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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics offers the most authoritative and compelling guide to the discipline. Thirty of the world''s most distinguished specialists provide new essays in order to offer a survey of and analysis of the subject. Ethics is first placed firmly within the Christian theological tradition, from which thought and action can never be neatly separated. Four sections then explore the sources of Christian moral knowledge (scripture, divine commands, church tradition, reason and natural law, experience); the structure of the Christian life (vocation, virtue, rules, responsibility, death); the spirit of the Christian life (faith, hope, love); and the spheres of the Christian life (government, family, economy, culture, church). The final section of the Handbook contains essays discussing and evaluating certain scholarly works that have in the past influentially offered (different) visions of how best to structure the field of theological ethics. Unlike any other book now available, the Handbook''s unrivalled breadth and depth make it the definitive reference work for all students and academics who want to explore more fully essential topics in Christian ethics.
Trade Review...a very valuable schlorly resource that should be in every theological library and will be a valuable reference text for all advanced courses in Christian ethics. * Michael Northcott Expository Times *
Table of ContentsI. DOGMATICS AND ETHICS ; II. SOURCES OF MORAL KNOWLEDGE ; III. THE STRUCTURE OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ; IV. THE SPIRIT OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ; V. SPHERES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ; VI. THE STRUCTURE OF THEOLOGICAL ETHICS: BOOKS THAT GIVE SHAPE TO THE FIELD
