| Description |
xv, 508 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [471]-484) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The descriptive task: visions of the moral life in the new testament -- Paul: the Koinōnia of his sufferings -- Developments of the Pauline tradition -- The gospel of Mark: taking up the cross -- The gospel of Matthew: training for the kingdom of heaven -- Luke-acts: liberation through the power of the spirit -- The gospel and Epistles of John: loving one another -- Excursus: the role of "the historical Jesus" -- Revelation: resisting the beast -- The synthetic task: finding coherence in the moral vision of the new testament -- Diverse voices in the New Testament canon -- Three focal images: community, cross, new creation -- The Hermeneutical task: the use of the new testament in Christian ethics -- How do ethicists use scripture? Diagnostic questions -- Five representative Hermeneutical strategies -- How shall we use the texts? Normative proposals -- The pragmatic task: living under the word--test cases -- Violence in defense of justice -- Divorce and remarriage -- Homosexuality -- Anti-Judaism and ethnic conflict -- Abortion. |
| Subject |
Ethics in the Bible.
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Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Christian ethics.
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| ISBN |
9780060637965 |
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006063796X |
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