Robin Gill's A Textbook of Christian Ethics continues to be popular with students and lecturers - it is difficult to find another textbook in the field that combines primary texts with extensive analysis and commentary. This 4th edition has been extensively revised and it incorporates up-to-date developments in the field of Christian ethics. Gill retains all the popular features of the previous editions, including its layout and structure, and in this new edition he also focuses on current debates, including such topics as global Christianity, global economics, euthanasia and global justice and the environment.…mehr
Robin Gill's A Textbook of Christian Ethics continues to be popular with students and lecturers - it is difficult to find another textbook in the field that combines primary texts with extensive analysis and commentary. This 4th edition has been extensively revised and it incorporates up-to-date developments in the field of Christian ethics. Gill retains all the popular features of the previous editions, including its layout and structure, and in this new edition he also focuses on current debates, including such topics as global Christianity, global economics, euthanasia and global justice and the environment.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
CONTENTS Preface INTRODUCTION Structure System of Analysis The Texts: Augustine, Aquinas and Luther The Extracts Method of Study Section 1 METHODOLOGY Introduction to Methodology Text I Augustine 'God's Foreknowledge and Human Free-will' from The City of God Text II Aquinas 'Natural Law' from Summa Theologica Text III Luther from Treatise on Good Works Analysis of Extracts Extract 1 Bonhoeffer 'Ethics and Christian Ethics' from Ethics Extract 2 Fletcher from Situation Ethics Extract 3 Copleston 'Objections to Natural Law' from Aquinas Extract 4 John Paul II 'The Crisis of Moral Truth' from Veritatis Splendor Extract 5 Fiorenza 'Ethics and Feminist Theology' Extract 6 Cupitt 'Post-Realist Ethics' from Solar Ethics Extract 7 Porter 'Virtue Ethics' from Moral Action and Christian Ethics Extract 8 Abraham 'Post-Colonial and Inter-Faith Ethics' Critique of Extracts Section 2 POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND JUSTICE Introduction to Politics, Economics and Justice Text IV Augustine 'The Earthly and Heavenly Cities' from The City of God Text V Aquinas from On Princely Government Text VI Luther from Trade and Usury Analysis of Extracts Extract 9 Barth 'God's Judgment on Political Revolutions' from The Epistle to the Romans Extract 10 Berdyaev 'Politics and the Spirit' from Freedom and the Spirit Extract 11 Niebuhr 'The Conflict Between Individual and Social Morality' from Moral Man and Immoral Society Extract 12 Temple from Christianity and Social Order Extract 13 John XXIII 'Towards a World Government' from Pacem in Terris Extract 14 Miranda 'Justice and Almsgiving' from Marx and the Bible Extract 15 Hollenbach 'The Common Good and Globalisation' from The Common Good and Christian Ethics Extract 16 Farley 'Prophetic Discourse in a Time of AIDS' Critique of Extracts Section 3 WAR AND PEACE Introduction to War and Peace Text VII Augustine 'The Just War' from Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Text VIII Aquinas 'War, Christians and the Clergy' from Summa Theologica Text IX Luther from Whether Soldiers, too, Can be Saved Analysis of Extracts Extract 17 Welty 'Wars of Aggression and Defence from A Handbook of Christian Social Ethics Extract 18 Ramsey from Who Speaks for the Church? Extract 19 US Catholic Bishops from The Challenge of Peace Extract 20 Hauerwas 'Pacifism: Some Philosophical Considerations' Extract 21 Bonino 'Liberation Theology and Peace' from Revolutionary Theology Comes of Age Extract 22 O'Donovan 'Discrimination and Double-Effect' from The Just War Revisited Extract 23 Ackermann 'Living with Difference' Critique of Extracts Section 4 THE ENVIRONMENT Introduction to the Environment Text X Augustine from The Literal Meaning of Genesis Text XI Aquinas 'Creation and Divine Providence' from Summa Contra Gentiles Text XII Luther from Commentary on Genesis (1.26-31) Analysis of Extracts Extract 24 White 'The Theological Roots of our Ecological Crisis' Extract 25 Gregorios 'Ecology and the World Council of Churches' Extract 26 Abraham 'Liberation and Eco-Justice' Extract 27 Clark 'Christian Responsibility for the Environment' Extract 28 McFague 'An Earthly Theological Agenda' Extract 29 King 'Evolution, Ethics and Mysticism' Critique of Extracts Section 5 HUMAN LIFE AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Introduction to Human Life and Interpersonal Relationships Text XIII Augustine 'Suicide' from The City of God Text XIV Aquinas 'Fornication and Marriage' from Summa Contra Gentiles Text XV Luther from On the Jews and Their Lies Analysis of Extracts Extract 30 Küng 'Euthanasia' from A Dignified Dying? Extract 31 Quaker Group from Towards a Quaker View of Sex Extract 32 Ware 'Marriage and Divorce - an Orthodox Perspective' Extract 33 Paul VI 'Birth Control' from Humanae Vitae Extract 34 Cahill 'Bioethics and AIDS' Extract 35 WCC 'Churches Against Racism' Extract 36 Ruether 'Western Christianity and Zionism' Extract 37 Graham 'Post-Humans' Critique of Extracts Bibliography Indices
CONTENTS Preface INTRODUCTION Structure System of Analysis The Texts: Augustine, Aquinas and Luther The Extracts Method of Study Section 1 METHODOLOGY Introduction to Methodology Text I Augustine 'God's Foreknowledge and Human Free-will' from The City of God Text II Aquinas 'Natural Law' from Summa Theologica Text III Luther from Treatise on Good Works Analysis of Extracts Extract 1 Bonhoeffer 'Ethics and Christian Ethics' from Ethics Extract 2 Fletcher from Situation Ethics Extract 3 Copleston 'Objections to Natural Law' from Aquinas Extract 4 John Paul II 'The Crisis of Moral Truth' from Veritatis Splendor Extract 5 Fiorenza 'Ethics and Feminist Theology' Extract 6 Cupitt 'Post-Realist Ethics' from Solar Ethics Extract 7 Porter 'Virtue Ethics' from Moral Action and Christian Ethics Extract 8 Abraham 'Post-Colonial and Inter-Faith Ethics' Critique of Extracts Section 2 POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND JUSTICE Introduction to Politics, Economics and Justice Text IV Augustine 'The Earthly and Heavenly Cities' from The City of God Text V Aquinas from On Princely Government Text VI Luther from Trade and Usury Analysis of Extracts Extract 9 Barth 'God's Judgment on Political Revolutions' from The Epistle to the Romans Extract 10 Berdyaev 'Politics and the Spirit' from Freedom and the Spirit Extract 11 Niebuhr 'The Conflict Between Individual and Social Morality' from Moral Man and Immoral Society Extract 12 Temple from Christianity and Social Order Extract 13 John XXIII 'Towards a World Government' from Pacem in Terris Extract 14 Miranda 'Justice and Almsgiving' from Marx and the Bible Extract 15 Hollenbach 'The Common Good and Globalisation' from The Common Good and Christian Ethics Extract 16 Farley 'Prophetic Discourse in a Time of AIDS' Critique of Extracts Section 3 WAR AND PEACE Introduction to War and Peace Text VII Augustine 'The Just War' from Reply to Faustus the Manichaean Text VIII Aquinas 'War, Christians and the Clergy' from Summa Theologica Text IX Luther from Whether Soldiers, too, Can be Saved Analysis of Extracts Extract 17 Welty 'Wars of Aggression and Defence from A Handbook of Christian Social Ethics Extract 18 Ramsey from Who Speaks for the Church? Extract 19 US Catholic Bishops from The Challenge of Peace Extract 20 Hauerwas 'Pacifism: Some Philosophical Considerations' Extract 21 Bonino 'Liberation Theology and Peace' from Revolutionary Theology Comes of Age Extract 22 O'Donovan 'Discrimination and Double-Effect' from The Just War Revisited Extract 23 Ackermann 'Living with Difference' Critique of Extracts Section 4 THE ENVIRONMENT Introduction to the Environment Text X Augustine from The Literal Meaning of Genesis Text XI Aquinas 'Creation and Divine Providence' from Summa Contra Gentiles Text XII Luther from Commentary on Genesis (1.26-31) Analysis of Extracts Extract 24 White 'The Theological Roots of our Ecological Crisis' Extract 25 Gregorios 'Ecology and the World Council of Churches' Extract 26 Abraham 'Liberation and Eco-Justice' Extract 27 Clark 'Christian Responsibility for the Environment' Extract 28 McFague 'An Earthly Theological Agenda' Extract 29 King 'Evolution, Ethics and Mysticism' Critique of Extracts Section 5 HUMAN LIFE AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Introduction to Human Life and Interpersonal Relationships Text XIII Augustine 'Suicide' from The City of God Text XIV Aquinas 'Fornication and Marriage' from Summa Contra Gentiles Text XV Luther from On the Jews and Their Lies Analysis of Extracts Extract 30 Küng 'Euthanasia' from A Dignified Dying? Extract 31 Quaker Group from Towards a Quaker View of Sex Extract 32 Ware 'Marriage and Divorce - an Orthodox Perspective' Extract 33 Paul VI 'Birth Control' from Humanae Vitae Extract 34 Cahill 'Bioethics and AIDS' Extract 35 WCC 'Churches Against Racism' Extract 36 Ruether 'Western Christianity and Zionism' Extract 37 Graham 'Post-Humans' Critique of Extracts Bibliography Indices
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