An Introduction to Christian Ethics - Softcover

Crook, Roger H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0134790235 ISBN 13: 9780134790237

Publisher: Routledge, 1990

Synopsis

. 1990, 259pp

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From the Back Cover:

This introductory text presents a Christian method for making decisions and applies it to some of the major ethical issues of today. Author Roger H. Crook effectively integrates both historical and sociological material throughout the book.

Focusing on value rather than duty in moral decision-making, An Introduction to Christian Ethics, Fourth Edition, emphasizes a continuing respect for scripture, tradition, and the Christian community as resources in the consideration of contemporary moral issues.

Topics include:

• An Overview of Ethics
• Alternatives to Christian Ethics
• Alternatives within Christian Ethics
• Sources of Guidance
• Biblical Ethics
• Faith Working through Love
• Human Sexuality and the Marriage Relationship
• Life and Death: Issues in Biomedical Ethics
• Christian Ethics and Ethnicity
• The Status of Women
• Citizenship in a Democracy
• Punishment for Crime
• War and the Quest for Peace
• Work, Property, and Community
• Ecology and Moral Responsibility

New material in the Fourth Edition includes:

• Updated statistics and illustrative materials
• New approaches to Alternatives to Christian Ethics; Human Sexuality; Biomedical Ethics; and Ethnicity
• Updated Bibliography

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0134790235
• ISBN 13: 9780134790237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256