The Cambridge companion to Christian ethics

by Robin Gill

2002

Publication

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2001.

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Th-I-1528

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Available

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Th-I-1528

Description

In this second edition of the best-selling Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics, Robin Gill brings together twenty essays by leading experts, to provide a comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics which is both authoritative and up to date. This volume boasts four entirely new chapters, while previous chapters and all bibliographies have been updated to reflect significant developments in the field over the last decade. Gill offers a superb overview of the subject, examining the scriptural bases of ethics as well as discussing Christian ethics in the context of contemporary issues, including war and the arms trade, social justice, ecology, economics, medicine and genetics. All of the contributors have a proven track record of balanced, comprehensive and comprehensible writing making this book an accessible and invaluable source not only for students in upper-level undergraduate courses, graduate students and teachers, but anyone interested in Christian ethics today.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member ajgoddard
Collection of 20 articles on the grounds of Christian ethics (mainly Scripture), approaches (natural law, virtue, liberation etc), and issues. This second edition adds new material and updates earlier articles from the 2000 edition. Good guide to natural law (Stephen Pope)

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052177070X / 9780521770705
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