Christian Social Teachings: A Reader in Christian Social Ethics from the Bible to the Present

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532 abortion, 18, 228, 305, 307, 309, 390, 397, 447, 450, 458–60, 463–66, 470–71, 481 Aristotle, 76, 204, 507, 510–11 artificial inovulation, 444–47 artificial insemination by donor (AID), 444–45, 461, 465 atonement, 5, 251, 262 Barmen Declaration of 1934, 272, 274, 276 Basil of Caesarea, 96–98 Beatitudes, 8, 231 Book of the Covenant, 3 capital punishment, 92, 309 capitalism, 119, 417–18 capitalist, 318, 320, 322 cloning, 443, 466–67, 472, 481 common good, 46, 48, 76–78, 82–83, 88, 92–94, 221–23, 225, 230–31, 311–13, 484, 506–8 Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 371 Declaration of Sexual Ethics 1975, 377–80 Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons, 377–78 Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation 1986, 377–78 Council of Trent, 140, 224 covenant, 2–3, 205, 334, 518 of marriage, 386–87 Cromwell, Oliver, 148, 496–97 Descartes, René, 294, 417–18 embryonic stem cell research, 459, 470–73 eschatological theology, 509 eschatology, 249 euthanasia, 228, 453–57, 481 genetic surgery, 443, 448–51 HIV/AIDS, 396–400 homosexuality, 306, 315, 378–80, 387– 92, 397, 399 humility, 60–64, 74–75, 177, 179, 342, 375, 435, 438–39, 515 image of God, 2, 96, 120, 127, 261, 303, 433, 513 in vitro fertilization, 397, 407, 459–66, 471 Jubilee Year, 4 Kant, Immanuel, 213, 295, 311, 417–18, 457 killing, 92 of embryos, 473 mercy killing, 455. See also euthanasia in war, 476–79 Index Index # 533 Kingdom of God, 7–8, 109–10, 126, 213–14, 242–51, 266–71, 276–80, 313 liberalism political, 218, 281, 304–5, 498–504 theological, 252, 257–58, 272 love of God, 14, 48–52, 61–62, 74, 171, 285, 466 Marxism, 281, 304, 364 mercy, 2–5, 8, 11, 64, 114, 171, 188–89, 219, 370, 375, 431, 436 mercy death, 457. See also euthanasia Montanism, 26 Naziism, 260, 268, 272, 285, 477, 479 neo-orthodoxy, 272 Paine, Thomas, 166 Pelagians, 46 Pope Leo XIII, 76, 225 Pope Pius XII, 227, 457 prayer, 43, 59–60, 63, 71, 117–18, 245, 332, 368–69, 516–17 resurrection, 7, 20, 105, 107, 152, 203, 204, 251, 334–36, 426, 434, 512 riches, 36–37, 123, 218, 221–22 right to die, 453–54 sacrifice, 17, 26, 186–87, 311–12, 341, 423, 429–30 self-sacrifice, 432–34 Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention , 302 Sermon on the Mount, 8, 108, 247, 258, 313, 516 sin, original, 26, 47, 262, 374. See also total depravity slavery, 159, 161, 207–11, 229–30, 248, 250, 318, 331–32 socialism, 203, 243–44, 304–6, 496, 513 national, 272 religious, 266, 272 Ten Commandments, 3, 121 total depravity, 119, 261, 263 Zwingli, Ulrich, 129, 213, 272 the flow and diversity of Christian social ethics throughout history This classic collection of Christian statements on social ethics, now fully revised and updated, provides a panoramic view of the two-thousand-year development of Christian concerns for political justice, war and peace, church and state, science, sexuality, environmentalism, social and economic liberation, and other “worldly” issues. In readings drawn from the Bible to church fathers to Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King Jr. to leading contemporary voices, these substantial excerpts enable students to see the flow of Christian thought and appreciate the deeper religious context for addressing today’s most pressing problems. Praise for Christian Social Teachings “George W. Forell’s classic book has come to life once again thanks to the outstanding revision and updating by James M. Childs. This book, with its impressive breadth, depth, and ecumenical sensitivity, provides a unique source for giving students access to the most significant texts in Christian social ethics from the Bible to the present day.” Charles Curran | Perkins School of Theology Features inside • More than 100 classic and contemporary readings • Historically arranged; includes a detailed chart for a thematic approach • Context-developing chapter openers and notes for each reading • Updated bibliography, suggested reading lists, and index Ethics/Christian Ethics Forell| Childs C h r i s t i a n Social Teachings s e c o n d e d i t i o n George W. Forell was professor emeritus of Protestant theology at the University of Iowa and author of...