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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: To the Student | |
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| Ethics and Christian Ethics | |
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| An Overview of Ethics | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Subject Matter | |
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| Assumptions | |
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| Cautions | |
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| Alternatives to Christian Ethics | |
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| Religious Systems | |
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| Judaism | |
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| Islam | |
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| Hinduism | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| Humanism | |
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| Objectivism | |
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| Behaviorism | |
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| Alternatives within Christian Ethics | |
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| Obedience to External Authority | |
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| In Roman Catholicism | |
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| In Protestantism | |
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| Responsibility for Personal Decisions | |
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| What Am I to Do? | |
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| What Am I to Be? | |
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| Transforming Society | |
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| Reinhold Niebuhr's "Impossible Possibility" | |
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| Paul Ramsey's "Obedient Love" | |
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| James Gustafson's "Theocentric Ethics" | |
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| Liberation Theology | |
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| Ethics and the Christian Faith | |
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| Sources of Guidance | |
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| The Bible | |
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| The Christian Community | |
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| The Nature of the Church | |
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| The Function of the Church | |
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| The Christian in the Church | |
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| Personal Experience | |
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| The Use of the Mind | |
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| The Prompting of the Conscience | |
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| The Leadership of the Spirit | |
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| Biblical Ethics | |
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| The Hebrew Scripture | |
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| General Characteristics of Hebrew Morality | |
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| The Law, the Prophets, and the Writings | |
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| Jesus and the Gospels | |
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| Jesus and Judaism | |
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| Characteristics of Jesus's Ethical Teachings | |
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| Basic Concepts in Jesus's Ethical Teachings | |
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| The Example of Jesus | |
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| The Ethical Teachings of Paul | |
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| Theology and Ethics | |
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| An Ethic of Responsible Freedom | |
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| An Ethic of Love | |
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| An Ethic of a New Life | |
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| Faith Working through Love | |
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| Theological Premises | |
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| Beliefs about God | |
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| Beliefs about Humankind | |
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| Beliefs about History | |
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| Faith | |
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| Faith and Salvation | |
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| Life in the Christian Community | |
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| The Instruction of Scripture | |
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| Worship and Morality | |
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| Love (Agape) | |
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| The Nature of Love | |
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| The Source of Love | |
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| The Demands of Love | |
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| The Relationship between Love and Justice | |
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| Decision | |
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| Christian Ethics and Contemporary Issues | |
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| Human Sexuality and the Marriage Relationship | |
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| The Current Scene | |
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| A Christian Interpretation of Sexuality | |
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| A Theological Perspective | |
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| Questions about the Relationship | |
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| A Christian Interpretation of Marriage | |
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| Homosexuality and the Christian Faith | |
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| Contemporary Social Perspectives | |
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| A Biblical Perspective | |
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| Varying Christian Interpretations | |
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| Homosexuality and the Christian Way of Life | |
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| Living-Together Arrangements | |
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| Life and Death: Issues in Biomedical Ethics | |
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| Abortion | |
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| Biomedical Parenting | |
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| Responsible Parenting | |
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| Cloning | |
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| Embryonic Stem Cell Research | |
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| Organ Transplants | |
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| The Care of the Dying | |
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| Christian Ethics and Ethnicity | |
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| Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination | |
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| Changes in the Social Structure | |
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| A Christian Approach | |
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| Biblical Concepts | |
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| Power for Social Change | |
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| A Strategy for Christian Involvement | |
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| The Status of Women | |
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| Images of Women | |
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| Women and the Law | |
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| Women and Employment | |
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| The Feminist Movement | |
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| Women and the Scripture | |
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| A Christian Approach to Current Issues | |
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| Citizenship in a Democracy | |
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| American Democratic Government | |
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| Biblical Teachings | |
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| The Hebrew Scripture | |
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| The Christian Scripture | |
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| The Christian as Citizen | |
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| The Obligations of Citizenship | |
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| The Contribution of Christians | |
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| Suggestions for Involvement | |
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| Punishment for Crime | |
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| The Concept of Punishment | |
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| The Rights of Victims | |
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| Capital Punishment | |
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| War and the Quest for Peace | |
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| The Bible and War | |
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| Christianity and Traditional Warfare | |
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| Christianity and Modern Warfare | |
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| Christianity and Terrorism | |
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| Christianity and Preemptive Warfare | |
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| The Quest for Peace | |
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| Work, Property, and Community | |
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| The Context: Capitalism | |
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| A Christian Perspective on Property | |
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| A Christian Perspective on Work | |
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| Personal Issues in an Impersonal Economic Order | |
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| Social Issues in an Impersonal Economic Order | |
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| Ideals and Economics | |
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| Ecology and Moral Responsibility | |
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| The Ecological Problem | |
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| Biblical Concepts | |
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| Theological Reflection | |
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| Suggestions for Involvement | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |