The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics offers the most authoritative and compelling guide to the discipline. Thirty of the world's most distinguished specialists provide new essays in order to offer a survey of and analysis of the subject. Ethics is first placed firmly within the Christian theological tradition, from which thought and action can never be neatly separated. Four sections then explore the sources of Christian moral knowledge (scripture, divine commands, church tradition, reason and natural law, experience); the structure of the Christian life (vocation, virtue, rules, responsibility, death); the spirit of the Christian life (faith, hope, love); and the spheres of the Christian life (government, family, economy, culture, church). The final section of the Handbook contains essays discussing and evaluating certain scholarly works that have in the past influentially offered (different) visions of how best to structure the field of theological ethics. Unlike any other book now available, the Handbook's unrivalled breadth and depth make it the definitive reference work for all students and academics who want to explore more fully essential topics in Christian ethics. Contents List of Contributors Introduction Part I. Dogmatics and Ethics 1. Creation and Ethics 2. Redemption and Ethics 3. Eschatology and Ethics 4. Ecclesiology and Ethics 5. Divine Grace and Ethics Part II. Sources of Moral Knowledge 6. Scripture 7. Divine Commands 8. Tradition in the Church 9. Reason and Natural Law 10. Experience Part III. The Structure of the Christian Life 11. Vocation 12. Virtue 13. Rules 14. Responsibility 15. Death Part IV. The Spirit of the Christian Life 16. Faith 17. Hope 18. Love: A Kinship of Affliction and Redemption Part V. Spheres of the Christian Life 19. Christians and Government 20. Christians and Family 21. Christians and Economics 22. Christians and Culture 23. Christians and the Church Part VI. The Structure of Theological Ethics: Books that Give Shape to the Field 24. Ernst Troeltsch’s: The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches 25. Anders Nygren’s: Agape and Eros 26. Kenneth Kirk’s: The Vision of God 27. H. Richard Niebuhr’s: Christ and Culture 28. Reinhold Niebuhr’s: The Nature and Destiny of Man 29. John Mahoney’s: The Making of Moral Theology 30. Catholic Social Teaching Index of Names A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y Z Index of Scriptural References "The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics is an authoritative and compelling guide to the practical and theoretical issues that concern and shape the discipline. Thirty of the world's most distinguished specialists provide new essays in order to offer a survey of and analysis of the subject. As this is a Handbook of theological ethics, its essays deal not only with the standard topics of ethics - the goals we ought to seek, the actions we ought to do, the sort of people we should seek to be - but more particularly with the shape moral life takes for those who seek to live as Christians."--Jacket Dogmatics And Ethics -- Sources Of Moral Knowledge -- The Structure Of The Christian Life -- The Spirit Of The Christian Life -- Spheres Of The Christian Life -- The Structure Of Theological Ethics : Books That Give Shape To The Field. Edited By Gilbert Meilaender And William Werpehowski. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. What are the practical and theoretical issues that concern and shape theological ethics? This handbook offers a guide to the discipline. Written by an international group of 30 scholars the book is aimed at all students and academics who want to explore more fully essential topics in Christian ethics