How should the Bible be used in Christian ethics? Although this question has been addressed many times, little attention has gone to how the Bible actually has functioned in constructing theological ethics. In this book, Siker describes and analyzes the Bible's various uses in the theology and ethics of eight of the twentieth century's most important and influential Christian theologians: Reinhold Niebuhr, H. Richard Niebuhr, Bernhard Haring, Paul Ramsey, Stanley Hauerwas, Gustavo Gutierrez, James Cone, and Rosemary Radford Ruether. Of each author Siker asks five related questions: which biblical texts does the author in fact use; in what ways are the texts used; how does the author envision the authority of the Bible; what kind of hermeneutic does the author employ; and what has each author's approach to the Bible yielded in terms of Christian ethics? Siker ends each chapter with a critical evaluation of the various problems and prospects for the author's use of Scripture, and concludes the study with a comparison and contrast of the authors' respective appropriations of the Sermon on the Mount.

About the Author
Jeffrey S. Siker is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, USA.

Reviews
It is a book well worth reading ...one cannot cover all aspects in a single book. Siker has made an important contribution. * Goran Bexell, Studies in Christian Ethics *
A first-rate contribution that will be very illuminating for all interested in the discipline of moral theology or Christian ethics. * Charles E. Curran, Southern Methodist University *
The book makes a significant and helpful contribution to the understanding of the methodology of the use of the Bible for ethics. It presents a fine spectrum of issues that are currently being confronted.
a clearly written and well structured study ... It raises important issues. * The Expository Times *



Book Information
ISBN 9780195110999
Author Jeffrey S. Siker
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 416g
Dimensions(mm) 233mm * 156mm * 20mm