Readings in Christian Ethics : Theory and

Is one position on abortion always moral and another always immoral? How should Christians use Scripture to make decisions about integrity? Has God given a 'natural law' that governs all people everywhere? Answers to such questions may differ widely, even among evangelical Christians. This can be confusing and disturbing when secular and Christian worldviews collide over matters that seem to brook no compromise.

Preface

9

(4)

List of Contributors

13

(4)

Part 1 Establishing Moral Norms

The Nature of Ethics

17

(50)

Moral Relativism

23

(9)

J.P. Moreland

The Kingdom of God

32

(9)

C. Stephen Layman

The Nature of Christian Morality

41

(9)

Oliver Barclay

In Search of ``Good Positive Reasons'' for an Ethics of Divine Commands: A Catalogue of Arguments

50

(12)

Janine Marie Idziak

For Further Reflection

62

(5)

Grounding Moral Norms

67

(46)

The Natural Ethic

73

(10)

Oliver O'Donovan

Doctrine and Ethics

83

(9)

Alister E. McGrath

The Reconstitution of Authority

92

(9)

J.I. Packer

The New Testament and Ethics: Communities of Social Change

101

(6)

Lisa Sowle Cahill

For Further Reflection

107

(6)

Part 2 Applying Moral Norms

Moral Dilemmas

113

(30)

Ethical Choices: A Case for Non-conflicting Absolutism

118

(7)

Robert V. Rakestraw

The Borderline Situation of Extreme Conflict

125

(6)

Helmut Thielicke

Graded Absolutism

131

(7)

Norman L. Geisler

For Further Reflection

138

(5)

Moral Situations and Cultural Contexts

143

(36)

Situations and Principles

148

(9)

J.I. Packer

Evangelical Contextualism

157

(5)

Donald G. Bloesch

Receptor-Oriented Ethics in Cross-Cultural Intervention

162

(12)

Charles H. Kraft

For Further Reflection

174

(5)

Part 3 Interpreting the Bible Ethically

The Use of the Bible in Ethical Judgments

179

(32)

The Word of God and Christian Ethics

183

(2)

John Frame

Four Ways of Using the New Testament

185

(7)

Richard N. Longenecker

How Can Christians Derive Principles from the Specific Commands of the Law?

192

(10)

Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.

Distinguishing Culturally Relative from Normative Teachings

202

(5)

Gordon D. Fee

Douglas Stuart

For Further Reflection

207

(4)

Love and Justice

211

(36)

Love and Society: God's Justice and Ours

216

(9)

Stephen Charles Mott

How to Seek Justice in a World of Conflicts

225

(7)

Lewis B. Smedes

Love, Power, and Justice

232

(9)

Paul B. Henry

For Further Reflection

241

(6)

Part 4 Developing the Moral Self

Virtue and Character

247

(32)

Virtue

251

(6)

Stanley Hauerwas

Christian Ethics and the Ethics of Virtue

257

(10)

Stephen S. Bilynskyj

The Virtues in a Professional Setting

267

(8)

William F. May

For Further Reflection

275

(4)

The Process of Decision-Making

279

(32)

Ethics: How to Do It

284

(7)

Daniel C. Maguire

Towards a Theory of Making Ethical Judgments

291

(7)

H.E. Todt

A Kierkegaardian Approach to Moral Philosophy: The Process of Decision-Making

298

(9)

Virginia L. Warren

For Further Reflection

307

(4)

Glossary

311

(6)

Index

317

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