Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues and Options
In this thorough update of a classic textbook, noted Christian thinker Norman Geisler evaluates contemporary ethical options (such as antinomianism, situation ethics, and legalism) and pressing issues of the day (such as euthanasia, homosexuality, and divorce) from a biblical perspective. The second edition is significantly expanded and updated, with new material and charts throughout the book. There are new chapters on animal rights, sexual ethics, and the biblical basis for ethical decisions, as well as four new appendixes addressing drugs, gambling, pornography, and birth control. The author has significantly updated his discussion of abortion, biomedical ethics, war, and ecology and has expanded the selected readings, bibliography, and glossary.
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Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues and Options
In this thorough update of a classic textbook, noted Christian thinker Norman Geisler evaluates contemporary ethical options (such as antinomianism, situation ethics, and legalism) and pressing issues of the day (such as euthanasia, homosexuality, and divorce) from a biblical perspective. The second edition is significantly expanded and updated, with new material and charts throughout the book. There are new chapters on animal rights, sexual ethics, and the biblical basis for ethical decisions, as well as four new appendixes addressing drugs, gambling, pornography, and birth control. The author has significantly updated his discussion of abortion, biomedical ethics, war, and ecology and has expanded the selected readings, bibliography, and glossary.
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Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues and Options

Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues and Options

by Norman L. Geisler
Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues and Options

Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues and Options

by Norman L. Geisler

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In this thorough update of a classic textbook, noted Christian thinker Norman Geisler evaluates contemporary ethical options (such as antinomianism, situation ethics, and legalism) and pressing issues of the day (such as euthanasia, homosexuality, and divorce) from a biblical perspective. The second edition is significantly expanded and updated, with new material and charts throughout the book. There are new chapters on animal rights, sexual ethics, and the biblical basis for ethical decisions, as well as four new appendixes addressing drugs, gambling, pornography, and birth control. The author has significantly updated his discussion of abortion, biomedical ethics, war, and ecology and has expanded the selected readings, bibliography, and glossary.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801038792
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/01/2010
Edition description: 2nd Edition
Pages: 448
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Norman L. Geisler (1932—2019) taught at top evangelical colleges and seminaries for over fifty years and was distinguished professor of apologetics and theology at Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California. He wrote nearly eighty books, including the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, Christian Ethics, and Systematic Theology.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Ethical Options
1. All the Options
2. Antinomianism
3. Situationism
4. Generalism
5. Unqualified Absolutism
6. Conflicting Absolutism
7. Graded Absolutism
8. The Basis for Ethical Decisions
Part 2: Ethical Issues
9. Abortion
10. Infanticide and Euthanasia
11. Biomedical Issues
12. Capital Punishment
13. War
14. Civil Disobedience
15. Sexual Issues
16. Homosexuality
17. Marriage and Divorce
18. Ecology
19. Animal Rights
Appendix 1: Drugs
Appendix 2: Is Gambling Unethical?
Appendix 3: Pornography
Appendix 4: Birth Control
Glossary
Indexes
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