The promise of Lutheran ethics / Karen L. Bloomquist and John R. Stumme, editors. - vii, 247 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-240) and index.

1. Introduction -- A tradition of Christian ethics / John R. Stumme -- In today's context / Karen Bloomquist -- 2. Lutheran ethics: Perennial themes and contemporary challenges / Robert Benne -- 3. The twofold center of Lutheran ethics: Christian freedom and God's commandments / Reinhartd Hütter -- 4. Practicing Christians: prayer as formation / Martha Ellen Stortz -- 5. African American Lutheran ethical action: the will to build / Richard J. Perry Jr. -- 6. Ethics and the promise of God: moral authority and the church's witness / James M. Childs Jr. -- 7. Pauline ethics: congregations as communities of moral deliberation / David Fredrickson -- 8. The Reform dynamic: addressing new issues in uncertain times / Larry Rasmussen, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda -- 9. A table talk on Lutheran ethics.

0800631323 (alk. paper)

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Christian ethics--Lutheran authors.

BJ1251 / .P76 1998