The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444396669
• Artikelnr.: 38305871

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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 Sharing Peace: Class, Hierarchy, and Christian Social Order 329 Luke Bretherton 26 Sharing Peace: Discipline and Trust 344 Paul J. Wadell Part V Re-Enacting the Story 357 27 Offering: Treasuring the Creation 359 Ben Quash 28 Participating: Working Toward Worship 374 R. R. Reno 29 Remembering: Offering Our Gifts 387 D. Stephen Long and Tripp York 30 Invoking: Globalization and Power 401 Timothy Jarvis Gorringe 31 Breaking Bread: Peace and War 415 Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 32 Receiving Communion: Euthanasia, Suicide, and Letting Die 427 Kathryn Greene-McCreight 33 Sharing Communion: Hunger, Food, and Genetically Modifi ed Foods 440 Robert Song 34 Eating Together: Friendship and Homosexuality 453 Joel James Shuman 35 Being Silent: Time in the Spirit 466 Michael S. Northcott 36 Footwashing: Preparation for Christian Life 479 Mark Thiessen Nation Part VI Being Commissioned 491 37 Being Blessed: Wealth, Property, and Theft 493 Stephen Fowl 38 Bearing Fruit: Conception, Children, and the Family 506 Joseph L. Mangina 39 Being Sent: Witness 519 Michael G. Cartwright Afterword 533 40 The Virtue of the Liturgy 535 Jennifer Herdt 41 Afterword 547 Rowan Williams Index 551

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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.