An introduction to Christian ethics : history, movements, people / Harry J. Huebner.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : What is Christian ethics? -- Part I. Renarrating Christian Thought and Practice : -- 1. Greek ethics -- 2. Biblical ethics -- 3. Early church ethics -- 4. Medieval church ethics I -- 5. Medieval church ethics II -- 6. Renaissance and Reformation ethics -- 7. Enlightenment ethics -- 8. Post-Enlightenment ethics -- Part II. A Disciplined Interlude : -- 9. Philosophy and ethics -- 10. Sociology and ethics -- 11. Psychology and ethics -- 12. Theology and ethics -- Part III. Selected Twentieth-Century Christian Ethicists : -- Section A. Early responses to the nineteenth century : -- 13. Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923) -- 14. Karl Barth (1886-1968) -- 15. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) -- 16. Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) -- 17. Dorothee Sölle (1929-2003) -- Section B. Formative, contemporary, Christian ethicists : -- 18. Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) -- 19. James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1943) -- 20. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) -- 21. Helmut Richard Niebuhr (1894-1962) -- 22. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) -- 23. James Moody Gustafson (1925- ) -- Part IV. Critical Responses to Twentieth-Century Christian Ethics : -- Section A. Christian social philosophers : -- 24. George Parkin Grant (1918-1988) -- 25. Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (1929- ) -- Section B. Liberation Theologians : -- 26. Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928- ) -- 27. James Hal Cone (1938- ) -- 28. George E. "Tink" Tinker -- Section C. Feminist theologians : -- 29. Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936- ) -- 30. Sharon D. Welch -- 31. Mercy Amba Oduyoye (1933- ) -- Section D. Peace theologians : -- 32. John Howard Yoder (1927-1997) -- 33. James William McClendon Jr. (1924-2000) -- 34. Stanley Hauerwas (1940- ) -- Conclusion : On putting Christian ethics in its place

Christian ethics is theology embodied in the lives of real people. Matters of justice, poverty, power, and violence often lack the appropriate Christian practice of the "Word becoming Flesh." In this comprehensive volume, Harry Huebner skillfully addresses the ethical challenges raised by social philosophers as well as Latin American, African American, Aboriginal, feminist, and peace theologians. An Introduction to Christian Ethics spans the centuries--from Athens to contemporary America and beyond--and collects some of the most influential voices in Christian ethics on both classical theories and contemporary moral issues. Huebner's careful presentation allows each of these voices--and their distinctive cultural settings--to ring through history and across social boundaries. Huebner provides teachers and students with a solid foundation upon which to build a faithful approach to ethical thought and practice.