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Introducing Christian Ethics 2e, now thoroughly revised and updated, offers an unparalleled introduction to the study of Christian Ethics, mapping and exploring all the major ethical approaches, and offering thoughtful insights into the complex moral challenges facing people today.

  • This highly successful text has been thoughtfully updated, based on considerable feedback, to include increased material on Catholic perspectives, further case studies and the augmented use of introductions and summaries
  • Uniquely redefines the field of Christian ethics along three strands: universal (ethics for anyone), subversive (ethics for the excluded), and ecclesial (ethics for the church)
  • Encompasses Christian ethics in its entirety, offering students a substantial overview by re-mapping the field and exploring the differences in various ethical approaches
  • Provides a successful balance between description, analysis, and critique
  • Structured so t

    Table of Contents

    Preface viii

    Introduction 1

    Part One The Story of Christian Ethics 3

    1 The Story of God 5

    2 The Story of the Church 34

    3 The Story of Ethics 64

    4 The Story of Christian Ethics 90

    Part Two The Questions Christian Ethics Asks 123

    5 Universal Ethics 127

    6 Subversive Ethics 159

    7 Ecclesial Ethics 200

    Part Three The Questions Asked of Christian Ethics 233

    8 Good Order 235

    9 Good Life 270

    10 Good Relationships 303

    11 Good Beginnings and Endings 343

    12 Good Earth 369

    Timeline 396

    Glossary of Names 398

    Glossary of Terms 409

    Name Index 417

    Subject Index 422

Introducing Christian Ethics

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A Paperback / softback by Samuel Wells, Ben Quash, Rebekah Eklund

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 05/05/2017
    ISBN13: 9781119155720, 978-1119155720
    ISBN10: 111915572X
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Introducing Christian Ethics 2e, now thoroughly revised and updated, offers an unparalleled introduction to the study of Christian Ethics, mapping and exploring all the major ethical approaches, and offering thoughtful insights into the complex moral challenges facing people today.

    • This highly successful text has been thoughtfully updated, based on considerable feedback, to include increased material on Catholic perspectives, further case studies and the augmented use of introductions and summaries
    • Uniquely redefines the field of Christian ethics along three strands: universal (ethics for anyone), subversive (ethics for the excluded), and ecclesial (ethics for the church)
    • Encompasses Christian ethics in its entirety, offering students a substantial overview by re-mapping the field and exploring the differences in various ethical approaches
    • Provides a successful balance between description, analysis, and critique
    • Structured so t

      Table of Contents

      Preface viii

      Introduction 1

      Part One The Story of Christian Ethics 3

      1 The Story of God 5

      2 The Story of the Church 34

      3 The Story of Ethics 64

      4 The Story of Christian Ethics 90

      Part Two The Questions Christian Ethics Asks 123

      5 Universal Ethics 127

      6 Subversive Ethics 159

      7 Ecclesial Ethics 200

      Part Three The Questions Asked of Christian Ethics 233

      8 Good Order 235

      9 Good Life 270

      10 Good Relationships 303

      11 Good Beginnings and Endings 343

      12 Good Earth 369

      Timeline 396

      Glossary of Names 398

      Glossary of Terms 409

      Name Index 417

      Subject Index 422

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