Providing the level one student with all they will need to know to understand their course fully, the textbook covers the major areas of ethical theory and methodology that are key to the use of the Bible in Christian ethics, natural law, conscience, various philosophical approaches to ethics and the influence of liberation theologies.

Neil Messer

SCM STUDYGUIDE TO CHRISTIAN ETHICS

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List of Ethical Theory Topics

List of Practical Ethics Topics

Preface

1. Introduction: Deciding How to Decide

1. What is Christian Ethics?

2. What to Decide

3. How to Decide

4. The Person Who Decides, and What a Good Life Looks Like

5. What Makes It Christian Ethics?

6. Concluding Remarks

Suggestions for Further Reading

Notes

2. The Bible in Christian Ethics

1. Case Studies

2. What Is the Bible and Why Is It Important?

3. How Should the Bible be Used in Christian Ethics?

4. The Case Studies Revisited

3. Natural Law

2. The Roots of the Natural Law Tradition

3. Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law

4. Natural Law Since Thomas Aquinas

5. The Case Studies Revisited

4. Duty, Consequences and Christian Ethics

1. Case Study

2. Absolute Duties

3. Kant's Theory of Ethics

4. Christian Deontology

5. Consequentialist Theories

6. Utilitarianism

7. Christians and Consequentialism

8. The Case Study Revisited

5. Critical Voices: Science, Technology and Christian Ethics

2. Science, Technology and Christian Ethics

3. Does Science Undermine Christian Belief?

4. Does Evolutionary Biology Explain Away Morality?

5. Should Science Make Us Revise Our Moral Judgements?

6. Should We Try to Redesign Ourselves?

7. Should We Try to Redesign Nature?

6. Critical Voices: The ‘Recovery of Virtue’

2. Healthcare, Justice and the Failure of the 'Enlightenment Project'

3. A Brief History of Virtue

4. Theologians Among the Virtues

7. Critical Voices: Liberation Theologies and Christian Ethics

2. Starting with Experience

3. Latin American Liberation Theology

4. Black Theologies of Liberation

5. Other 'Theologies from Below'

6. The Case Study Revisited: Theology, Economics and Trade Justice

8. Critical Voices: Feminist Theologies and Christian Ethics

2. Feminist Theologies and Christian Ethics

3. The Case Study Revisited

9. Christian Ethics: Pastoral and Public

1. Introduction

2. Christian Ethics and Pastoral Care

3. Christian Ethics and Public Policy

10. Conclusion

Providing the level one student with all they will need to know to understand their course fully, "SCM Study Guide: Christian Ethics" is full of helpful features to aid memory and learning and pointers for further reading and further study. The book covers the major areas of ethical theory and methodology that are key to any introductory course, including the use of the Bible in Christian ethics, natural law, conscience, various philosophical approaches to ethics and the influence of liberation theologies. In addition, three methodological topics often neglected in textbooks in this area but included here, are Christian ethics and science, Christian ethics and pastoral care and the relationship between Christian ethics and the wider public debates in ethics. The book also covers a wide range of topics in practical Christian ethics, all introduced by case studies, ranging from abortion, euthanasia, human genetic manipulation, health care rationing, divorce and remarriage, homosexuality, capital punishment, just war and "humanitarian intervention" GM crops, the environment, employment and globalisation.

Students could not want a better introduction to Christian Ethics. Theological Book Review The ten chapters offer an outline for a basic course or module. it would be Ideal as an introductory course at both pre- and college level. At the same time there is material here, suitably supplemented from some of the sources given in the text, to provide a framework for a major study of the field. It is also precisely a useful background text for someone studying in another field, such as church history or dogmatics, who needs to have a quick overall survey of the field. Paul Ballard, Cardiff University Dr Messer packs a lot in and it is particularly good that he introduces us to some of the important contemporary voices which may not be so familiar to Readers. Michael Wilcockson, The Reader, Winter 2006, Vol.103, N 4 I've found Neil Messer's SCM Studyguide to Christian Ethics to be an excellent introductory textbook to accompany my Christian Ethics course. Students find it accessible and engaging as preparatory reading for lectures and come to class with a good grounding in the subject. I recommend it highly. David Clough, University of Chester

Dr. Neil Messer is Lecturer in Christian Theology, and Director of the Centre for Contemporary and Pastoral Theology at the University of Wales, Lampeter.

Students could not want a better introduction to Christian Ethics. Theological Book Review The ten chapters offer an outline for a basic course or module. it would be Ideal as an introductory course at both pre- and college level. At the same time there is material here, suitably supplemented from some of the sources given in the text, to provide a framework for a major study of the field. It is also precisely a useful background text for someone studying in another field, such as church history or dogmatics, who needs to have a quick overall survey of the field. Paul Ballard, Cardiff University Dr Messer packs a lot in and it is particularly good that he introduces us to some of the important contemporary voices which may not be so familiar to Readers.  
Michael Wilcockson, The Reader, Winter 2006, Vol.103, N°4 I've found Neil Messer's SCM Studyguide to Christian Ethics to be an excellent introductory textbook to accompany my Christian Ethics course. Students find it accessible and engaging as preparatory reading for lectures and come to class with a good grounding in the subject. I recommend it highly. David Clough, University of Chester

\["For level one students exploring Christian Ethics", "Clarifies complex ethical theories and methodologies", "You will gain confidence in understanding ethics deeply"\]

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