An introduction to Christian ethics
By: Roger H. Crook.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Subjects: Christian ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: to the student; title: Ethics and Christian ethics; title: An overview of ethics; title: Definitions; title: Subject matter; title: Assumptions; title: Cautions; title: Alternatives to Christian ethics; title: Religious systems; title: Judaism; title: Islam; title: Hinduism; title: Buddhism; title: Humanism; title: Objectivism; title: Behaviorism; title: Alternatives within Christian ethics; title: Obedience to external authority; title: In Roman Catholicism; title: In Protestantism; title: Responsibility for personal decisions; title: What am I to do?; title: What am I to be?; title: Transforming society; title: Reinhold Neibuhr's "impossible possibility"; title: Paul Ramsey's "obedient love"; title: James Gustafson's "theocentric ethics"; title: Liberation theology; title: Ethics and the Christian faith; title: Sources of guidance; title: The Bible; title: The Christian community; title: The nature of the church; title: The function of the church; title: The Christian in the church; title: Personal experience; title: The use of the mind; title: The prompting of the conscience; title: The leadership of the spirit; title: Biblical ethics; title: The Hebrew Scripture; title: General characteristics of Hebrew morality; title: The law, the prophets, and the writings; title: Jesus and the Gospels; title: Jesus and Judaism; title: Characteristics of Jesus's ethical teachings; title: Basic concepts in Jesus's ethical teachings; title: The example of Jesus; title: The ethical teachings of Paul; title: Theology and ethics; title: An ethic of responsible freedom; title: An ethic of love; title: An ethic of a new life; title: Faith working through love; title: Theological premises; title: Beliefs about God; title: Beliefs about humankind; title: Beliefs about history; title: Faith; title: Faith and salvation; title: Life in the Christian community; title: The instruction of Scripture; title: Worship and morality; title: Love (agape); title: The nature of love; title: The source of love; title: The demands of love; title: The relationship between love and justice; title: Decision; title: Christian ethics and contemporary issues; title: Human sexuality and the marriage relationship; title: The current scene; title: A Christian interpretation of sexuality; title: A theological perspective; title: Questions about the relationship; title: A Christian interpretation of marriage; title: Homosexuality and the Christian faith; title: Contemporary social perspective; title: A biblical perspective; title: Varying Christian interpretations; title: Homosexuality and the Christian way of live.