| Ethics in a Christian Context Contributor(s): Lehmann, Paul L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664230059 ISBN-13: 9780664230050 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $46.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: In this contemporary classic originally published in 1963, Paul Lehmann answers the central question posed time and again to Christians throughout the ages: ?What am I as a believer in Jesus Christ and a member of his church to do?? As one of the ethicists who contributed to the 1960s? ?situation ethics? debate, Lehmann argues that while principles for moral action can be rules of thumb, there are no absolute moral norms beyond the general norm of love. Intending a double meaning in his ?contextual ethics, ? he insists that in moral decision making, Christians must simultaneously examine the situation at hand and the theological context of the faith. Lehmann contends that Christians are to act in every situation in ways that are consistent with God's humanizing purposes, but what that means changes from context to context and requires strong faith-shaped discernment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics - Religion | Christian Living - General - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic |
| Dewey: 241 |
| LCCN: 2006048988 |
| Series: Library of Theological Ethics |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.06" W x 8.98" (1.34 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Mainline |
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| Publisher Description: In this contemporary classic originally published in 1963, Paul Lehmann answers the central question posed time and again to Christians throughout the ages: what am I as a believer in Jesus Christ and a member of his church to do? Lehmann argues that while principles for moral action can be rules of thumb, there are no absolute moral norms beyond the general norm of love. Lehmann contends that Christians are to act in every situation in ways that are consistent with God's humanizing purposes, but what that means changes from context to context and requires strong, faith-shaped discernment. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lehmann, Paul L.: - Paul Lehman taught for many years at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. |
