Ethics

Scripture presents a unified story of God’s redemptive history and vision for the Christian life. As such, the biblical canon serves as the foundat...

Karl Marx is the most influential political philosopher of the past 150 years. Understanding him is essential to understanding post-WWII Europe, Am...

Georgia Harkness (1891-1974) was a Methodist theologian and the first American woman to teach theology at the seminary level. A leader in the ecume...

This volume in the Library of Early Christianity series presents primary documents that reveal insights about the ethics and morality of Greco-Roma...

Is There Life After Death? Death is terrifying. We try to live as long as possible while hoping that science will soon find a way to allow us to li...

Having survived an unpromising start as a displaced person, Daniel graduates at the top of his class. He excels as a civil servant, survives the pa...

The authors move past the Enlightenment foundational approach to offer a revolutionary methodology for doing theology in a postmodern age. Their me...

What is the true source of wisdom? Today's world has more and more information readily available, but less and less wisdom. Many people seek to acq...

A study of two of the most significant prophetic leaders in the twentieth century, J. Deotis Roberts's Bonhoeffer and King is an instructive work i...

Where Goodness Still Grows challenges evangelical culture and rediscovers a faith deeply rooted in a return to Jesus Christ’s life and ministry. Th...

Declining church attendance. A growing feeling of betrayal. For Christians who have begun to feel set adrift and disillusioned by their churches, W...

This volume offers a compelling introduction to the life, times, and theological thought of H. Richard and Reinhold Niebuhr--the two most important...

What is behind life itself – God, evolution or something else? Are we alone in this universe? How can we find out if such a thing is possible? How ...

From Philosophy to Technology, Tracing the Origin of Identity Politics How did the world arrive at its current, disorienting state of identity pol...

Drawing on information from demographers, economists, ecologists, and sociologists, Bratton argues that individuals should use Christian values whe...

Igniting a firestorm of controversy upon its publication in 1966, Joseph Fletcher's Situation Ethics was hailed by many as a much-needed reformatio...

Ethics is freedom in Christ to pursue the good, true, and beautiful. Pastors regularly face concrete ethical questions. And they, too, pursue a ...

In this book, theologian Letty Russell redefines the commonly held notion of hospitality as she challenges her readers to consider what it means to...

Christianity's demographics, vitality, and influence have tipped markedly toward the global South and East. Addressing this seismic shift, one of t...

Invitation to Christian Ethics is an indispensable guide for helping pastors, counselors, and everyday Christians navigate today's difficult moral ...

What does it mean to know something? Can we have confidence in our knowledge?Epistemology, the study of knowledge, can often seem like a daunting s...

It’s common to hear people speak of health, wealth, and prosperity as signs of God’s blessing. But Jesus said that those who are poor, persecuted, ...

This newly revised and enlarged edition of John Witte's authoritative historical study explores the interplay of law, theology, and marriage in the...

Racism. Immigration. Gun violence. Sexuality. Health care.The number of ethical issues that demand a response from Christians today is almost dizzy...

This book, originally published in 1927, has proven to be one of the most important and influential books in the field of ethics in the twentieth c...

You can only find out the rights and wrongs by Reasoning - never by being rude about your opponent's psychology.' For C. S. Lewis, reason and logic...

In recent years, Jan Linn says, religious and political dialogue in the United States has been hijacked by the so-called religious right, a coaliti...

Religious philosopher Panikkar sees wisdom as our universe, our world, our Mother Earth, and as a source of happiness and joy--a dwelling place whe...

At some point, every Christian wonders, What is God’s will for me in this situation? There are many situations for which Scripture doesn't provide ...

In this brief and highly accessible book for general readers, distinguished physicist-turned-theologian John Polkinghorne presents a reasoned accou...

This anthology by Christian ethicists and ecclesial groups is concerned with the justice of war in the twentieth century. Included are writings fro...

We're constantly invited to think about the future of technology as a progressive improvement of tools: our gadgets will continue to evolve, but we...

The SCM Core Text Theological Ethics is intended for those studying Christian ethics at upper undergraduate level. The book offers a discussion of ...

Our culture is locked in a battle between two opposing worldviews on abortion. How should Christians advise those who are considering, or being pre...

John Courtney Murray is renowned for his contributions to American ethical debates and well known for his defense of civil religious freedom. He st...

This work, carried out prior to the creation of The Republic of South Sudan, focuses on the Christian perspective of reconciliation and peace in So...