The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-5051-4 (ISBN)
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An innovative exposition of Christian ethics, seen through the lens of Christian worship
Challenges conventional approaches to the subject
Restores a sense of the integral connection between Christian ethics and theology
Stanley Hauerwas is one of the most influential figures in Christian ethics around the world
Embraces contributors from the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Mennonite and Pentecostal traditions
Designed to be accessible to introductory students
Will have a major impact on the discipline of Christian ethics
Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at the Divinity School, Duke University, North Carolina. He is regarded as a, if not the, leading figure in Christian ethics. His book, A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic, was selected as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the twentieth century. He is one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of his generation. He has written numerous books including: The Peaceable Kingdom (1983), A Community of Character (1981), Resident Aliens (1989), Christians Among the Virtues (1997), Wilderness Wanderings: Probing Twentieth Century Theology (1997), Sanctify Them in the Truth (1998), and With the Grain of the Universe: the Church’s Witness and Natural Theology (2001). Samuel Wells is Priest-in-Charge of St Mark's, Newnham, Cambridge, and a writer in theological ethics. He has published several books, including Transforming Fate into Destiny (1998), Faithfulness and Fortitude (2000), and Improvisation and the Drama of Christian Ethics (2004).
List of Contributors x
Preface xiii
Part I Studying Ethics through Worship 1
1 Christian Ethics as Informed Prayer
Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 3
2 The Gift of the Church and the Gifts God Gives It
Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 13
3 Why Christian Ethics Was Invented
Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 28
4 How the Church Managed Before There Was Ethics
Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 39
Part II Meeting God and One Another 51
5 Gathering: Worship, Imagination, and Formation
Philip Kenneson 53
6 Greeting: Beyond Racial Reconciliation
Emmanuel Katongole 68
7 Naming the Risen Lord: Embodied Discipleship and Masculinity
Amy Laura Hall 82
8 Being Reconciled: Penitence, Punishment, and Worship
John Berkman 95
9 Praising in Song: Beauty and the Arts
Kevin J. Vanhoozer 110
10 Collecting Praise: Global Culture Industries
Michael L. Budde 123
Part III Re-encountering the Story 139
11 Reading the Scriptures: Rehearsing Identity, Practicing Character
Jim Fodor 141
12 Listening: Authority and Obedience
Scott Bader-Saye 156
13 Proclaiming: Naming and Describing
Charles Pinches 169
14 Deliberating: Justice and Liberation
Daniel M. Bell, Jr 182
15 Discerning: Politics and Reconciliation
William T. Cavanaugh 196
16 Confessing the Faith: Reasoning in Tradition
Nicholas Adams 209
Part IV Being Embodied 223
17 Praying: Poverty
Kelly S. Johnson 225
18 Interceding: Giving Grief to Management
Michael Hanby 237
19 Being Baptized: Bodies and Abortion
Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt 250
20 Becoming One Body: Health Care and Cloning
M. Therese Lysaught 263
21 Becoming One Flesh: Marriage, Remarriage, and Sex
David Matzko McCarthy 276
22 Sharing Peace: Discipline and Trust
Paul J. Wadell 289
Part V Re-enacting the Story 303
23 Offering: Treasuring the Creation
Ben Quash 305
24 Participating: Working toward Worship
R. R. Reno 319
25 Remembering: Offering our Gifts
D. Stephen Long and Tripp York 332
26 Invoking: Globalization and Power
Timothy Jarvis Gorringe 346
27 Breaking Bread: Peace and War
Gerald W. Schlabach 360
28 Receiving Communion: Euthanasia, Suicide, and Letting Die
Carole Bailey Stoneking 375
29 Sharing Communion: Hunger, Food, and Genetically Modified Foods
Robert Song 388
30 Eating Together: Friendship and Homosexuality
Joel James Shuman 401
31 Being Silent: Time in the Spirit
Michael S. Northcott 414
32 Being Thankful: Parenting the Mentally Disabled
Hans S. Reinders 427
33 Washing Feet: Preparation for Service
Mark Thiessen Nation 441
Part VI Being Commissioned 453
34 Being Blessed: Wealth, Property, and Theft
Stephen Fowl 455
35 Bearing Fruit: Conception, Children, and the Family
Joseph L. Mangina 468
36 Being Sent: Witness
Michael G. Cartwright 481
Afterword
Rowan Williams 495
Index 499
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.2.2006 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion |
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 173 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 939 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4051-5051-3 / 1405150513 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4051-5051-4 / 9781405150514 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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