Spirit Ethics: Scripture and the Moral Life - Couverture souple

Jersild, Paul

 
9780800632328: Spirit Ethics: Scripture and the Moral Life
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 080063232X ISBN 13 : 9780800632328
Editeur : Augsburg Fortress, 2000

Synopsis

How can Christians responsibly derive moral guidance from the Bible on pressing issues of personal and social morality today?

Jersild's book sets the context for a study of Scripture and the moral life in a postmodern, pluralist society with its impact on biblical studies. The ethical contents and authority of Scripture are addressed, and a ""Spirit ethics"" is proposed as a way of developing a biblically based Christian ethics. Christians cannot simply adopt a once-and-for-all set of rules nor simply cite Bible verses against the latest sins. ""Absolutely essential,"" says Jersild, ""is the ongoing engagement of the church with the moral environment of society and the issues that this raises for the church."" Jersild applies his model fruitfully and persuasively to three pressing and perplexing issues: assisted suicide, homosexuality, and genetic programs.

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À propos de l?auteur

Paul Jersild is Professor Emeritus of Theology and Ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina, and former Visiting Research Professor at the University of S. C. Bioethics Center.

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Éditeur
Augsburg Fortress
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
080063232X
ISBN 13 
9780800632328
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
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Personne responsable
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