From Christ to the world : introductory readings in Christian ethics / edited by Wayne G. Boulton, Thomas D. Kennedy, and Allen Verhey. [print]

Part I. Sources of Christian ethics Biblical ethics Allen Verhey Ways of using Scripture James M. Gustafson Scripture and the love of God St. Augustine Social ideas in the New Testament Walter Rauschenbusch Biblical imperatives Richard J. Mouw The moral authority of Scripture Stanley Hauerwas Feminist consciousness and the interpretation of Scripture Margaret A. Farley Biblical revelation and social existence James Cone Tradition in ethics Jeffrey Stout The transmission of divine revelation Vatican II Community experience as a source of Christian ethics James Tunstead Burtchaell What it means to stand in a living tradition Douglas F. Ottati Feminist interpretation : a method of correlation Rosemary Radford Ruether The authority of tradition John Howard Yoder Excerpts from the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle Excerpts from Summa contra Gentiles and Summa theological St. Thomas Aquinas Conscience and truth Pope John Paul II Moral justification Richard J. Mouw A historical example : the challenge of the "fools for Christ" Christos Yannaras On keeping theological ethics theological Stanley Hauerwas Excerpt from Humanae vitae Pope Paul VI Scientific humanism and religion Edward O. Wilson The abolition of man C. S. Lewis The relationship of empirical science to moral thought James M. Gustafson A different voice in moral decisions Carol Gilligan Using empirical information Lisa Sowle Cahill -- PartII. Features of Christian ethics Treatise on Christian liberty Martin Luther The meaning of responsibility H. Richard Niebuhr Three approaches Joseph Fletcher The problem of Protestant ethics today Paul Ramsey Values, victims, and visions James Gaffney From decision to story James W. McClendon, Jr. A framework for feminist ethics Carol S. Robb Excerpts from The city of God and The morals of the Catholic Church St. Augustine The cardinal virtues Kenneth E. Kirk The relevance of an impossible ethical ideal Reinhold Niebuhr Ethical principles of moral action Paul J. Tillich For justice in shalom Nicolas Wolterstorff Implications for a theory of justice Karen Lebacqz Justice and Christian charity Gordon Graham Friendship and fidelity Gilbert Meilaender To bear wrongs patiently Sidney Cornelia Callahan On the insufficience of human strength Tito Colliander Excerpts from the Schleitheim confession of faith The Swiss Brethren The riddle of Romans 13 Wayne G. Boulton The civilization of the pluralist society John Courtney Murray Spirituality and the corporation Max L. Stackhouse The meaning of the cross for social ethics in the world today Larry Rasmussen -- PartIII. Issues in Christian ethics An ethic of marriage and family Vigen Guroian Misogyny and homophobia : the unexplored connections Beverly W. Harrison Excerpts from Personal commitments Margaret A. Farley Respect for covenant Lewis Smedes The liberal approach to sexual ethics James Nelson Excerpt from Limited engagements Philip W. Turner III Religion and the secularization of bioethics Daniel Callahan Can theology have a role in "public" bioethical discourse Lisa Sowle Cahill Salvation and health : why medicine needs the church Stanley Hauerwas Surrogate motherhood Janet Dickey McDowell Praying with dirty hands Allen Verhey The distinction between killing and allowing to die Gilbert Meilaender The murmurings : slaves in the wilderness Michael Walzer The grace of doing nothing H. Richard Niebuhr Must we do nothing? Reinhold Niebuhr The only way into the Kingdom of God H. Richard Niebuhr Letter from Birmingham jail Martin Luther King, Jr. Can war be just? Thomas Kennedy The nonviolence of Dorothy Day Kathleen de Sutter Jordan The rich man's salvation Clement of Alexandria On usury John Calvin The case of Christianity against capitalism Walter Rauschenbusch The law of love in politics and economics Reinhold Niebuhr Private property and the universal destination of material goods Pope John Paul II Key themes of liberation theology Leonardo Boff and Clodovis Boff A postcommunist manifesto Max L. Stackhouse and Dennis P. McCann Responses to "A postcommunist manifesto" : ethics, economics, and the corporate life Robert Benne and Preston N. Williams "The canticle of brother sun" and "How St. Francis tamed the very fierce wolf of Gubbio" St. Francis Acting responsibly with respect to animals and plants Karl Barth God and the world Sallie McFague On slaying the dragon : the American nature myth William F. May God and country Wendell Berry.

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