Christian Ethics

An Introductory Reader
Herausgeber: Wells, Samuel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Christian Ethics: An Introductory Reader provides a comprehensive anthology of primary documents and materials relating to the emergence and study of key approaches to Christian ethics. The volume seeks to encompass the entire canon of Christian ethics, including first-hand accounts from major figures in the theological and ecclesial tradition. Readers are introduced to foundational figures such as Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Barth, as well as contemporary voices including Rosemary Radford Ruether, James Cone, Jürgen Moltmann, Stanley Hauerwas, Oliver O'Donovan, Wendell Berry, and many others. Other notable figures not usually associated with the study of formal theoretical ethics, such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., are also represented. The significance of each extract is summarized through useful introductory sections, placing the author or text in the context of broader developments in Christian ethical theory. Whether it is used independently or alongside the accompanying textbook, Introducing Christian Ethics, this engaging and informative volume offers students a window into the fascinating evolution of Christian ethical thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 193mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 885g
• ISBN-13: 9781405168861
• ISBN-10: 1405168862
• Artikelnr.: 35362696

Autorenporträt

Samuel Wells is Dean of Duke University Chapel and Research Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina. He has written widely on Christian social ethics, including God's Companions: Reimagining Christian Ethics (2006), The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics (edited, with Stanley Hauerwas, 2004), and Introducing Christian Ethics (with Ben Quash, 2010), all published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Part One: The Story of Christian Ethics.

1. The Story of God.

2. The Story of the Church.

3. The Story of Ethics.

4. The Story of Christian Ethics.

Part Two: The Questions Christian Ethics Asks.

5. Universal Ethics.

6. Subversive Ethics.

7. Ecclesial Ethics.

Part Three: The Questions Asked of Christian Ethics.

8. Good Order.

9. Good Life.

10. Good Relationships.

11. Good Beginnings and Endings.

12. Good Earth.

Source Credits.

Index.

Rezensionen

"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)"The selection of readings is excellent and I'd happily havemy students devour them"
--Esther Reed, University of Exeter

"Clear, sharply focused and precisely what is needed. This bookis enlightening and potentially transformative. It presentsChristian ethics as an exciting theological enterprise and offers arich, deep and accessible way of practicing ethics."
--John Swinton, University of Aberdeen

"Wells and Quash have put together a wonderfully comprehensivesurvey of Christian ethics while at the same time offering adistinctive and fresh perspective ... With the array of primarytexts and judicious and very well informed commentary that the twovolumes represent, they have succeeded in constructing an extremelyvaluable resource for teachers and students of Christianethics."
--Michael S. Northcott, University ofEdinburgh (of Introducing Christian Ethics and ChristianEthics: An Introductory Reader)