Biblical Interpretation and Christian Ethics

Biblical Interpretation and Christian Ethics
Author: J. I. H. McDonald
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1993-12-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0521430593

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Inter-disciplinary studies are emerging rapidly to meet the insistent demands of the modern age. Biblical interpretation is itself inter-disciplinary, drawing together the biblical traditions and others to address the problem of interpreting texts. Christian ethics is also multi-disciplinary and thus no stranger to this new ethos. To bring these two areas together is a potentially creative undertaking. It comes at a time when much attention is being paid to reading texts and the interpretive tradition. The author's principal aim is to read the Bible in the context of moral concern. Attention is paid to the liberal quest and to eschatology and ethics (each marking a distinct epoch in the relationship of Bible and ethics), before the post-critical age is studied under the rubric 'participation in meaning'. The final section deals with ethics and historical reading, and with ethics and contemporary reading. The book concludes with a discussion of selected practical topics.

Ethics of Biblical Interpretation

Ethics of Biblical Interpretation
Author: Daniel Patte
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1995-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

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Daniel Patte argues here that when male European-American scholars interpret the Bible to produce a universally legitimate reading, they silence the Bible itself. Their reading practices exclude feminist, African American, and other so-called "minority" readings, as well as the interpretations of conservative and liberal laity. He further claims that ethical accountability requires recognizing that all exegesis consists of bringing critical understanding to ordinary readings, especially faith interpretations. Patte concludes that biblical studies must affirm the legitimacy of diverse ordinary readings and lead to an open discussion of the relative value of these readings.

Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics

Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2021-01-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004445722

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This volume explores key approaches to the method and study of biblical ethics of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament with an interdisciplinary focus.

An Interpretation of Christian Ethics

An Interpretation of Christian Ethics
Author: Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1646982231

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Reinhold Niebuhr's An Interpretation of Christian Ethics is both an introduction to the discipline and a presentation of the author’s distinctive approach. That approach focuses on a realistic (rather than moralistic) understanding of the challenges facing human individuals and institutions, and a call for justice—imperfect though it might be—as what love looks like in a fallen world. The book’s most distinctive aspect is the author’s insistence that perfect love and justice are unattainable in this world, yet they remain our most important goals.

Scripture and Ethics

Scripture and Ethics
Author: Jeffrey S. Siker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 305
Release: 1997
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 0195110994

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Siker brings together the history of biblical interpretation and the study of uses of the Bible in Christian ethics, to examine how the Bible has actually been used in Christian theological ethics - and in the process profiling eight influential twentieth-century theologians.

Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life

Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life
Author: Bruce C. Birch
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1451438540

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Earth is changing in ways it hasn't for hundreds of thousands of years. At the same time, Christianity is breaking away from its millennium-long geographical and cultural center in the Euro-West. Its growth is in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, primarily in Pentecostal, evangelical, and independent churches. These dramatically changed planetary and ecclesial landscapes have led many to conclude that we need a new way of thinking about our collective existence: who are we and what is the nature of our responsibility in this deeply altered world? To address that question, biblical scholars Bruce C. Birch and Jacqueline E. Lapsley and Christian ethicists Larry L. Rasmussen and Cynthia Moe-Lobeda carry on "a new conversation" that engages how Christians are to understand the authority and use of Scripture, the basic elements of any full-bodied Christian ethic attuned to our circumstances, and the nature of our responsibility to our planetary neighbors and creation itself.

Biblical Ethics in the 21st Century: Developments, Emerging Consensus, and Future Directions

Biblical Ethics in the 21st Century: Developments, Emerging Consensus, and Future Directions
Author: Lúcás Chan, SJ; foreword by James F. Keenan, SJ
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2013
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1587682494

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Reviews and critiques the major attempts at biblical ethics over the past twenty years by both biblical theologians and theological ethicists, focusing on New Testament ethics as an illustration.

The Bible and Catholic Theological Ethics

The Bible and Catholic Theological Ethics
Author: Chan, Yiu Sing Lucas
Publisher: Orbis Books
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2017-05-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608336832

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Christian Ethics (Revised Edition)

Christian Ethics (Revised Edition)
Author: Wayne Grudem
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 1648
Release: 2024-09-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433590867

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What Does the Bible Teach about How to Live in Today's World? How should Christians live when the surrounding culture is increasingly hostile to Christian moral values? Granted, the Bible is our guide—but how can we know if we are interpreting it rightly with regard to ethical questions about wealth and poverty, marriage and divorce, birth control, abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship, and dozens of other issues? And on a very practical level, how can we know God's will in the ordinary decisions of life? To address questions like these, Wayne Grudem, author of the bestselling book Systematic Theology, draws on 40 years of teaching classes in ethics to write this wide-ranging introduction to biblical moral reasoning, organized according to the structure of the Ten Commandments. He issues a challenging call for Christians to live lives of personal holiness and offers a vision of the Christian life that is full of joy and blessing through living each day in a way that is pleasing to God. Written by Wayne Grudem: Bestselling author of Systematic Theology and the What the Bible Says About series Biblical and Applicable: Teaches readers how to protect 7 central tenets of God's law: God's honor, human authority, life, marriage, property, truth, and purity of heart Accessible: An ideal textbook for Christian college and seminary ethics classes, with straightforward language and a bibliography for the topic at the end of each chapter Replaces ISBN 978-1-4335-4965-6

The Meanings We Choose

The Meanings We Choose
Author: Charles H. Cosgrove
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2004-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 056706896X

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The Meanings We Choose is an engagement with responsible bible reading-Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and New Testament texts-for the past as well as for the present and future. Its stated perspectives are multi-denominational Christian but the implications of such readings go far beyond a specific confessional framework. In the present political climate the aware, responsible "personal" is meaningful for any community, confessedly religious as well as otherwise. While the articles collected in this volume, broadly speaking, can and perhaps should be compartmentalized as ideological criticism, their significance for reading ideologies "different" from their own is more than considerable.