Biblical Interpretation and Christian Ethics
- Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2005
- 305p 22 cm.
- New Studies in Christian Ethics .
Originally published: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-294) and indexes.
Introduction: Relating the Bible to Christian ethics PART ONE LIBERAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Philosophical and critical groundwork I Eternal values 2 The principles of social ethics PART TWO ESCHATOLOGY AND ETHICS Eschatology and the critical method 3 Interim ethics 4 Existential ethics 5 The ethics of covenant and command 6 The problem of Christian social ethics PART THREE PARTICIPATION IN MEANING A double ethical responsibility 7 Ethics and historical interpretation 8 Ethics and contemporary reading