Invitation to Christian ethics : moral reasoning and contemporary issues /
Magnuson, Ken
Invitation to Christian ethics : moral reasoning and contemporary issues / - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Kregel Academic, c2020. - 543 pages ; 24 cm
Invitation to Christian Ethics is an indispensable guide for helping pastors, counselors, and everyday Christians navigate today's difficult moral questions. Readers will benefit from Ken Magnuson's survey of ethics from a biblical perspective as well as contemporary theories of moral reasoning. This survey is followed by twelve chapters devoted to some of the thorniest issues Christians encounter today. Magnuson provides biblical insight into each topic and presents key moral considerations. He also answers specific, practical questions that arise and concludes with a summary of his recommended approach to each issue. Readers will learn how to grapple with difficult moral questions and will receive guidance for some of life's most challenging ethical conundrums. -- From publisher's description.
Preface
Part 1: Philosophical foundations
An invitation to Christian ethics
Ethics and moral reasoning
Part 2: Biblical foundations
The Bible and Christian ethics
Aspects of biblical ethics: Old Testament
Aspects of biblical ethics: New Testament
Part 3: Marriage and human sexuality
Sexual ethics
Marriage and sexuality
Divorce and remarriage
Homosexuality, sexual identity, and gender
Part 4: The sanctity of human life
Bioethics and human personhood : the case of the human embryo
Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies
Abortion
Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
Part 5: Social order and the environment
Capital punishment
Just war, pacifism, and the use of lethal form
Race relations
Creation care
Index
9780825434457
Christian ethics--Biblical teachings
Ethics--Religious aspects--Christianity
Ethics in the Bible
BS680.E4 / M36 2020
Invitation to Christian ethics : moral reasoning and contemporary issues / - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Kregel Academic, c2020. - 543 pages ; 24 cm
Invitation to Christian Ethics is an indispensable guide for helping pastors, counselors, and everyday Christians navigate today's difficult moral questions. Readers will benefit from Ken Magnuson's survey of ethics from a biblical perspective as well as contemporary theories of moral reasoning. This survey is followed by twelve chapters devoted to some of the thorniest issues Christians encounter today. Magnuson provides biblical insight into each topic and presents key moral considerations. He also answers specific, practical questions that arise and concludes with a summary of his recommended approach to each issue. Readers will learn how to grapple with difficult moral questions and will receive guidance for some of life's most challenging ethical conundrums. -- From publisher's description.
Preface
Part 1: Philosophical foundations
An invitation to Christian ethics
Ethics and moral reasoning
Part 2: Biblical foundations
The Bible and Christian ethics
Aspects of biblical ethics: Old Testament
Aspects of biblical ethics: New Testament
Part 3: Marriage and human sexuality
Sexual ethics
Marriage and sexuality
Divorce and remarriage
Homosexuality, sexual identity, and gender
Part 4: The sanctity of human life
Bioethics and human personhood : the case of the human embryo
Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies
Abortion
Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
Part 5: Social order and the environment
Capital punishment
Just war, pacifism, and the use of lethal form
Race relations
Creation care
Index
9780825434457
Christian ethics--Biblical teachings
Ethics--Religious aspects--Christianity
Ethics in the Bible
BS680.E4 / M36 2020