Religious ethics Books

This is a book for anyone seeking a way out of deadlock in Church conflict situations. In employing a contemplative approach to the conflict in the Anglican Communion, it shows how relationships can be rebuilt with affection leading to trust. The author...

Because of one verse in the Holy Bible that God says, many people find themselves embroiled in conflict over this verse and the image of Jesus they have formed in their mind. I never knew one verse could cause so much controversy. I believe to be a true...

Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) was one of the most influential interpreters of the Bible in the sixteenth century, and his works garnered praise from contemporaries like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Erasmus. Melanchthon's 1555 commentary on Proverbs,...

Join with Pete, the lead-pastor, Joe, his son, transitioning to be Jo, his daughter and Jack, the popular youth leader who creates a scandal when he leads his youth club to split off from the parent church. These and other engaging characters grapple...

Africa needs leaders and Christians from every walk of life to rediscover their identity and purpose in all spheres of society. African Public Theology sounds a clarion call to accomplish this vital task. God created all humans equally,...

The invitation of this book is for my readers who are Christian to consider the dimension of harm in the ongoing debates on affirming or not affirming sexual and gender minority Christians within church communities. Much has been said and much is written...

Spiritual Life on a Burning Planet draws on scientific research in developing religious perspectives on anthropogenic climate change. Its four chapters are entitled ""Tolling Bells,"" ""Burning Planet,"" ""Eschatology in the Anthropocene,"" and ""The...

Inspired by Donald W. Shriver Jr.'s leadership of Union Theological Seminary (New York City), Christian Ethics in Conversation brings together essays by members of a stellar faculty--including Gary Dorrien, Larry Rasmussen, Phyllis Trible, and Cornel...

What should Christians think about Donald Trump? His policies, his style, his personal life? Thirty evangelical Christians (listed below) wrestle with these tough questions. They are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. They don't all agree, but...

This book of essays asks the enduring, age-old question, ""If God is loving and good, why is there so much evil?"" It answers boldly, ""Because God creates, sustains, and 'allows' evil in the world."" This fact is the greatest and most impenetrable...

What happens when Christians reconsider political engagement? Among leading Christian thinkers, political engagement is either unavoidably necessary or theologically impossible. Is this a false dilemma? Between Faith and Power examines how Christian...

Beth Williams is a substitute teacher assigned to Springfield High School. Bradley Truman is a senior at Springfield High and a science enthusiast. Working on Bradley's year-end science requirement, they accidently develop an innovative system. A system...

Why do many First People in Australia find themselves continually under siege? Why do many interventions fail to produce what was hoped for? Why is it that, when there have been many positive developments, at some deep level, nothing seems to have...

Living the Questions of the Bible presents questioning as a viable and faithful Christian practice. We may think the Bible is only about getting answers, but the Bible is also a question book, revealing how the life of faith is a quest with and for God...

What does climate change have to do with religion and spirituality? Even though a changing environment will have a dire impact on human populations--affecting everything from food supply to health to housing--the vast majority of Americans do not...

Faith and Oil tells the story of conservative Christianity's relationship with America's oil industry. It shows how the libertarian values of big oil companies--such as government deregulation of business practices and curbing laws that protect the...

This book, People of Faith, People of Jeong (Qing), seeks to reveal and understand the current state and the future prospective of Asian Canadian immigrant churches (ACIC), including Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean churches. Starting with a brief...

In the essays collected here Gilbert Meilaender invites readers to reflect upon some of the bioethical issues that are important for all of us. The essays treat bioethics less as a discipline confined to a few experts than as a deeply humanistic set of...

The increasing role and power of artificial intelligence in our lives and world requires us to imagine and shape a desirable future with this technology. Since visions of AI often draw from Christian apocalyptic narratives, current discussions about...

Marilyn McCord Adams (1943-2017) was a world-renowned philosopher, a theologian who forever changed conversations about God and evil, a compelling preacher, and a fierce advocate for the full belonging of LGBTQ+ people, especially in churches. Over the...

Fear of the Lord can mean many things, from great respect and awe to fright or even terror. There are special blessings and favor for those who fear the Lord. Blessings are God’s favor and protection. Favor is the evidence that the Lord is pleased...

What do Plato and the Bible tell us about bribery? Does it even matter? When it comes to ethical guidance on bribery should we look less to traditional wisdom and instead be seeking understanding and guidance primarily from modern sources? From...

This book explores the theological and moral significance of practices once familiar to many Christians and Jews, such as Sabbath, vigil-keeping, Shmita (the sabbatical year for the land), and fiesta in relation to the twenty-first century economy...

""A Creed For Christian Socialists: With Expositions"" is a book written by Charles William Stubbs and published in 1897. The book presents a Christian socialist perspective on social issues and provides a detailed exposition of the principles and...

Religion, Politics and Cults in East Africa is the first major, original, and extensive research-based study of the apocalyptic and doomsday Catholic Marian Movement and its Benedictine monastic moral and religious practices, including vows of poverty,...

""En Tydelig Og Klar Fremstilling Af Helliggjorelsen Eller Den Christelige Fuldkommenhed"" er en bog skrevet af John Fletcher og udgivet i 1859. Bogen beskriver kristen helligg������relse og fuldkommenhed, og hvordan man kan opn������ disse tilstande...

De Fidei Notione Ethica Paulina est liber Georgii Schnedermann, qui anno MDCCCLXXX editus est. In hoc libro, Schnedermann disputat de fide et eius notione ethica, quae secundum Paulum Apostolum in Epistolis suis explicatur. Auctor argumenta et doctrinas...

De Eed: In Deszelfs Hooge En Gewigtige Waarde (1826) is een boek geschreven door de Maatschappij. Het boek behandelt de waarde en betekenis van de eed in verschillende contexten, zoals in de rechtspraak en de politiek. Het bespreekt ook de geschiedenis...

Brunetto Latinis Levnet og Skrifter: Philippi Gualteri Moralium Dogma (1869) er en bog af Thor Sundby, der giver en omfattende beskrivelse af livet og arbejdet for den italienske forfatter Brunetto Latino. Bogen indeholder ogs������ en overs�����ttelse...

""�����l�����ments de morale"" est un livre �����crit par Adolphe Franck en 1868. Ce livre traite de la morale et de l'�����thique, en explorant les questions li�����es ������ la conscience, ������ la libert�����, ������ la responsabilit�����, ������ la...

This open access book provides both a broad perspective and a focused examination of cow care as a subject of widespread ethical concern in India, and increasingly in other parts of the world. In the face of what has persisted as a highly charged...

Six years into the papacy of Pope Francis, Catholics are still figuring out how to respond to his image of the church as a field hospital --a church that goes into the streets rather than remaining locked up behind closed doors. Marriage and family are...

What does consumerism have to do with the sacraments? We live in cultures where our senses of meaning, identity, and purpose are often found in what we purchase. Apart from the question of hedonism, there is the question of how we orient ourselves in an...

It is true -- and troubling -- that we humans are able to control and manipulate nature in many ways, and this ability seems to be growing exponentially. In this book Allen Verhey addresses this reality and seeks to show the importance of bringing a...

Emmauel Katongole is a Catholic priest from Uganda, born in 1960, who lived through the reign of Idi Amin and has seen the postcolonial struggles of his home country and its sub-Saharan neighbors -- Rwanda, the Congo, Zimbabwe, Liberia, and others -- up...

The return of Christian social service to the centre of British political life through the emergence of the foodbank movement has elicited a range of ecclesial responses. However, in their urgency and brevity these Church responses fail to systematically...

The Church and War was written nearly a hundred years ago, but has not lost any relevance in our day. The author, Franziskus Stratmann, O.P. (1883-1971), was a long-standing advocate for peace. Making full use of the Catholic tradition, he shows how...

Our journey in Christian ethics starts with God in whose image we are created. Creation begins with birth and continues as we mature. Our character matures, shaped by the example of Christ under the mentorship of the Holy Spirit through the family and...

Ethical Veganism: Moral Imperative or Personal Choice? is a comprehensive exploration of the ethical, environmental, health, and social justice implications of veganism.From examining different ethical perspectives to delving into the environmental...

Coronaspection is a groundbreaking series of forty video interviews concerning COVID-19 and its spiritual challenges, featuring major faith leaders worldwide. Coronaspection was created as a means of providing hope and inspiration to faithful of all...

According to the Apostle Paul, what can be known about God--and by extension, about ethics--is plain to people, so we are ""without excuse."" Romans 1:18-21 teaches that we will be ""without excuse"" when God confronts us for whatever beliefs and actions...

The problem of animal suffering is the atheistic argument that an all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good God would not use millions of years of animal suffering, disease, and death to form a planet for human beings. This argument has not received as...