An Interpretation of Christian Ethics. By Reinhold Niebuhr. Library of Theological Ethics. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2013. Pp. xxxii + 244. $35.00.

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-98
Author(s):  
Paul Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Reinhold Niebuhr

The Gardeners' Dirty Hands

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah J. Toly
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Salient Feature ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Global Environmental Governance ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ◽  
Dirty Hands ◽  
Global Environmental Politics ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Environmental Thought

In The Gardeners’ Dirty Hands: Global Environmental Politics and Christian Ethics, Noah Toly engages the resources of Christian theological ethics to identify, explore, and respond to the most salient feature of contemporary environmental challenges. In conversation with contributions to Christian ethics, Toly argues that modern environmental thought, global environmental governance, climate change, and the Anthropocene are characterized by a struggle with the tragic, which may be described as the need to give up, forego, undermine, or destroy one or more goods to possess or secure one or more other goods. Drawing upon the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Toly develops a “Cruciform imaginary” that should inform our responses to the tragic.

Justice between Fairness and Love? Christian Ethics in Dialogue with Rawls and Niebuhr

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-328
Author(s):  
Jenny Anne Wright
Keyword(s):  
John Rawls ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Critical Dialogue ◽  
Reinhold Niebuhr ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Theological Perspective ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Moral Superiority ◽  
Main Ideas

Abstract There are many different approaches to justice, both theological and secular. These different approaches and diverse theories need not be exclusive, but can play an important role in a dialogue on justice. Since justice is never completely just, it is imperative to always be critical of laws and policies while guarding against moral superiority and oppression. To this end, this article seeks to enter into a critical dialogue between John Rawls and Reinhold Niebuhr from a theological perspective. It critically examines their main ideas and focuses on the role of community, the importance of moral dialogue, the priority of the poor and the unique issues raised by globalization.

scholarly journals Graciously commanded: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth on the Decalogue

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-141
Author(s):  
Philip G. Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
Divine Command ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ◽  
Divine Commands

AbstractThis essay examines and compares the treatment of the Decalogue in the theological ethics of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It argues that while both theologians orient their exposition of the Decalogue by attending to its primary character as divine self-revelation, approach it with a view to a Christian ethics of divine command, and frame their understandings in decisively christological terms, they differ markedly on the extent to which the commandments themselves can and ought to be understood as representing concrete divine commands.

Economics and Theology after the Separation

2014 ◽  
pp. 134-150
Author(s):  
Ross B. Emmett
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Charles Taylor ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Reinhold Niebuhr ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
The Social ◽  
Richard Whately ◽  
The Impact

The date of the separation of economics from Christian theology is debated, as is its explanation. The process also differs in Britain and America. Richard Whately and Philip Wicksteed’s accounts of the basis of separation in nineteenth-century Britain are considered, and in America the twentieth-century accounts of the impact of the Social Gospel on the founding of the American Economic Association, and of Frank Knight and Reinhold Niebuhr. Knight is a particularly interesting case in that he considered economics to be inadequate on its own while vigorously rejecting the contribution of existing Christian ethics. Economic theory ignored theology, and theology also came to ignore economic theory. The connection between the separation and the wider secularization thesis is discussed, drawing on the work of Charles Taylor.

Ethnography, Ecclesiology, and the Ethics of Everyday Life: A Conversation with the Work of Michael Banner

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-171
Author(s):  
Samuel Tranter ◽  
David Bartram Torrance
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Anthropology Of Christianity

This article begins by introducing recent work by Michael Banner, who advocates the use of social anthropology generally (not just the anthropology of Christianity) for the Christian ethics of everyday life. His use of ethnography in Christian theological ethics is then situated in relation to recent discussions in ecclesiology and ethnography. Situated thus, Banner’s work forms the springboard for a brief discussion of what is at stake for theological ethics in turning to ethnographic research. While some dangers are highlighted, a way forward is offered for the fruitful use of ethnographic research in this field.

Ethics at the Edges of Law

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathleen Kaveny
Keyword(s):  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Legal Tradition ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Moral Thought ◽  
Stanley Hauerwas ◽  
Legal Thought ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Conversation Partner ◽  
Health Care Law

Ethics at the Edges of Law: Christian Moralists and American Legal Thought shows how methods and doctrines drawn from the American legal tradition can constructively advance the discussion of key issues in Christian ethics. More broadly, the book argues that religious ethicists should consider legal thought to be a valuable conversation partner on a par with philosophical thought. Each of the chapters places the work of an important contemporary figure in Christian ethics in conversation with particular legal cases and questions. The book is divided into three major parts: “Narratives and Norms,” “Love, Justice, and Law,” and “Legal Categories and Theological Problems.” Ethicists considered include John Noonan Jr., Stanley Hauerwas, Jeffrey Stout, Gene Outka, Margaret Farley, Paul Ramsey, Robert E. Rodes Jr., Walter Kasper, Germain Grisez and H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. Legal topics explored include the development of the common law as a morally rich tradition, the relationship between rules and particular cases, and the role of individual experience in formulating generally applicable norms. Theological issues discussed include the meaning of covenant fidelity, the requirements of compassion, and the demands of neighbor love. Fruitful intersections between law and theological ethics are developed by considering particular examples and cases from contract law, criminal law, and health-care law. Ethics at the Edges of Law ends by examining the various and often conflicting meanings of the term “legalism,” which has long been considered a derogatory term in Christian moral thought.

Beyond a Northern Paradigm

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38
Author(s):  
Linda Hogan ◽  
Kristin Heyer ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
The State ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Majority World ◽  
Inflection Points ◽  
Catholic Theological ◽  
State Of The Field

Notwithstanding the commitment to the inclusion of historically underrepresented communities, Christian ethics continues to be dominated by the voices, concerns, norms and methodologies of scholars from the northern hemisphere. This paper analyses the state of the field through the lens of the Catholic Theological Ethics in a World Church network whose mission is to promote international exchange. It assesses the lacunae arising from the northern-centric nature of Christian ethics as practiced in the northern hemisphere, highlights the inflection points, and considers the likely re-prioritization of concerns that will flow from the systemic inclusion of the multiple, diverse voices of majority world scholars.

Gesellschaftlicher Ethikbedarf und theologisches »Angebot«

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-181
Author(s):  
Kari-Wilhelm Dahm
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Change ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Ethical Challenge ◽  
Inadequate Response ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Corporate World ◽  
Nazi Ideology ◽  
Corporate Action

Abstract The rapid change of values in the latter half of the 2Qth century required new ethical answers and considerations in all areas of society (family, corporate world, medicine, biotechnology, etc.). The need for a new »Christian Ethics« in Germany permeated all of society after the collapse of Nazi-ideology and valuesystems. The article shows how Protestant ethics in and around Germany have failed to adress this need. There are two main reasons for the inadequate response. First, the mainstream of Protestant ethics widely refused to offer specifically »Christian« contributions to the moral reconstruction of society, based on a fear that core of Christianity would yet again be utilized as a lable of legitimacy. Secondly, theological ethics were focused on the discourse of principle to an extent that the laboraus work of application was left more or less undone. Protestant ethics did not succeed in making ethical commitments and considerations relevant for specific questions and needs for example in the area of medicine and biotechnological research or in the realm of corporate action and interaction. The lack of applicability and immediate relevance calls for a discourse and collaboration that integrates the ethical disciplines with those members and institutions in society that are confronted with and confronting the ethical challenge

Christian Ethics in a Secular Society: Karl Barth in Conversation

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Adam McIntosh
Keyword(s):  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Christian Ethic ◽  
Secular Society

The aim of this study is to clarify the nature of Christian ethics and its implications for secular society. This is achieved by way of engagement with the theology of Karl Barth. Barth is useful on this question for he presents a thoroughly counter-modern theological ethics, as he works from an uncompromising theological framework. The implications of applying Christian ethics to secular society are discussed by way of conversation with Barth, and a way forward suggested in the form of a missional focused Christian ethic.

scholarly journals Sexuality and partnership: Aspects of theological ethics in the field of marriage, unmarried and homosexual couples

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich H.J. Körtner
Keyword(s):  
Human Sexuality ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Sexual Ethics ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Equal Status ◽  
The Church ◽  
Final Consequence

The attitudes towards sexuality in Western society are undergoing dramatic change. One of the main problems sexual ethics has to deal with today is the question whether the church should acknowledge unmarried long-term relationships. The debate about the acknowledgement of homosexuality as a form of human sexuality equal to heterosexuality is aiming towards the acknowledgement of the equal status of homosexual partnerships and heterosexual marriages as a final consequence. In addition to these issues the article also discusses the issue of the blessing of unmarried or homosexual couples. In light of such public blessings and their liturgical form, the article aims to discuss the question about the promise such blessings holds according to Christian ethics.

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