TY - BOOK AU - Bloomquist,Karen L. AU - Stumme,John R. TI - The promise of Lutheran ethics SN - 0800631323 (alk. paper) AV - BJ1251 .P76 1998 PY - 1998///] CY - Minneapolis, MN PB - Fortress Press KW - Christian ethics KW - Lutheran authors N1 - 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 ER -