What Are Biblical Values? What the Bible Says on Key Ethical Issues. By John J. Collins

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine J Dell
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Biblical Values

scholarly journals The Bible and Akan Traditional Religious Values: A Search For Dialogue

2020 ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Foster Asamoah
Keyword(s):  
Family Systems ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Belief In God ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Biblical Values ◽  
Common Platform

In their quest to bring Christianity to Africa in general, and Ghana in particular, the missionaries downplayed and discarded the African traditional religious values. This separated Ghanaians, including Akans from their traditional religious values for the biblical values of the Judeo-Christian scriptures; making them Christians who are cut off from their traditional religious values. After engaging in a dialogue with the biblical values and Akan traditional religious values on a common platform, it was identified that there are basic concepts of commonalities that exist between them, which include common belief in God, family systems, sacrifices, naming ceremonies, prayers, belief in ancestors, etc. and areas of differences which must be refined using the Bible which is seen as the hermeneutics of culture and tradition. This helps to curtail the hypocrisy of many Christians and churches who practise these traditional religious values and provide them with a searchlight to rediscover and modify the elements in their traditional and religious values. In addition, it helps to dispel illusion, remove suspicion and minimise conflict, and to enable the Akans, Ghanaians, or Africans while maintaining their traditional religious values adhere to the teachings of the Bible.

scholarly journals Sola Scriptura: Hindrance or catalyst for church unity?

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Dreyer ◽  
Matthias Zeindler ◽  
Anna Case-Winters ◽  
Rathnakara Sadananda ◽  
Michael Weinrich
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Reformed Tradition ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Church Unity ◽  
Central Tenet ◽  
The World

In the Reformed tradition sola Scriptura remains a central tenet in the search for truth.Scripture bears witness to the variety of ways in which God has acted in history. It attests to God’s presence in the world and how God transcends the boundaries of human creations. The article focuses on how the Bible is interpreted differently by Christians from various traditions and even amongst Christians of the same tradition. Different hermeneutical approaches, confessional traditions and cultural contexts lead to different conclusions. Especially with regard to controversial ethical issues, different approaches to biblical reasoning lead to greatly differing results. The article reflects on whether sola Scriptura could provide a key to addressing both diversity and ethics more adequately.

scholarly journals In Whose Interest? Ante-Bellum Abolitionism, the Bible, and Contemporary Christian Ethics

Perichoresis ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-59
Author(s):  
Marion L. S. Carson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Contemporary Christian ◽  
The Church

Abstract Christians look to Scripture to inform their ethical decision-making, believing that God speaks through it. However, disagreement as to what the Bible requires us to do can often lead to acrimonious splits within the church. So long as sharp divisions amongst Christians over ethical issues remain, injustices continue, and the reputation of the church is undermined. This article suggests that lessons may be learned from the story of the use of the Bible in the American Abolitionism debate which can help the contemporary church to discuss and perhaps even resolve some enduring ethical questions which are dividing Christians today.

scholarly journals Skrifgebruik en Skrifgesag in die postmodernistiese konteks

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Janse van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Scientific Journal ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Church Community ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Church And Society ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

Scripture use and Scriptural authority in the postmodernist context. This article focused on the burning issue of the authority of Scripture and the way that it is currently used in the Christian and theological community. The research was necessitated by the gap between academic epistemology and the use of the Bible in religious activity. The research illustrated how a different understanding of the authority and interpretation of the Bible caused a clear division in church and society, particularly in the Reformed churches. The aim of the research was to illustrate the current abuse of the Bible in religious debate to legitimise pre-conceived convictions on theological and ethical issues. It was found that, even within the Reformed tradition, the opposing use of Scripture has caused diversity in the church community; thereby causing a serious break in the unity of the church. During the research process, it became clear that a radical new approach to Scriptural interpretation opposed the traditional Reformed understanding of the application of the Bible as per the three main confessions of the Reformed faith. What influenced such a radical new way of Scriptural authority? It was found that an analysis of philosophical systems, leading to the postmodern era, clearly prepared the way for an approach to search for the so-called true meaning of the text behind the text. This new approach was juxtaposed against the Reformed use of Scripture in the immanent text of the Bible and application thereof in the Reformed confession.Contribution: All over the world and also in South Africa, the church community seems to be drawn into a battle for survival. Many church members have lost their faith, abandoned the church membership or moved on to other religions, mainly due to the way Scripture is currently viewed and applied. Unless the confusion in the understanding of the Bible is cleared, the process will deteriorate rapidly. In particular, the theological training of ministers and pastors needs careful consideration. Some academics have denounced their faith in the existence of God in favour of a post-theistic conviction. Students are taught that the Bible is not the Word of God, but human words about God. Such convictions have caused great confusion in church communities. It is envisioned that this research, published in a scientific journal, will underline the urgent need for the church, in general, and the Reformed faith, in particular, not to ignore the seriousness of the matter.

The Bible and Human Rights from a Feminist Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-36
Author(s):  
Carole R. Fontaine
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Feminist Critique ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
The Right ◽  
Human Rights Discourse

This essay explores the socially restrictive traditions that cause scriptural groups to reject the idea of universal rights and equal access to economic, social and cultural rights. This hermeneutical situation is difficult to tolerate, as our multicultural planet is seeking survival. Ethical issues and the principles of a culture’s morality are often partly religious in nature. The UNDUHR recognizes the right to believe and to promote one’s own beliefs, and it considers these particular rights as being part of a cultural “right to affiliate.” Nevertheless, international human rights law has not successfully promoted full human rights in countries of “Religions of the Book.” The essay thus suggests that appeals to the Bible grounded in human rights must be woven into contextual exegetical work, human rights discourse, and feminist critique. Even so, for women, foreigners, and “Others,” the Bible will remain a serious obstacle for enjoying full economic, social, and cultural rights.

Weber, Theology, and Economics

2014 ◽  
pp. 306-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max L. Stackhouse
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
The Bible ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Over Time

Max Weber was neither a theologian nor an economist. He did not aspire to advocate, refine, or refute the doctrines taught in the Bible, by Augustine, Thomas, Luther, Calvin, Wesley, Schleiermacher, any other major Christian thinker. Instead, he is the founder of a mode of social science that sought to account for changes and variations in economic and political attitudes, structures, and behavior in different social contexts and over time. These include religious contexts. Christians have always attended to ethical issues raised by economic life and they have reservoirs of theories about work, exploitation, honesty in dealings, theft, covetousness, gluttony, usury, taxes, charity, wealth and poverty, just wages, fair prices, slavery, hospitality, the blessings of plenty, the need for generosity, etc. How should the discipline of economics take religion, faith-based ethics, and theology into account? In what senses was Weber right, that economics should take theology and faith-based ethics seriously?

scholarly journals Preventing the Decline and Fall of America: Messages from the Bible

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hershey H. Friedman ◽  
James Lynch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
World Economy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
The Stranger ◽  
Biblical Values

Quite a few politicians use pseudo-biblical values to justify their political agenda. The authors feel that many of their values are indeed biblical; they represent core values of ancient empires that have disappeared. If the United States wants to continue as a superpower, it should heed the words of the Bible. This means that concern for the welfare of the stranger,  compassion for the helpless members of society, consideration for workers who have lost their homes, jobs, and savings have to be paramount. It may have taken “brimstone and fire” to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah; but America can be destroyed by greed, selfishness, inequality and injustice. Note how much damage was done to the United States and the world economy by the Great Recession of 2008.

Confronting the grey zone after severe brain injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 707-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Peterson ◽  
Adrian M. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Vegetative State ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Grey Zone ◽  
Severe Brain Injury ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Legal Decision Making ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Brain

In recent years, rapid technological developments in the field of neuroimaging have provided several new methods for revealing thoughts, actions and intentions based solely on the pattern of activity that is observed in the brain. In specialized centres, these methods are now being employed routinely to assess residual cognition, detect consciousness and even communicate with some behaviorally non-responsive patients who clinically appear to be comatose or in a vegetative state. In this article, we consider some of the ethical issues raised by these developments and the profound implications they have for clinical care, diagnosis, prognosis and medical-legal decision-making after severe brain injury.

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