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Zusatztext The T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics brings together a wide range of quality scholars to address an equally wide range set of issues arising within Christian ethics. It will serve both as a sourcebook for courses and as a steady presence in the libraries of even advanced scholars. Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Tobias Winright is associate professor of theological ethics at Saint Louis University. He is the editor of Green Discipleship: Catholic Theological Ethics and the Environment, and co-editor of Violence, Transformation, and the Sacred.This volume provides an ecumenical introduction to Christian Ethics, its sources, methods and applications Zusammenfassung The T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics provides an ecumenical introduction to Christian ethics, its sources, methods, and applications. With contributions by theological ethicists known for their excellence in scholarship and teaching, the essays in this volume offer fresh purchase on, and an agenda for, the discipline of Christian ethics in the 21st century.The essays are organized in three sections, following an introduction that presents the four-font approach and elucidates why it is critically employed through these subsequent sections. The first section explores the sources of Christian ethics, including each of the four fonts: scripture, tradition, experience, and reason. The second section examines fundamental or basic elements of Christian ethics and covers different methods, approaches, and voices in doing Christian ethics, such as natural law, virtue ethics, conscience, responsibility, narrative, worship, and engagement with other religions.The third section addresses current moral issues in politics, medicine, economics, ecology, criminal justice and other related spheres from the perspective of Christian ethics, including war, genetics, neuroethics, end-of-life decisions, marriage, family, work, sexuality, nonhuman animals, migration, aging, policing, incarceration, capital punishment, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Christian Ethics and the Four Sources , Tobias Winright, Saint Louis University, USA Section 1: Fonts, Grounds, Sources of Christian Ethics 1. Christian Ethics and Scripture: Ongoing Interpretation in Good Faith , Kathryn Blanchard, Alma College, USA 2. Christian Ethics and Tradition , D. Stephen Long, Southern Methodist University, USA 3. Christian Ethics and Experience , Laurie Johnston, Emmanuel College, USA 4. Christian Ethics and Reason , Kathryn Lilla Cox, University of San Diego, USA Section 2: Approaches, Methods, and Voices in Christian Ethics 5. Christian Ethics, Norms, and the Moral Evaluation of an Act, James Bretzke, SJ, John Carroll University, USA 6. Virtue Ethics, Daniel Daly, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, USA 7. Conscience , Elizabeth Sweeny Block, Saint Louis University, USA 8. Natural Law , Elizabeth Agnew Cochran, Duquesne University, USA 9. Emotions and Christian Ethics , Michael P. Jaycox, Seattle University, USA 10. Narrative , Dallas Gingles, Southern Methodist University, USA 11. Responsibility , Esther Reed, University of Exeter, UK 12. Worship and Christian Ethics , Stephen Wilson, Spring Hill College, USA 13. Autonomy and Heteronomy in Eastern Christian Thought and Post-Enlightenment Moral Paradigms , Demetrios Harper, University of Winchester, UK 14. Christian Ethics and Other Religions , David Clairmont, University of Notre Dame, USA Section 3: Issues, Applications, and 21st-Century Agenda for Christian Ethics A. Politics and Society15. Politics and Political Theology , Elizabeth Phillips, Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, UK 16. Human Rights , William O’Neill, SJ, Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University, USA 17. Migration , Elizabeth...
