Introducing Christian Ethics

Part I: The Story of Christian Ethics.

1. The Story of God.

a. The People of God.

b. God in Person.

c. Following Jesus.

2. The Story of the Church.

a. Minority Status.

b. Christendom.

c. The Church in Western Modernity.

3. The Story of Ethics.

a. Philosophical Ethics.

b. Religious Ethics.

c. Professional Ethics.

4. The Story of Christian Ethics.

a. Foundations.

b. Revisions.

c. Legacies of Division

Part II: The Questions Christian Ethics Asks.

5. Universal Ethics.

a. Right Actions.

b. Right Outcomes.

c. Right Relationships.

6. Subversive Ethics.

a. Class.

b. Race.

c. Gender.

d. Age and Disability.

7. Ecclesial Ethics.

a. Persuasive Narratives.

b. A New Aristotelianism.

c. The Christological Turn.

Part III: The Questions Asked of Christian Ethics.

8. Good Order.

a. The State.

b. Justice and Punishment.

c. War.

9. Good Life.

a. Economics, Wealth, and Poverty.

b. Work, Business, and Management.

c. Media.

10. Good Relationships.

a. Friendship.

b. The Family, Marriage, and Sex.

c. Homosexuality

11. Good Beginnings and Endings.

a. Contraception, Assisted Conception, and Genetic Engineering.

b. Abortion.

c. Euthanasia and Suicide

12. Good Earth.

a. Animals.

b. Crops.

c. Ecology.