Invitation to Christian Ethics

Moral Reasoning and Contemporary Issues

Invitation to Christian Ethics
Ken Magnuson
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Hardback
h229 x 191mm - 544pg
28 Dec 2020 US
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9780825434457
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A comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics addressing today' s most challenging moral issuesInvitation to Christian Ethics is an indispensable guide for helping pastors, counselors, and everyday Christians navigate today' s difficult moral questions. Readers will benefit from Ken Magnuson' s survey of ethics from a biblical perspective as well as contemporary theories of moral reasoning. This survey is followed by twelve chapters devoted to some of the thorniest issues Christians encounter today, such as: - Sexuality, including homosexuality, sexual identity, and gender - Marriage and divorce - Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies - Abortion - Physician-assisted suicide - Race relations - Creation care - Capital punishment - Just war, pacifism, and the use of lethal force Magnuson provides biblical insight into each topic and presents key moral considerations. He also answers specific, practical questions that arise and concludes with a summary of his recommended approach to each issue. Readers will learn how to grapple with difficult moral questions and will receive guidance for some of life' s most challenging ethical conundrums.
"Ken Magnuson has offered a splendid service to the evangelical community with his biblically grounded and thoughtfully reasoned Invitation to Christian Ethics. Readers will be exceedingly grateful for the clarity that this accessibly written and capably researched volume brings to such a host of wide-ranging issues. All who wish to understand and engage the numerous ethical challenges in our current context will find Magnuson' s work to be an excellent guide. Though some may find a place to differ here or there with such a wide array of topics, all will benefit from this even-handed, thorough, informative, and careful presentation. Those who take time to work through this helpful volume will find it to be worthy of serious reflection and consideration. I gladly recommend Invitation to Christian Ethics to students, church leaders, and scholars alike. "-- (06/10/2020) "Pick up a newspaper and you' ll find yourself bombarded with ethical issues from sexuality to bioethics, from creation care to race and ethnic relations, and from the death penalty to so much more. How does a Christian approach contemporary ethical issues in a way that' s rooted in integrity and leads to human flourishing? Dr. Ken Magnuson has long been a voice of reason and compassion in these conversations. And now in his work, Invitation to Christian Ethics, he provides an accessible guide for making such decisions biblically--that is, in a way that' s congruent with Jesus' s teaching to love God and love one' s neighbor. "-- (06/10/2020) "Reading Invitation to Christian Ethics is like taking a course with a favorite professor, one who is immensely knowledgeable, unusually wise, and unexpectedly warm. Dr. Magnuson writes with refreshing clarity--both moral and stylistic. I have rarely seen such sound, thorough Christian teaching rendered so compelling and so beautiful. This is the kind of robust Christian ethics needed by the church and the world right now. "-- (06/25/2020)
Ken Magnuson is professor of Christian ethics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780825434457
Published: 28 Dec 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Kregel Publications US
Publisher: Kregel Publications US
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 191mm
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 1111g
Pages: 544

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