Spirit Ethics: Scripture and the Moral Life - Softcover

Jersild, Paul T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080063232X ISBN 13: 9780800632328

Verlag: Augsburg Fortress, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

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

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Augsburg Fortress
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 080063232X
• ISBN 13: 9780800632328
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 204
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