Biblical Ethics in the 21st Century: Developments, Emerging Consensus, and Future Directions

Chan SJ, Lúcás

ISBN 10: 0809148374 / ISBN 13: 9780809148370

Published by Paulist Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biblical Ethics in the 21st Century: Developments, Emerging Consensus, and Future Directions
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809148374
• ISBN 13: 9780809148370
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Since the revised edition of William C. Spohn’s What Are They Saying About Scripture and Ethics? was last published in 1995, there have been significant developments in the field of ethics. This book provides an up-to-date review and critique of those recent developments. Lúcás Chan reviews and critiques the major attempts at biblical ethics over the past twenty years by both biblical theologians and theological ethicists, focusing on New Testament ethics as an illustration. His is the first attempt in twenty years by a Catholic theologian. Chan advocates that a true biblical ethics needs to have the exegetical work of biblical theologians and the interpretive work of theological ethicists. He argues that a hermeneutics of virtue ethics is a very worthy method for bringing our findings to ethical expression. †

About the Author

Lúcás Chan, SJ, who holds a PhD in theological ethics from Boston College, has taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. He has served as a member of the planning committee for the two international Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC) conferences held in Padua and Trent, Italy, in 2006 and 2010 respectively. He is currently the chair of CTEWC s Asian Regional Committee and a member of the editorial board of Asian Horizons, a Catholic theology journal in India.