The Bible and the Moral LifeThe Bible helps to shape our understanding of Christian responsibility. However, different church bodies and individuals who claim scripture as an authority on ethics often reach different conclusions about moral life. In this book, C. Freeman Sleeper describes how the Bible can be used as a guide to moral life. He shows how various church bodies use the Bible to speak to specific contemporary ethical issues and deals directly with the question of the authority of the Bible by taking up the teaching of four basic styles of moral reflection--law, prophecy, apocalypse, and wisdom. Sleeper reviews the way that church bodies developed and used social policy and draws a distinction between the way churches speak to their own constituency and the way they speak to the world. He considers in detail the ethics of nuclear war and abortion. Practical exercises are also provided throughout the book. |
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... Nuclear Weapons 119 9. Issues That Divide : Abortion 141 10. The Bible and Christian Responsibility 156 Appendix 169 Notes 171 Bibliography 179 Preface This book has a double focus : on biblical.
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Contents
Law as the Basis for the Moral Life | 25 |
Prophecy as a Call to Moral Action | 46 |
The Apocalyptic Demand for Religious Purity | 66 |
Wisdom as a Guide to the Moral Life | 83 |
The Moral Life According to the Bible | 95 |
THE BIBLE AND CHURCH SOCIAL POLICY | 107 |
Nuclear Weapons | 119 |
Abortion | 141 |
The Bible and Christian Responsibility | 156 |
Appendix | 169 |
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