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Introducing Christian Ethics / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 1405152761
ISBN-13:: 9781405152761
Pub. Date:: 03/15/2010
Publisher:: Wiley

ISBN-10:: 1405152761
ISBN-13:: 9781405152761
Pub. Date:: 03/15/2010
Publisher:: Wiley

Introducing Christian Ethics / Edition 1

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This comprehensive textbook offers an unparalleled introduction to the study of Christian ethics, mapping and exploring all the major ethical approaches and offering thoughtful insights into the complex moral challenges facing people today.

Written by two well-known theologians, the book encompasses Christian ethics in its entirety, but also offers a new way of viewing this subject. Wells and Quash approach it from three perspectives: universal (ethics for anyone); subversive (ethics for the excluded); and ecclesial (ethics for the church). In doing so, they are able to highlight the sharp distinctions between ethical approaches that are sometimes perceived as antagonistic, whilst providing a balance between description, analysis, and critique. They also show how ecclesial ethics is respectful of - and indeed, often profoundly indebted to - other approaches to ethics.

This comprehensive and systematic study of Christian ethical principles may be used independently, or alongside a companion volume of readings, Christian Ethics: An Introductory Reader.

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ISBN-13:	9781405152761
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/15/2010
Series:	Wiley Desktop Editions Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Samuel Wells is Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and a widely-known theologian, preacher, pastor, writer, and broadcaster. He is also Visiting Professor of Christian Ethics at King's College, London. He has published 25 books, including Improvisation, God's Companions, and A Nazareth Manifesto. He edited the partner book to this volume, Christian Ethics: An Introductory Reader (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

Ben Quash is Professor of Christianity and the Arts at King’s College London. He is the author of Theology and the Drama of History (2005), and is former Reviews Editor of Studies in Christian Ethics.

Rebekah Eklund is Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, where she teaches theology, ethics, and Christian Scripture. She is the author of Jesus Wept: The Significance of Jesus' Laments in the New Testament (2015).

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Preface vii

Part 1 The Story of Christian Ethics 1

1 The Story of God 3

The People of God 6

God in Person 13

Following Jesus 20

2 The Story of the Church 31

Minority Status 32

Christendom 40

The Church in Western Modernity 50

3 The Story of Ethics 59

Philosophical Ethics 59

Religious Ethics 65

Professional Ethics 72

4 The Story of Christian Ethics 84

Foundations 86

Revisions 93

Legacies of Division 96

Part 2 The Questions Christian Ethics Asks 113

5 Universal Ethics 115

Right Actions 115

Right Outcomes 124

Right Relationships 132

6 Subversive Ethics 146

Class 147

Race 154

Gender 161

Age and Disability 172

7 Ecclesial Ethics 180

Persuasive Narratives 181

A New Aristotelianism 191

The Christological Turn 199

Part 3 The Questions Asked of Christian Ethics 207

8 Good Order 209

The State 209

Justice and Punishment 222

War 230

9 Good Life 243

Economics, Wealth, and Poverty 243

Work, Business, and Management 251

Media 261

10 Good Relationships 275

Friendship 275

The Family, Marriage, and Sex 284

Homosexuality 296

11 Good Beginnings and Endings 311

Contraception, Assisted Conception, and Genetic Engineering 311

Abortion 321

Euthanasia and Suicide 327

12 Good Earth 336

Animals 338

Crops 343

Ecology 348

Timeline 360

Glossary of Names 362

Glossary of Terms 373

Name Index 381

Subject Index 384

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Editorial Reviews

"Two Anglican theologians, Samuel Wells and Ben Quash, have written an excellent textbook introducing ecumenical Christian ethics ... This book is a gift for an instructor trying to write a syllabus, and a student who mastered it would be ready for further steps in academia." (Theology, 1 November 2011)
"The success of this publication and of the ecclesial ethics movement from which it comes is significant." (Regent's Reviews, 1 October 2010)
"Every decade or so, it pays to be introduced to Christian ethics all over again. A strong introduction can lead us to question what we’ve taken for granted, notice what we’ve failed to see and connect what has seemed disjointed. This book does all that and more. Wells and Quash present a stunningly clear account of Christian ethics; sources; an insightful typology of approaches – universal, subversive, and ecclesial; and an irenic display of diverse responses to politics and relationships. It’s not a book of answers, but reading it is an apprenticeship in how to ask the right questions and with whom to seek the answers." (Christian Century, May 2010)
"This book presents a thoughtful, trenchantly logical and interesting comparison of approaches that is both serious and compelling. It will be of particular interest for those looking to get the big picture of Christian ethics and an understanding of the rival viewpoints both inside and outside Christianity."
—John Berkman, University of Toronto
"Wells and Quash’s typology of ethics (universal, subversive, and ecclesial) is a stroke of genius and a genuine contribution to the field"
— Dan Bell, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
"Wells and Quash have put together a wonderfully comprehensive survey of Christian ethics while at the same time offering a distinctive and fresh perspective ... With the array of primary texts and judicious and very well informed commentary that the two volumes represent, they have succeeded in constructing an extremely valuable resource for teachers and students of Christian ethics."
—Michael S. Northcott, University of Edinburgh(of Introducing Christian Ethics and Christian Ethics: An Introductory Reader)
"This book offers for the beginning studenta fine exposition of the main thinkers, comprehensive theories and currently pressing issues that shape this field."
—Dr Susan F. Parsons, Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge

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Introducing Christian Ethics / Edition 1

Introducing Christian Ethics / Edition 1

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