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Spirit Ethics
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491_9780800632328
How can Christians responsibly derive moral guidance from the Bible on pressing issues of personal and social morality today? Jersilds book sets the context for a study of Scripture and the moral life in a postmodern, pluralist society with its impact on biblical studies. The ethical contents and authority of Scripture are addressed, and a Spirit ethics is proposed as a way of developing a biblically based Christian ethics. Christians cannot simply adopt a once-and-for-all set of rules nor simply cite Bible verses against the latest sins. Absolutely essential, says Jersild, is the ongoing engagement of the church with the moral environment of society and the issues that this raises for the church. Jersild applies his model fruitfully and persuasively to three pressing and perplexing issues: assisted suicide, homosexuality, and genetic programs.
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