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Christian Ethics: A Brief History / Edition 1

Christian Ethics: A Brief History / Edition 1

by Michael Banner
Christian Ethics: A Brief History / Edition 1
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ISBN-10:
1405115173
ISBN-13:
9781405115179
Pub. Date:
04/20/2009
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
1405115173
ISBN-13:
9781405115179
Pub. Date:
04/20/2009
Publisher:
Wiley
Christian Ethics: A Brief History / Edition 1

Christian Ethics: A Brief History / Edition 1

by Michael Banner

Overview

This enlightening book steers readers through the challenges and moral issues, providing a clear and decisive history of the main figures and texts in Christian ethics.
  • A short and lively history of Christian ethics, exploring how Christianity has always had to grapple with complex moral problems - from questions about the status of early Christians who renounced their religion under Roman torture, through to current debates about euthanasia
  • Engages with the main texts and figures in Christian ethics, including Augustine, Benedict, Aquinas, Luther and Barth
  • Considers questions such as human will, the proper form of Christian life, natural law, and whether human nature is at odds with Christian ethics
  • Concludes with a thought-provoking chapter considering the role that Christian ethics can play in contemporary moral debates and ethical dilemmas

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781405115179
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 04/20/2009
Series: Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion , #19
Pages: 162
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Michael Banner is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and has held chairs at the University of Edinburgh and King's college, London. He has also chaired an advisory panel on issues to do with the use of animals in scientific experiments, and is a board member of the Human Tissue Authority. He is the author of Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems (1999) and The Justification of Science and the Rationality of Religious Belief (1990).

Table of Contents

Preface viii

Introduction 1

1 Benedict and the Practice of the Christian Life 10

2 Augustine, God, and Human Nature: The Theory of the Christian Life 23

3 Thomas Aquinas: Natural Law and the Loss of Christian Ethics 42

4 Martin Luther: Against Ethics 56

5 Butler, Kant, and Kierkegaard: The Turn to the Subject 71

6 Nietzsche and the Genealogists: Suspecting the Subject 86

7 Karl Barth and John Paul II: The Rediscovery of Christian Ethics 99

8 History in the Present: Genetics, Philosophy, and Christian Life 114

Suggestions for Further Reading 137

Bibliography 141

Index 145

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"No history of ethics, and in particular, a history of Christianethics can be purely 'history'. Rather it is as it should be anargument about how we need to think in order to act well asChristians. We are quite fortunate to have Michael Banner’sbook because it is an incisive contribution to this project."
–Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University

"I have no hesitation in recommending Banner's ChristianEthics: A Brief History. I cannot imagine a book that wouldbeat this for clarity of focus or attractiveness of style."
–Oliver O'Donovan, University of Edinburgh

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