Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: A primer on doing ethics -- Part 1. What makes ethics Christian? Biblical authority / Walter Brueggemann -- The Bible in transit / Phyllis Trible -- A death to celebrate? : the just-war tradition and the killing of Osama Bin Laden / Ronald Osborn -- How I learned to stop worrying and love the brain / David A. Hogue -- "Wading through many sorrows" : toward a theology of suffering in Womanist perspective / M. Shawn Copeland -- The eclipse of love for God /

"This popular anthology for the study of Christian ethics, now in its eighth edition, has been a mainstay of undergraduate courses for nearly thirty years. Shannon and Patricia Jung provide an introduction to contemporary moral issues from decidedly, yet diverse, Christian moral perspectives. The anthology intentionally seeks a range of voices to produce a kind of 'point/counterpoint' discussion of an ethical issue. Issues include: the distinctiveness of Christian ethics, sexuality, reproductive rights, prejudice, immigration, the environment, economics, biomedical ethics, death and dying, terrorism, war, and globalization." -- Publisher description