The Ethics of Grace: Engaging Gerald McKenny (T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics)

This volume draws together leading theologians and Christian ethicists from across the globe to critically engage with and reflect upon Gerald McKenny, widely acknowledged as one of the most original and important Christian ethicists working today. The essays highlight the significance of McKenny's interventions with a range of important debates in contemporary theological ethics, ranging from analyses of the Protestant conception of grace to bioethics and medicine. The Ethics of Grace is the first volume to facilitate critical engagements with a number of key themes in McKenny's work, not in the least his interpretation of Karl Barth. Among the contributions, Jennifer Herdt discusses McKenny's Barthian interest in the relationship between nature and grace; Angela Carpenter uses his Barthian understanding of grace and human action as a framework to discuss Jonathan Edwards; Stanley Hauerwas pushes McKenny's theology beyond Barth. Economic, political, and technological themes are also discussed in depth, for instance in Robert Song's chapter on the phenomenology of biotechnological enhancement. Reaching far beyond the work of Gerald McKenny, this multifaceted volume is a high-level resource for students and scholars of theological and philosophical ethics. "This volume draws together leading theologians and Christian ethicists from across the globe to critically engage with and reflect upon Gerald McKenny, widely acknowledged as one of the most original and important Christian ethicists working today. The essays highlight the significance of McKenny's interventions with a range of important debates in contemporary theological ethics, ranging from analyses of the Protestant conception of grace to bioethics and medicine. The Ethics of Grace is the first volume to facilitate critical engagements with a number of key themes in McKenny's work, not in the least his interpretation of Karl Barth. Among the contributions, Jennifer Herdt discusses McKenny's Barthian interest in the relationship between nature and grace; Angela Carpenter uses his Barthian understanding of grace and human action as a framework to discuss Jonathan Edwards; Stanley Hauerwas pushes McKenny's theology beyond Barth. Economic, political, and technological themes are also discussed in depth, for instance in Robert Song's chapter on the phenomenology of biotechnological enhancement. Reaching far beyond the work of Gerald McKenny, this multifaceted volume is a high-level resource for students and scholars of theological and philosophical ethics"-- Provided by publisher Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Introduction Chapter 1: The Dialectic of Grace Chapter 2: To Live By Grace: The Role of a Distinctive Reformation Psychology in Barth’s Ethics Chapter 3: Between Ethical Singularity and Social Solidarity: The Role of Conscience in Karl Barth’s Ethics Chapter 4: Supererogation for Protestants? Chapter 5: Vocation in a Moral Vacuum: Protestantism in a Divided Society Chapter 6: Body Matters: Some Brief Remarks in Praise of Jerry McKenny Chapter 7: “The Word Became Flesh”: What are the Implications of an Augustinian Incarnational Economy for Biotechnology? Chapter 8: The Normative Status of Human Nature: Barthian and Thomistic Convergences Chapter 9: Nature and Grace: A Contribution to a Long Conversation Chapter 10: Encountering Grace after the Fall: The Normativity of Nature in Protestant Ethics Chapter 11: The Fulfillment of Creaturely Nature Chapter 12: Enhancement, Quantification, and the Image of God: A Theological Analysis of the Biostatistical Vision of Human Nature Chapter 13: The Normative Status of Human Biological Nature and Ecology List of Gerald McKenny’s Publications Bibliography Contributors Index