The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics

Provides a comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics which is both authoritative and up-to-date.

Robin Gill (Edited by)

9780521770705, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 December 2000

308 pages
23.7 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.619 kg

'The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics successfully lives up to the considerable reputation established by the rest of the outstanding texts in this series … the organization of this Cambridge volume brilliantly lends itself to the classroom, moving gracefully from the theoretical, through the methodological, and ending with practical questions. This companion to Christian ethics should become the standards text for ethics courses taught at seminaries and in upper level philosophy courses that focus on religion and ethics. It should become a standard text for the serious study of Christian ethics.' Religious Studies Review

Following the same formula as other Cambridge Companions, this book is written by leading international experts in Christian ethics and is aimed at students on upper-level undergraduate courses, at teachers and at graduate students. It will be useful as well to ministers and other professionals within the church. Its eighteen chapters provide a thorough introduction to Christian ethics which is both authoritative and up-to-date. All contributors have been chosen because they are significant scholars with a proven track record of balanced, comprehensive and comprehensible writing. The Companion examines the scriptural bases of ethics, introduces a variety of approaches to ethics including those informed by considerations such as gender and by other faiths such as Judaism, and then discusses Christian ethics in the context of contemporary issues including war and the arms trade, social justice, ecology, economics, and medicine and genetics. The book offers a superb overview of its subject.

Preface
Part I. The Grounds of Christian Ethics and the Bible: 1. Making moral decisions Rowan Williams
2. The authority of scripture and Christian ethics Gareth Jones
3. The Old Testament and Christian ethics John Rogerson
4. The Gospels and Christian ethics Timothy P. Jackson
5. The Epistles and Christian ethics Stephen C. Barton
Part II. Approaches to Christian Ethics: 6. Natural law and Christian ethics Stephen C. Pope
7. Virtue ethics Jean Porter
8. Gender and Christian ethics Lisa Sowle Cahill
9 Liberation ethics Tim Gorringe
10. Christian ethics: a Jewish perspective Ronald M. Green
11. Other faiths and Christian ethics Gavin D'Costa
Part III. Issues in Christian Ethics: 12. Christianity and war R. John Elford
13. The arms trade and Christian ethics Robin Gill
14. Social justice and welfare Duncan B. Forrester
15. Ecology and Christian ethics Michael S. Northcott
16 Business, economics and Christian ethics Max L. Stackhouse
17. World family trends Don Browning
18. Christian ethics, medicine, and genetics James F. Childress
Select bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Christianity [HRC]