment

Introduction

195

(7)

Readings

1. Biblical Foundations

202

(1)

2. Thomas Aquinas, Selections from the Summa Theologiae

203

(3)

3. John Wesley, "The Use of Money"

206

(7)

4. U.S. Catholic Bishops, Economic Justice for All: Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy

213

(10)

5. Gustavo Gutierrez, "The Biblical Meaning of Poverty"

223

(9)

6. Rosemary Radford Ruether, "Ecofeminism and Healing Ourselves, Healing the Earth"

232

(9)

Chapter Seven: Christian Love at the Margins of Life

Introduction

241

(6)

Readings

1. Biblical Foundations

247

(1)

2. David Gushee, "The Consistent Ethic of Life"

248

(8)

3. Beverly Wildung Harrison, "A Theology of Pro-Choice: A Feminist Perspective on Abortion"

256

(7)

4. Sidney Callahan, "Abortion and the Sexual Agenda"

263

(11)

5. Gilbert Meilaender, "Euthanasia and Christian Vision"

274

(11)

Scripture Index

285

(1)

Index of Persons and Subjects

286

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