The Reverend Victor Lee Austin, Ph.D., is Theologian-in-residence at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City. He is the author of scholarly articles in political theology, ecclesiology, and social ethics, as well as a book of theological meditations on everyday life, A Priest's Journal.

• 1. What is Christian Ethics?; The overall picture: Christian ethics and the contemporary world Key ideas; Vital moments of history and the development of Christian ideas; Attitudes to Scripture and divine commands; Key perplexities (questions: headings of chaps. 2, 3-4, 5, 6-8, 9); Summary; 2. Why are Christian ethics different?; Reasoning about Christian ethics - the sources: Scripture, Tradition, Natural Law, and Experience.; Scripture: some initial comments; Tradition: an introduction; Natural law: an introduction; Conscience and the formation of Christian character; Brief comparison to some other ethical theories: duties, consequences and virtues; existentialism; neo-Darwinianism; relativism.; Comparison to the Western secular capitalist/utilitarian perspective; Summary; 3. Why do Christians differ amongst themselves over ethics? Part 1 - Sources and History; Differences over Scripture, Tradition and Natural Law; Scripture: further comments on key problems; Fundamentalists, conservatives and liberals - and various shades between. Tradition: more history - Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants; Catholic and Protestant differences: Tradition and Natural Law - a further exploration; Summary; Part 2-Contemporary issues; Evangelicalism; Liberation theology; Feminism; Contemporary natural law theories; Christian virtue ethics; Summary; 5. What about similarities? Can Christian ethics be part of a global ethic?; MacIntyre, Hauerwas and the critique of the Enlightenment; Hans Kung and a global ethic; Q&A.

With glad and generous confidence in the distinction of Christian ethics, Austin guides his readers into this subject. The simplicity and clarity of his style hold many points for deeper thoughtful reflection, and one senses too, for the reader to be moved towards a fuller humanity through what is absorbed here.

The Reverend Victor Lee Austin, Ph.D., is Theologian-in-residence at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City. He is the author of scholarly articles in political theology, ecclesiology, and social ethics, as well as a book of theological meditations on everyday life, A Priest's Journal.

• 1. What is Christian Ethics?; The overall picture: Christian ethics and the contemporary world Key ideas; Vital moments of history and the development of Christian ideas; Attitudes to Scripture and divine commands; Key perplexities (questions: headings of chaps. 2, 3-4, 5, 6-8, 9); Summary; 2. Why are Christian ethics different?; Reasoning about Christian ethics - the sources: Scripture, Tradition, Natural Law, and Experience.; Scripture: some initial comments; Tradition: an introduction; Natural law: an introduction; Conscience and the formation of Christian character; Brief comparison to some other ethical theories: duties, consequences and virtues; existentialism; neo-Darwinianism; relativism.; Comparison to the Western secular capitalist/utilitarian perspective; Summary; 3. Why do Christians differ amongst themselves over ethics? Part 1 - Sources and History; Differences over Scripture, Tradition and Natural Law; Scripture: further comments on key problems; Fundamentalists, conservatives and liberals - and various shades between. Tradition: more history - Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants; Catholic and Protestant differences: Tradition and Natural Law - a further exploration; Summary; Part 2-Contemporary issues; Evangelicalism; Liberation theology; Feminism; Contemporary natural law theories; Christian virtue ethics; Summary; 5. What about similarities? Can Christian ethics be part of a global ethic?; MacIntyre, Hauerwas and the critique of the Enlightenment; Hans Kung and a global ethic; Q&A.

With glad and generous confidence in the distinction of Christian ethics, Austin guides his readers into this subject. The simplicity and clarity of his style hold many points for deeper thoughtful reflection, and one senses too, for the reader to be moved towards a fuller humanity through what is absorbed here.

The Reverend Victor Lee Austin, Ph.D., is Theologian-in-residence at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City. He is the author of scholarly articles in political theology, ecclesiology, and social ethics, as well as a book of theological meditations on everyday life, A Priest's Journal.

• 1. What is Christian Ethics?; The overall picture: Christian ethics and the contemporary world Key ideas; Vital moments of history and the development of Christian ideas; Attitudes to Scripture and divine commands; Key perplexities (questions: headings of chaps. 2, 3-4, 5, 6-8, 9); Summary; 2. Why are Christian ethics different?; Reasoning about Christian ethics - the sources: Scripture, Tradition, Natural Law, and Experience.; Scripture: some initial comments; Tradition: an introduction; Natural law: an introduction; Conscience and the formation of Christian character; Brief comparison to some other ethical theories: duties, consequences and virtues; existentialism; neo-Darwinianism; relativism.; Comparison to the Western secular capitalist/utilitarian perspective; Summary; 3. Why do Christians differ amongst themselves over ethics? Part 1 - Sources and History; Differences over Scripture, Tradition and Natural Law; Scripture: further comments on key problems; Fundamentalists, conservatives and liberals - and various shades between. Tradition: more history - Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants; Catholic and Protestant differences: Tradition and Natural Law - a further exploration; Summary; Part 2-Contemporary issues; Evangelicalism; Liberation theology; Feminism; Contemporary natural law theories; Christian virtue ethics; Summary; 5. What about similarities? Can Christian ethics be part of a global ethic?; MacIntyre, Hauerwas and the critique of the Enlightenment; Hans Kung and a global ethic; Q&A.

With glad and generous confidence in the distinction of Christian ethics, Austin guides his readers into this subject. The simplicity and clarity of his style hold many points for deeper thoughtful reflection, and one senses too, for the reader to be moved towards a fuller humanity through what is absorbed here.