A Textbook of Christian EthicsA new, updated third edition of the most successful and widely used textbook on Christian ethics. |
Contents
Augustine Aquinas and Luther | 18 |
The Extracts | 29 |
Introduction to Methodology | 35 |
Augustine Gods Foreknowledge and Human Freewill | 41 |
Aquinas Natural Law from Summa Theologica | 49 |
Luther from Treatise on Good Works | 57 |
Analysis of Extracts 17 | 71 |
Copleston Objections to Natural Law from Aquinas | 81 |
Luther from Whether Soldiers too Can be Saved | 214 |
Analysis of Extracts | 225 |
Ramsey from Who Speaks for the Church? | 236 |
US Catholic Bishops from The Challenge of Peace | 242 |
Some Philosophical Considerations | 250 |
Bonino Liberation Theology and Peace from Revolutionary Theology Comes of Age | 256 |
ODonovan Discrimination and DoubleEffect from The Just War Revisited | 261 |
Critique of Extracts | 265 |
John Paul II The Crisis of Moral Truth from Veritatis Splendor | 87 |
Cupitt PostRealist Ethics from Solar Ethics | 96 |
Critique of Extracts | 104 |
Augustine The Earthly and Heavenly Cities from The City of God | 114 |
Aquinas from On Princely Government | 122 |
Luther from Trade and Usury | 130 |
Analysis of Extracts | 143 |
Barth Gods Judgment on Political Revolutions | 150 |
from The Epistle to the Romans | 153 |
Berdyaev Politics and the Spirit from Freedom and the Spirit | 156 |
Niebuhr The Conflict Between Individual and Social Morality from Moral Man and Immoral Society | 159 |
Temple from Christianity and the Social Order | 164 |
John XXIII Towards a World Government from Pacem in Terris | 170 |
Miranda Justice and Almsgiving from Marx and the Bible | 178 |
Hollenbach The Common Good and Globalisation from The Common Good and Christian Ethics | 184 |
Critique of Extracts | 187 |
WAR AND PEACE | 191 |
Introduction to War and Peace | 193 |
Augustine The Just War from Reply to Faustus the Manichaean | 199 |
Aquinas War Christians and the Clergy from Summa Theologica | 206 |
THE ENVIRONMENT | 269 |
Introduction to the Environment | 271 |
Augustine from The Literal Meaning of Genesis | 276 |
Aquinas Creation and Divine Providence from Summa Contra Gentiles | 285 |
Luther from Commentary on Genesis 1 2631 | 293 |
Analysis of Extracts | 299 |
White The Theological Roots of our Ecological Crisis | 303 |
Gregorios Ecology and the World Council of Churches | 310 |
Abraham Liberation and EcoJustice | 318 |
Clark Christian Responsibility for the Environment | 325 |
McFague An Earthly Theological Agenda | 331 |
Introduction to Human Life and Interpersonal Relationships | 341 |
Augustine Suicide from The City of | 348 |
Aquinas Fornication and Marriage from Summa Contra Gentiles | 356 |
Text XV | 367 |
Analysis of Extracts | 375 |
WCC Churches Against Racism | 414 |
Critique of Extracts | 428 |
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