Churchgoing And Christian Ethics

Author : Robin Gill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-08-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521570589

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Churchgoing and Christian Ethics by Robin Gill Pdf

Robin Gill argues that once moral communities (such as churchgoers) take centre stage in ethics - as they do in virtue ethics - then there should be a greater interest in sociological evidence about these communities. This book, first published in 1999, examines evidence gathered from social attitude surveys about church communities, in particular their views on faith, moral order and love. It shows that churchgoers are distinctive in their attitudes and behaviour. Some of their attitudes change over time, and there are a number of obvious moral disagreements between different groups of churchgoers. Nonetheless, there are broad patterns of Christian beliefs, teleology and altruism which distinguish churchgoers as a whole from non-churchgoers. However, the values, virtues, moral attitudes and behaviour of churchgoers are shared by many other people as well. The distinctiveness of church communities in the modern world is thus real but relative, and is crucial for the task of Christian ethics.

Author : Martyn Percy,Ian Markham
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 056708163X

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Why Liberal Churches are Growing by Martyn Percy,Ian Markham Pdf

Why Liberal Churches are Growing is a fascinating journey through different case studies, social science reflection, and theological analysis. The contributors include sociologists, theologians, and practical theologians. The book has four sections. The first, 'defining themes', looks at the social justice witness (community organizing), church growth as conversational, and the challenge of turning liberal churches around.The book then looks at three case studies - starting with congregations and moving to a denomination. Under the heading 'macro issues' it explores in more detail the underlying disposition of liberal churches and revisits such themes as social justice, homosexuality, and alternative indicators of vitality. The book concludes with three essays on 'clergy and growth'.

Author : Robin Gill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139450881

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Health Care and Christian Ethics by Robin Gill Pdf

How can Christian ethics make a significant contribution to health care ethics in today's Western, pluralistic society? Robin Gill examines the 'moral gaps' in secular accounts of health care ethics and the tensions within specifically theological accounts. He explores the healing stories in the Synoptic Gospels, identifying four core virtues present within them - compassion, care, faith and humility - that might bring greater depth to a purely secular interpretation of health care ethics. Each of these virtues is examined in turn, using a range of topical issues including health care rationing, genetics, HIV/AIDS, withholding/withdrawing nutrition from PVS patients, and the empirical evidence which suggests a connection between religion and health. Professor Gill also argues that these four virtues are shared by other major religious and humanistic traditions and that, together with secular principles, they can enrich health care ethics even in a pluralistic society.

Author : William Tillman
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433669897

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Understanding Christian Ethics by William Tillman Pdf

The student, church staff person layperson, or professional ethicist searching for an introduction to contemporary ethical issues that is substantive enough for class room use yet functionally oriented toward the local church will find Understanding Christian Ethics invaluable.

Author : Roger H Crooks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317347392

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An Introduction to Christian Ethics (2-downloads) by Roger H Crooks Pdf

An Introduction to Christian Ethics uses a Christian approach while encouraging students to consider a variety of current ethical issues and apply relevant biblical and theological concepts to these issues. The main goal of the text is to acquaint students with both the field of ethics in general and varieties of Christian ethical systems in particular. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to use a Christian method of making moral decisions and view issues from a Christian perspective.

Author : James Ian H. McDonald
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567401380

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Christian Values by James Ian H. McDonald Pdf

An exciting introduction to the theory and practice of Christian ethics in the contemporary world.

Author : Christian Scharen,Aana Marie Vigen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441126269

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Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics by Christian Scharen,Aana Marie Vigen Pdf

This book is a primary resource in the new and growing field of Christian Ethnography. In response to a variety of critical intellectual currents (post-colonial, post-modern, and post-liberal), scholars in Christian theology and ethics are increasingly taking up the tools of ethnography as a means to ask fundamental moral questions and to make more compelling and credible moral claims. Privileging particularity, rather than the more traditional effort to achieve universal or at least generalizable norms in making claims regarding the Christian life, echoes the most fundamental insight of the Christian tradition - that God is known most fully in Jesus of Nazareth. Echoing this 'scandal of particularity' at the heart of the Christian tradition, theologians and ethicists involved in ethnographic research draw on the particular to seek out answers to core questions of their discipline: who God is and how we become the people we are, how to conceptualize moral agency in relation to God and the world, and how to flesh out the content of conceptual categories such as justice that help direct us in our daily decisions and guiding institutions.

Author : David K. Clark,Robert V. Rakestraw
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801025815

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Readings in Christian Ethics by David K. Clark,Robert V. Rakestraw Pdf

Essays by leading ethicists provide students with a comprehensive introduction to ethical thinking.

Author : Gottlieb Christoph Adolf Harless
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : PRNC:32101076366044

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System of Christian Ethics by Gottlieb Christoph Adolf Harless Pdf

Author : Craig Hovey
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780281071036

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Exploring Christian Ethics by Craig Hovey Pdf

Talking about ethics tends to involve talking about what we should or, more often, shouldn't do. We talk about setting limits on actions that, for whatever reason, we think are either wrong or somehow harmful to ourselves or others. The aim of this book, however, is to explore Christian ethics within a wider, more positive framework – one that that views Christianity's moral resources as part of the good news that it proclaims to all creation. Ethics, says Hovey, need not be characterized primarily by negative prohibitions, limits, and tiresome hand-wringing. Rather, it's about a joyful and worshipful way of living, which flows naturally out of the abundant goodness God’s life and character, as revealed in Jesus. Contents Introduction Part 1 What Makes Christian Ethics Christian? 1. The Bible 2. Following Jesus 3. Some Key Theological Themes Part 2 What Makes Christian Ethics Ethics? 4. Classical Roots 5. Modern Options 6. Contemporary Challenges Part 3 The Stuff of Christian Ethics 7. Baptism and Identity 8. Mercy and Peace 9. Justice from Above (Order) 10. Justice from Below (Liberation) 11. Sexuality 12. Vulnerable Life 13. Challenges Posed by Science and Technology

Author : Neil Messer
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1853117668

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Going by the Book by Neil Messer Pdf

The aim of the "Church Times Study Guides" is to inform Christians about aspects of belief and practice in a systematic way so they may think, act and respond to the intellectual challenges of the day with greater confidence. Each short booklet includes a brief historical survey of its subject to show how understanding has developed over 20 Christian centuries and gives a range of theological viewpoints. Questions for reflection and exercises encourage groups to think around the issues presented and reach their own conclusions. Little is exercising the public mind and the Church more at the moment than ethical issues. Is the war in Iraq just? What is the right response to homosexuality? In order to weigh up these and other big questions, "Difficult Decisions" introduces the concept of Christian ethics and the use of the Bible in ethical debate.

Author : Roger H. Crook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 013125782X

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An Introduction to Christian Ethics by Roger H. Crook Pdf

This introduction to the study of Christian ethics introduces the field of ethics in general, surveys the variety of Christian approaches to the study of ethics, describes the author's own methods for making ethical decisions and explores topical ethical issues - both personal and social.

Author : Michael E. Allsopp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015054159622

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Models of Christian Ethics by Michael E. Allsopp Pdf

Michael Allsopp's Models of Christian Ethics examines, in an objective manner, the many fields and approaches to Christian ethics that have developed recently. Church leaders, religious educators, and interested readers will find here a wealth of information on various types of modern ethical Christian systems: Natural Law, Feminist, Evangelical, Situational, Theocentric, and Liberational.

Author : David K. Clark,Robert V. Rakestraw
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801020568

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Readings in Christian Ethics by David K. Clark,Robert V. Rakestraw Pdf

Ethical interpretations meet real life. Case studies and readings explore divergent views on morals in action.

Author : Adolf Wuttke
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781365190339

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Christian Ethics: Two Volumes in One by Adolf Wuttke Pdf

A philosophical and theological treatise on what Christian ethics should be. Going throughout Christian history and the world of God, Wuttke determines what defines right and wrong within the context of the world he lives. Although Wuttke lived in a different time, the truths he based his ethics off of are timeless and makes the relevancy of these words go into all time.