Among the topics treated are:
Christian ethics as community ethics
Charting the moral life
Elements of character formation
Character and social structure
Decision making
The nature and role of biblical authority
Uses of Scripture in Christian ethics
Bruce C. Birch is dean and professor of biblical theology at Wesley Theological Seminary.
Larry L. Rasmussen, a renowned Christian environmental ethicist, is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, emeritus, at Union Theological Seminary. He is the author of Earth Community, Earth Ethics; winner of the Grawemeyer Award; and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Christian Ethics. He has mentored a generation of scholars in eco-theology and green religion, rooted in practices of environmental justice within community contexts. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.