The Ethics of Grace: Engaging Gerald McKenny

by Paul Martens (Editor), Michael Mawson (Editor)

Overview

This volume draws together leading theologians and Christian ethicists from across the globe to critically engage with and reflect upon Gerald McKenny, widely acknowledged as one of the most original and important Christian ethicists working today. The essays highlight the significance of McKenny's interventions with a range of important debates in contemporary theological ethics, ranging from analyses of the Protestant conception of grace to bioethics and medicine.

Reaching far beyond the work of Gerald McKenny, this multifaceted volume is a high-level resource for students and scholars of theological and philosophical ethics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567694706
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/22/2022
Series:	T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	351 KB

About the Author

Paul Martens is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Baylor University, USA.

Michael Mawson is Senior Lecturer in Theology at Charles Sturt University, Australia.
Paul Martens is Associate Professor of Theology and Christian Ethics at Baylor University, USA.

Michael Mawson is the Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau. He is also a Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa, and faculty member of the Charles Sturt University School of Theology, Australia.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Paul Martens (Baylor University, USA) and Michael Mawson (Charles Sturt University, Australia)

1. The Dialectic of Grace, Gilbert Meilaender (Valparaiso University, USA)

2. To Live by Grace: The Role of a Distinctive Reformation Psychology in Barth's Ethics, Angela Carpenter (Hope College, UK)

3. Between Ethical Singularity and Social Solidarity, Jeffrey Morgan (Saint Joseph's College of Maine, USA)

4. Supererogation for Protestants?, Eric Gregory (Princeton University, USA)

5. Vocation in a Moral Vacuum: Protestantism in a Divided Society, Robin Lovin (Southern Methodist University, USA)

6. Body Matters: Some Brief Remarks in Praise of Jerry McKenny, Stanley Hauerwas (Duke University, USA)

7. “The Word Became Flesh”: What are the Implications of an Augustinian Incarnational Economy for Biotechnology?, Travis Kroeker (McMaster University, Canada)

8. The Normative Status of Human Nature: Barthian and Thomistic Convergences, Stephen Pope (Boston College, USA)

9. Nature and Grace: A Contribution to a Long Conversation, Jean Porter (University of Notre Dame, USA)

10. Encountering Grace after the Fall: The Normativity of Nature in Protestant Ethics, Michael Mawson (Charles Sturt University, Australia)

11. The Fulfilment of Creaturely Nature, Jennifer Herdt (Yale Divinity School, USA)

12. Enhancement, Quantification, and the Image of God: A Theological Analysis of the Biostatistical Vision of Human Nature, Paul Scherz (The Catholic University of America, USA)

13. The Normative Status of Human Biological Nature and Ecology, Paul Martens (Baylor University, USA)

List of Gerald McKenny's Publications
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

Editorial Reviews

This is a thrilling book to read. Working at the creative boundary between ethics and grace, its comprehensive coherence, lively discussion, and probing analysis offers more than standard edited volumes. Its critical and respectful dialogue with McKenny is a fitting tribute to a scholar whose influence is broad and deep.” —Celia Deane-Drummond, University of Oxford, UK

“Gerald McKenny has, without doubt, been amongst the finest Protestant ethicists of recent times in the English-speaking world. This is an outstanding collection of engagements with his work, which beautifully mirror the scholarly breadth, analytical rigour, and above all the deep intellectual generosity that have marked his own writing.” —Robert Song, Durham University, UK

“Theological ethicists owe a tremendous debt to Gerald McKenney; the following work is a modest response to that debt. As the introduction notes, he has been a “patient and gracious” reader of others' while at the same time presenting an ethics of grace attentive to nature. I'm tempted to say that he offers the best version of a Reformed ethic available today, but the ecumenical and theological diversity of the authors and chapters demonstrate that such a sentiment is far too limiting. Mawson and Martens are to be commended for bringing attention and honor to the importance of McKenney's work.” —D. Stephen Long, Southern Methodist University, USA

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