Theology
Creation and Christian Ethics Understanding God’s Designs for Humanity and the World Dennis P. Hollinger Creation is a foundational pillar of the biblical storyline, yet it plays little role in contemporary evangelical ethics. Seeking to correct this oversight, Dennis Hollinger employs the creation story and creation themes throughout Scripture as a foundation for Christian ethics. After demonstrating why creation is theologically significant and important for Christian ethics, Hollinger develops major creation paradigms that provide ethical guidance on a wide range of issues, including money, sex, power, racism, creation care, social institu- tions, and artificial intelligence, among many others. Creation and Christian Ethics shows throughout that the triune God creates from love, and in that creation are moral designs for humanity’s journey in God’s world. “Hollinger’s depth of study and insight will help Christians walk with conviction, wisdom, humility, and generosity.” —VINCENT BACOTE, Center for Applied Christian Ethics, Wheaton College “Hollinger’s fundamental instinct—which he consistently and ably applies throughout the book and across various subjects—is to make sure our ethics begin with the goodness of creation.” —KELLY M. KAPIC, Covenant College
NOVEMBER 2023 • 304 pp. • paper • $29.99 • 9781540967176
Dennis P. Hollinger (PhD, Drew University) is president emeritus and senior distinguished professor of Christian ethics at Gordon- Conwell Theological Seminary. He has been actively speaking, teaching, and writing on topics in ethics, including bioethics and human sexuality, for over forty years and is the author of several books, including Choosing the Good: Christian Ethics in a Complex World and The Meaning of Sex: Christian Ethics and the Moral Life .
CONTENTS
Introduction: Why Creation for Ethics?
1. In the Beginning God: A Loving, Designing, Self-Disclosing Maker 2. It’s a Good World After All: Money, Sex, and Power 3. Made in the Image of God: Human Dignity in All Humans and the Whole of Human Life 4. Creation Care: Stewarding God’s Good Creation 5. Created for Relationship (1): Sexuality, Marriage, Sex, and Family 6. Created for Relationship (2): Major Institutions of Society 7. Created to Work: Connecting Sunday to Monday 8. Sabbath: God Institutes a Rhythm of Life for Worship, Self-Care, and Justice 9. Limited and Dependent: The Ethics of Human Finitude 10. Embodied Souls or Ensouled Bodies: The Meaning and Implications of Being Whole Beings Conclusion: Living Out a Creation Ethic in a Pluralistic, Complex, Fallen World Indexes
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