Table of Contents

The Moral Life and Christian Ethics
Part 1 The Foundations of Christian Ethics
1. Consequences versus Principles
2. Character or Virtue Ethics
3. A Theological Foundation for Ethics
Part 2 The Contexts of Christian Ethics
4. Modernity and the Moral Life
5. Postmodernity and the Moral Life
Part 3 Making Ethical Decisions
6. Three Motifs for Making Ethical Decisions
7. The Bible in Ethical Decisions
8. Empirical Judgments in Ethical Decisions
Part 4 Applying Christian Ethics in Culture and Society
9. Christ and Culture
10. Pursuing Justice
11. Pluralism and Christian Ethics
12. Models of Christian Influence
Notes
Index

About the Author

Dennis P. Hollinger (Ph.D., Drew University) is president and professor of Christian ethics at the Evangelical School of Theology in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. He is the coeditor of the Critical Issues in Bioethics series.