
The Matrix of Christian Ethics
Integrating Philosophy and Moral Theology in a Postmodern Context
Inter-Varsity Press,US
Published on 10. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
266 pages
978-0-8308-5701-2 (ISBN)
Description
In today's world, many Christians don't know how to live ethically, let alone know what ethics is. Christian ethics probes our deepest sensibilities as humans and how we seek the good for others as well as for ourselves as followers of Christ. This book begins to delve into this relevant and contemporary subject through methodological reflection on the commands, purposes, values, and virtues of Christian life in today's context. To address these factors, an integrative approach to ethics is proposed, borrowing from classical ethical models such as consequential ethics, principle ethics, virtue ethics, and value ethics. This is what the authors call a matrix of Christian ethics. This matrix will be played out in a variety of ways throughout the book, from the discussion of the postmodern situation of ethics and values to current proposals for the ongoing development of Christian ethics today. It concludes with some practically oriented guidelines to help the reader consider contemporary ethical questions and conflicts within a framework of biblical wisdom, in view of the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of followers of Christ.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Illinois
United States
Publishing group
InterVarsity Press
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
449 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8308-5701-2 (9780830857012)
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Patrick Nullens (PhD) is president and professor of systematic theology and Christian ethics at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium. Nullens also leads the Institute of Ethics and Leadership, a research institute under the umbrella of the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit.