The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics
2nd Edition
Part of Cambridge Companions to Religion
- Editor: Robin Gill, University of Kent, Canterbury
- Date Published: November 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521164832
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In this second edition of the best-selling Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics, Robin Gill brings together twenty essays by leading experts, to provide a comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics which is both authoritative and up to date. This volume boasts four entirely new chapters, while previous chapters and all bibliographies have been updated to reflect significant developments in the field over the last decade. Gill offers a superb overview of the subject, examining the scriptural bases of ethics as well as discussing Christian ethics in the context of contemporary issues, including war and the arms trade, social justice, ecology, economics, medicine and genetics. All of the contributors have a proven track record of balanced, comprehensive and comprehensible writing making this book an accessible and invaluable source not only for students in upper-level undergraduate courses, graduate students and teachers, but anyone interested in Christian ethics today.
Read more- Four entirely new chapters, to address recent developments in Christian ethics
- Previous chapters and all bibliographies have been brought up to date to reflect significant changes that have happened over the last decade
- Particular attention is given to war and peace, social justice, ecology, business ethics, sexuality, family and medical ethics
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: November 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521164832
- length: 344 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 152 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.5kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. The Grounds of Christian Ethics:
1. Making moral decisions Rowan Williams
2. Moral traditions in eastern and western Christianity Robin W. Lovin
3. The Old Testament and Christian ethics John Rogerson
4. The Gospels and Christian ethics Allen Verhey
5. The epistles and Christian ethics Stephen C. Barton
Part II. Approaches to Christian Ethics:
6. Natural law and Christian ethics Stephen J. Pope
7. Virtue ethics Jean Porter
8. Gender and Christian ethics Lisa Sowle Cahill
9. Liberation ethics Tim Gorringe
10. Christian ethics in Asia Peniel Rajkumar
11. Christian ethics: a Jewish perspective Ronald M. Green
12. Other faiths and Christian ethics Gavin D'Costa
Part III. Issues in Christian Ethics:
13. Christianity and war R. John Elford
14. The arms trade and Christian ethics Robin Gill
15. Social justice and welfare Duncan B. Forrester
16. Ecology and Christian ethics Michael S. Northcott
17. Business, economics and Christian ethics Max L. Stackhouse with David W. Miller
18. World family trends Don Browning
19. Sexuality and religious ethics Robin Gill
20. Christian ethics, medicine, and genetics James F. Childress.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Christian Faith, Peace, and Justice
- Global Perspectives in Ethics
- Leadership Ethics
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