Making Moral Decisions: A Christian Approach to Personal and Social Ethics

by Paul Jersild

Overview

The question "What am I to do?" needs the balance and completion of "What are we to do?" With clarity and insight Jersild addresses the particular need of our time: a great awareness of our interdependence as a world community.

The relationship between private and public morality is clarified by exploring such questions as: "What prompts Christians to disagree on moral issues?" "Is there a Christian morality?" and "How are convictions related to decisions?"Using critical incidents or cases to illustrate ethical points, Jersild examines such contemporary issues as euthanasia, employment and one's sense of vocation, homosexuality, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800624712
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	03/01/1991
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Paul Jersild is Professor Emeritus of Theology and Ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina, and former Visiting Research Professor at the University of S. C. Bioethics Center.

Table of Contents

1. Being a Christian in Today's World

2. The Bible as Authority for Moral Life

3. From Convictions to Decisions

4. Facing Some Moral Dilemmas

5. The Church in Society

6. Christians on the Left and Right

Notes

Index

Editorial Reviews

Written for the layperson, this book explores contemporary ethical issues with particular attention to Christian controversy and the relationship between belief and action and between public and private morality. Jersild outlines diverse views of the use of scripture for moral teaching and shows, through case examples, alternative actions expressing conservative and radical Christian positions. Highly recommended for public and seminary libraries.

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