The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics

The second edition of The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics features a range of new topics, issues and authors within the fresh and imaginative approach to Christian ethics which made the first edition such a success.

As with the first edition, the Companion offers an innovative exposition of Christian ethics seen through the lens of Christian worship. Editors, Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells challenge conventional approaches to the subject, arguing that it is Christian worship that shapes the moral life of Christians. This revised and up–dated new edition extends the topics covered to include class, race, feminism and gender, disability, and the virtues. There are also a number of completely revised essays and a range of new outstanding authors.

The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics, 2nd edition is ecumenical in outlook, and encompasses chapters from leading commentators within the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Mennonite and Pentecostal traditions. It is designed to be accessible to beginning students and upwards studying Christian ethics.

Notes on Contributors.

Preface.

PART I Studying Ethics Through Worship.

1 Christian Ethics as Informed Prayer (Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells).

2 The Gift of the Church and the Gifts God Gives It (Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells).

3 Why Christian Ethics Was Invented (Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells).

4 How the Church Managed Before There Was Ethics (Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells).

PART II Meeting God and One Another.

5 Gathering: Worship, Imagination, and Formation (Philip Kenneson).

6 Greeting: Beyond Racial Reconciliation (Emmanuel Katongole).

7 Naming the Risen Lord: Embodied Discipleship and Masculinity (Amy Laura Hall).

8 Being Reconciled: Penitence, Punishment, and Worship (John Berkman).

9 Praising in Song: Beauty and the Arts (Kevin J. Vanhoozer).

10 Collecting Praise: Global Culture Industries (Michael L. Budde).

11 Praise: The Prophetic Public Presence of the Mentally Disabled (Brian Brock).

PART III Re–Encountering the Story.

12 Reading the Scriptures: Rehearsing Identity, Practicing Character (Jim Fodor).

13 Listening: Authority and Obedience (Scott Bader–Saye).

14 Proclaiming: Naming and Describing (Charles Pinches).

15 Deliberating: Justice and Liberation (Daniel M. Bell).

16 Discerning: Politics and Reconciliation (William T. Cavanaugh).

17 Confessing the Faith: Reasoning in Tradition (Nicholas Adams).

PART IV Being Embodied.

18 Interceding: Poverty and Prayer (Kelly S. Johnson).

19 Interceding: Giving Grief to Management (Michael Hanby).

20 Interceding: Standing, Kneeling, and Gender (Lauren F. Winner).

21 Being Baptized: Race (Willie Jennings).

22 Being Baptized: Bodies and Abortion (Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt).

23 Becoming One Body: Health Care and Cloning (M. Therese Lysaught).

24 Becoming One Flesh: Marriage, Remarriage, and Sex (David Matzko McCarthy).

25 Sharing Peace: Class, Hierarchy, and Christian Social Order (Luke Bretherton).

26 Sharing Peace: Discipline and Trust (Paul J. Wadell).

PART V Re–Enacting the Story.

27 Offering: Treasuring the Creation (Ben Quash).

28 Participating: Working Toward Worship (R. R. Reno).

29 Remembering: Offering Our Gifts (D. Stephen Long and Tripp York).

30 Invoking: Globalization and Power (Timothy Jarvis Gorringe).

31 Breaking Bread: Peace and War (Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells).

32 Receiving Communion: Euthanasia, Suicide, and Letting Die (Kathryn Greene–McCreight).

33 Sharing Communion: Hunger, Food, and Genetically Modifi ed Foods (Robert Song).

34 Eating Together: Friendship and Homosexuality (Joel James Shuman).

35 Being Silent: Time in the Spirit (Michael S. Northcott).

36 Footwashing: Preparation for Christian Life (Mark Thiessen Nation).

PART VI Being Commissioned.

37 Being Blessed: Wealth, Property, and Theft (Stephen Fowl).

38 Bearing Fruit: Conception, Children, and the Family (Joseph L. Mangina).

39 Being Sent: Witness (Michael G. Cartwright).

Afterword.

40 The Virtue of the Liturgy (Jennifer Herdt).

41 Afterword (Rowan Williams).

Index.

Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at the Divinity School of Duke University. His numerous books include The Peaceable Kingdom (2003) and Hannah′s Child: A Theologian′s Memoir (2010).

Samuel Wells is Dean of Duke University Chapel and Research Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Divinity School. His books include Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics (2004), God′s Companions: Reimagining Christian Ethics (2006), Power and Passion: Six Characters in Search of Resurrection (2007), Speaking the Truth (2008), and, with Ben Quash, Introducing Christian Ethics (2010).

"Summing Up: Recommended. Lower–level undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers." (Choice, 2011)

"But of course, no Companion can say it all, and for what this one is trying to accomplish, it is a brilliant work. In the past several years, I have gone back to several of the original essays over and over again, and I′m sure I will do the same with some of the new ones." (Jesus Creed, 15 October 2011)

"This is a must–have book on the minister′s bookshelf." (Regent′s Reviews, 1 October 2011)

"But of course, no Companion can say it all, and for what this one is trying to accomplish, it is a
brilliant work." (Theatrical Theology, 2011)

"This is a very fine book which deserves a place on the shelves of all those who love Walsingham and its parish church." (New Directions, 1 September 2011)