Charts of Christian Ethics

by Craig Vincent Mitchell

Overview

Provides an outline for Christian ethics, explaining some of the major ideas and approaches with memorable charts, graphs, and other visual study aids.

Christian ethics is an important field of study for the student, pastor, or concerned layperson, but it's also one of the most complicated academic disciplines, having roots in both philosophy and theology.

If you have a hard time keeping straight the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning or remembering the various theories of knowledge, Charts of Christian Ethics provides a wealth of helpful information, laid out in a quickly graspable visual format. Divided into five major sections:

• Philosophical Foundations of Ethics (including logic, metaphysics, and epistemology)
• Approaches to Ethics (metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics)
• Biblical Foundations of Christian Ethics (hermeneutics, ethics in the Old Testament, and ethics in the New Testament)
• Theological Foundations of Christian Ethics (including God, creation, man, and the church)
• History of Ethics (including the premodern, modern, and postmodern eras)

Containing more than 100 charts, this volume is perfect for enhancing every type of teaching and learning situation and style, including classroom use, homeschooling curricula and tutoring, church classes and Sunday school.

Zondervan Charts are ready references for those who need the essential information at their fingertips. Accessible and highly useful, the books in this library offer clear organization and thorough summaries of issues, subjects, and topics that are key for Christian students and learners. The visuals and captions will cater to any teaching methodology, style, or program.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310254522
Publisher:	Zondervan Academic
Publication date:	02/27/2006
Series:	ZondervanCharts
Edition description:	Layflat
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.63(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.34(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Craig Vincent Mitchell holds a Ph D in Christian ethics and philosophy of religion. He is assistant professor of Christian ethics at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and a research fellow with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Previously, he has served as an adjunct professor of philosophy and ethics at Tarrant County and Weatherford Colleges.

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Table of Contents

Contents Part 1: Philosophical Foundations of Ethics The Elements of Philosophy 1. Philosophy Logic 2. Logic Metaphysics 3. Metaphysics 4. Ontology 5. Cosmology 6. Theology/Philosophy of Religion 7. Theories of Truth Epistemology 8. Epistemology 9. David Hume (1711 – 76) 10. Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) Axiology 11. Value Theory 12. Ethics 13. Aesthetics (1) 14. Aesthetics (2): Art Philosophies 15. Major Movements in Analytic Philosophy 16. Philosophy of Language 17. Philosophy of Science 18. Philosophy of Mind 19. American Pragmatism 20. Existentialism 21. The Continental Philosophers 22. Structuralism and Poststructuralism Premodernity, Modernity, and Postmodernity 23. Premodernity (Before 1600) 24. Modernity (1): (1600 – 1950) 25. Modernity (2): British Empiricists and Analytic Philosophers 26. Modernity (3): Continental Rationalists/Continental Philosophers 27. Postmodernity (1950 – Present) Part 2: Approaches to Ethics Metaethics 28. Metaethics 29. The Fact/Value Dichotomy 30. Metaphysics of Morals 31. Moral Epistemology 32. Moral Psychology (1) 33. Moral Psychology (2): Moral Motivation 34. Internalist Moral Development (Cognitivism) 35. Externalist Moral Development (Noncognitivism) Normative Ethics 36. Normative Ethics 37. Virtue Ethics 38. Aristotelian (Classical) Virtue Ethics 39. Augustinian Virtue Ethics 40. Linguistic Virtue Ethics 41. Deontology 42. Divine Command Theory (Theological Voluntarism) 43. Kantian Deontology 44. Deontological Intuitionism 45. Graded Absolutism (Hierarchicalism) 46. Act Utilitarianism 47. Rule Utilitarianism 48. Contractarianism 49. Contractualism Applied Ethics 50. Political Philosophy 51. Philosophy of Law 52. Economics 53. Adam Smith 54. Marxism 55. Business Ethics 56. Bioethics Part 3: Biblical Foundations of Christian Ethics Hermeneutics 57. Biblical Hermeneutics: Assumptions 58. Premodern Hermeneutics: Old Testament 59. Premodern Biblical Hermeneutics: Assumptions 60. Modern Biblical Hermeneutics: Assumptions and Method 61. Postmodern Biblical Hermeneutics 62. Key Words for Biblical Ethics 63. Presuppositions of Christian Biblical Ethics Old Testament 64. The Old Testament and Creation Ethics 65. Creation Ethics and Cosmic Order 66. Creation Ethics and the Ten Commandments 67. Ethics in Jewish Apocalyptic Thought New Testament 68. The New Testament and Creation Ethics 69. The Sermon on the Mount 70. Blessedness (Happiness and Well-Being) 71. Righteousness in Jesus Christ 72. Jesus Christ and the Jubilee Part 4: Theological Foundations of Christian Ethics God 73. Doctrine of God 74. Doctrine of God: The Creeds Creation 75. Creation 76. Augustine’s Hierarchy of Thought Man 77. Doctrine of Man 78. Implications of the Image of God: Issues of Life and Death 79. Views of the Conscience 80. Eschatology (Three Views) 81. Soteriology 82. Divinization 83. The Work of the Holy Spirit 84. Spiritual Warfare 85. Marriage and Family Church 86. The Church 87. Types of Churches State and Church 88. The State 89. Christ and Culture 90. The Church and the World 91. Christian Decision Making Part 5: History of Ethics Historical Overview 92. Overview of Philosophical Worldviews 93. Overview of Philosophers and Ethicists 94. Diagrammatic Overview of Major Philosophies 95. Diagrammatic Overview of Philosophers The Premodern Era 96. Classical Period 97. Medieval Period 98. Reformation Period The Modern Era 99. British Empiricists 100. Analytic Philosophers 101. Continental Rationalists 102. Continental Philosophers 103. Theological Liberalism 104. Neo-orthodox Thinkers Postmodern Era 105. Contemporary Christian Ethicists 106. Socio-Critical Approaches to Ethics