Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics

Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics

Joel B. Green

Language: English

Pages: 912

ISBN: 080103406X

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


This one-stop reference book on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics offers needed orientation and perspective for students, pastors, and scholars. Written to respond to the movement among biblical scholars and ethicists to recover the Bible for moral formation, it is the best reference work available on the intersection of these two fields. The volume shows how Christian Scripture and Christian ethics are necessarily intertwined and offers up-to-date treatment of five hundred biblical, traditional, and contemporary topics, ranging from adultery, bioethics, and Colossians to vegetarianism, work, and Zephaniah. The stellar ecumenical list of contributors consists of more than two hundred leading scholars from the fields of biblical studies and ethics, including Darrell Bock, David Gushee, Amy Laura Hall, Daniel Harrington, Dennis Olson, Christine Pohl, Glen Stassen, and Max Stackhouse.

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Nature and human nature and thus toward the kinds of technology and social relations that are thought to be legitimate. And the ethical principles guiding politics, law, technology, and human relations are influenced greatly by the dominant religious orientations that shape the whole society. That is why, for instance, different societies guided by different religions develop different kinds of business habits and institutions and why they adapt to global trends in divergent ways (see Harrison.

That may or may not accompany a priestly vocation. Catholic priests in Eastern churches can marry, and married (male) Protestant clergy who convert to Catholicism may be ordained as Catholic priests. If in such instances married priests can serve effectively, why require celibacy for priests originally ordained in Western churches? At its best, celibacy can direct sexual energy toward more inclusive interpersonal bonds, free the celibate for greater devotion to God in prayer and service, and.

Keep children in check when their parents are not present, warns children against hurting their siblings, themselves, or anyone else. In anticipating their absences, parents often “lay down the law” by warning and, if necessary, subsequently punishing their children so as to demonstrate that parents always govern their children’s activity. Because traces of the superego remain in adults as vestiges of external power and authority, many confuse the inhibiting force of the superego with the.

Cleared is a handwritten certificate of indebtedness or an account sheet (cheirographon). The concept of moral debt and credit is implied: just as debits and credits are recorded in an actual ledger and accrue incrementally, so individual moral transactions—actions and failures to act—contribute to character and moral standing in incremental fashion. Moreover, just as a debtor has a responsibility to repay the creditor and, if the debt is not paid, must answer to an auditor or judge, so those who.

As exemplified in 2€Cor. 9:7, “God loves a cheerful giver”). Moreover, it does not distinguish between 59 Amos the various forms of altruism. Altruism can be based on reason alone, on instinct, and on position or role expectation (e.g., a firefighter). Hence the Pauline words, “If I give everything I have to feed the poor .€.€. but have not love, I gain nothing” (1€Cor. 13:2–3). In other words, we can sacrifice ourselves for others, but in the absence of love, we have achieved little. From.

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