Christian Ethics - 2nd ed

Informationen zum Autor THE EDITORS STANLEY HAUERWAS is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School. His numerous books include The Peaceable Kingdom (2003) and Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (2010). SAMUEL WELLS is Dean of Duke University Chapel and Research Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Divinity School. His books include Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics (2004), God's Companions: Reimagining Christian Ethics (2006) , Power and Passion: Six Characters in Search of Resurrection (2007) , Speaking the Truth (2008) , and , with Ben Quash, Introducing Christian Ethics (2010). Klappentext Featuring updates, revisions, and new essays from various scholars within the Christian tradition, The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics, Second Edition reveals how Christian worship is the force that shapes the moral life of Christians.* Features new essays on class, race, disability, gender, peace, and the virtues* Includes a number of revised essays and a range of new authors* The innovative and influential approach organizes ethical themes around the shape of Christian worship* The original edition is the most successful to-date in the Companions to Religion series Zusammenfassung Featuring updates, revisions, and new essays from various scholars within the Christian tradition, The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics, Second Edition reveals how Christian worship is the force that shapes the moral life of Christians. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors xi Preface xiv Part I Studying Ethics Through Worship 1 1 Christian Ethics as Informed Prayer 3 Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 2 The Gift of the Church and the Gifts God Gives It 13 Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 3 Why Christian Ethics Was Invented 28 Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 4 How the Church Managed Before There Was Ethics 39 Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells Part II Meeting God and One Another 53 5 Gathering: Worship, Imagination, and Formation 55 Philip Kenneson 6 Greeting: Beyond Racial Reconciliation 70 Emmanuel Katongole 7 Naming the Risen Lord: Embodied Discipleship and Masculinity 84 Amy Laura Hall 8 Being Reconciled: Penitence, Punishment, and Worship 97 John Berkman 9 Praising in Song: Beauty and the Arts 112 Kevin J. Vanhoozer 10 Collecting Praise: Global Culture Industries 124 Michael L. Budde 11 Praise: The Prophetic Public Presence of the Mentally Disabled 139 Brian Brock Part III Re-Encountering the Story 153 12 Reading the Scriptures: Rehearsing Identity, Practicing Character 155 Jim Fodor 13 Listening: Authority and Obedience 170 Scott Bader-Saye 14 Proclaiming: Naming and Describing 184 Charles Pinches 15 Deliberating: Justice and Liberation 197 Daniel M. Bell 16 Discerning: Politics and Reconciliation 211 William T. Cavanaugh 17 Confessing the Faith: Reasoning in Tradition 224 Nicholas Adams Part IV Being Embodied 237 18 Interceding: Poverty and Prayer 239 Kelly S. Johnson 19 Interceding: Giving Grief to Management 251 Michael Hanby 20 Interceding: Standing, Kneeling, and Gender 264 Lauren F. Winner 21 Being Baptized: Race 277 Willie Jennings 22 Being Baptized: Bodies and Abortion 290 Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt 23 Becoming One Body: Health Care and Cloning 303 M. Therese Lysaught 24 Becoming One Flesh: Marriage, Remarriage, and Sex 316 David Matzko McCarthy 25 Sharin...

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Notes on Contributors.
 
Preface.
 
PART I Studying Ethics Through Worship.
 
1 Christian Ethics as Informed Prayer (Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells).
 
2 The Gift of the Church and the Gifts God Gives It (Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells).
 
3 Why Christian Ethics Was Invented (Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells).
 
4 How the Church Managed Before There Was Ethics (Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells).
 
PART II Meeting God and One Another.
 
5 Gathering: Worship, Imagination, and Formation (Philip Kenneson).
 
6 Greeting: Beyond Racial Reconciliation (Emmanuel Katongole).
 
7 Naming the Risen Lord: Embodied Discipleship and Masculinity (Amy Laura Hall).
 
8 Being Reconciled: Penitence, Punishment, and Worship (John Berkman).
 
9 Praising in Song: Beauty and the Arts (Kevin J. Vanhoozer).
 
10 Collecting Praise: Global Culture Industries (Michael L. Budde).
 
11 Praise: The Prophetic Public Presence of the Mentally Disabled (Brian Brock).
 
PART III Re-Encountering the Story.
 
12 Reading the Scriptures: Rehearsing Identity, Practicing Character (Jim Fodor).
 
13 Listening: Authority and Obedience (Scott Bader-Saye).
 
14 Proclaiming: Naming and Describing (Charles Pinches).
 
15 Deliberating: Justice and Liberation (Daniel M. Bell).
 
16 Discerning: Politics and Reconciliation (William T. Cavanaugh).
 
17 Confessing the Faith: Reasoning in Tradition (Nicholas Adams).
 
PART IV Being Embodied.
 
18 Interceding: Poverty and Prayer (Kelly S. Johnson).
 
19 Interceding: Giving Grief to Management (Michael Hanby).
 
20 Interceding: Standing, Kneeling, and Gender (Lauren F. Winner).
 
21 Being Baptized: Race (Willie Jennings).
 
22 Being Baptized: Bodies and Abortion (Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt).
 
23 Becoming One Body: Health Care and Cloning (M. Therese Lysaught).
 
24 Becoming One Flesh: Marriage, Remarriage, and Sex (David Matzko McCarthy).
 
25 Sharing Peace: Class, Hierarchy, and Christian Social Order (Luke Bretherton).
 
26 Sharing Peace: Discipline and Trust (Paul J. Wadell).
 
PART V Re-Enacting the Story.
 
27 Offering: Treasuring the Creation (Ben Quash).
 
28 Participating: Working Toward Worship (R. R. Reno).
 
29 Remembering: Offering Our Gifts (D. Stephen Long and Tripp York).
 
30 Invoking: Globalization and Power (Timothy Jarvis Gorringe).
 
31 Breaking Bread: Peace and War (Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells).
 
32 Receiving Communion: Euthanasia, Suicide, and Letting Die (Kathryn Greene-McCreight).
 
33 Sharing Communion: Hunger, Food, and Genetically Modifi ed Foods (Robert Song).
 
34 Eating Together: Friendship and Homosexuality (Joel James Shuman).
 
35 Being Silent: Time in the Spirit (Michael S. Northcott).
 
36 Footwashing: Preparation for Christian Life (Mark Thiessen Nation).
 
PART VI Being Commissioned.
 
37 Being Blessed: Wealth, Property, and Theft (Stephen Fowl).
 
38 Bearing Fruit: Conception, Children, and the Family (Joseph L. Mangina).
 
39 Being Sent: Witness (Michael G. Cartwright).
 
Afterword.
 
40 The Virtue of the Liturgy (Jennifer Herdt).
 
41 Afterword (Rowan Williams).
 
Index.

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Product details

• Authors: Stanley Hauerwas, Samuel Wells
• Assisted by: Stanle Hauerwas (Editor), Stanley Hauerwas (Editor), Wells (Editor), Wells (Editor), Samuel Wells (Editor), Wells Samuel (Editor)
• Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2011
• EAN: 9781444331349
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3134-9
• Dimensions: 181 mm x 255 mm x 50 mm
• Series: Blackwell Companions to Religion; Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion; Blackwell Companions to Religi; Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion; WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO; Blackwell Companions to Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Theologie, Theology, Christianity, Religion & Theology, Religion u. Theologie, Moraltheologie, christliche Ethik, Moral Theology / Christian Ethics