Should we admire the shrewd steward (Luke 16.1–9)? Moral exemplarism and Christian ethics
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DOI: 10.1177/0040571x231171281
Abstract: The parable of the shrewd steward (Luke 16.1–9) is notoriously difficult to interpret. We encounter a figure who, when threatened with dismissal, dishonestly erases the debts of his master’s debtors. Yet, surprisingly, the master commends… read more here.
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Consuming Animal Creatures: The Christian Ethics of Eating Animals
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DOI: 10.1177/0953946816674147
Abstract: This article argues that Christians have strong faith-based reasons to avoid consuming animal products derived from animals that have not been allowed to flourish as fellow creatures of God, and that Christians should avoid participating… read more here.
Keywords: ethics eating; animal creatures; consuming animal; eating animals ... See more keywords
Book Review: Christian B. Miller, The Character Gap: How Good Are We?
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DOI: 10.1177/0953946819883780c
Abstract: of Christ upon ethics. It is not mistaken to think that both created order and the Ten Commandments remain normative for Christians, nor to see, as others have done, a correlation between the Ten Commandments… read more here.
Keywords: grudem; order; law; christian ethics ... See more keywords
Relationality and Attunement in Teaching Christian Ethics
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DOI: 10.1177/0953946819885056
Abstract: I identify my priority in teaching Christian ethics as fostering relationality, both in individual and collective contexts. I argue that focusing on the idea of relationality enables us to explore connections that exist or should… read more here.
Keywords: relationality attunement; christian ethics; ethics relationality; relationality ... See more keywords
Book Review: Ellen Ott Marshall, Introduction to Christian Ethics: Conflict, Faith, and Human Life
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DOI: 10.1177/0953946820917056d
Abstract: the tension at the heart of the argument, with its insistence that goodness, truth and beauty occupy the goal of human striving, the end to which democratic charisma aims. There is, it turns out, a… read more here.
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The Hidden Disciple: Towards a Christian Ethics of Spying
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DOI: 10.1177/09539468221108794
Abstract: The article explores the understudied subject of the distinctly Christian ethics of human intelligence (HUMINT) and considers how a Christian intelligence officer (IO) can draw on the robust and diverse tradition of Christian ethics to… read more here.
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