1: Ethics as Theology
Aristotle and the Early Church. Aristotle views of humans as political beings has resonances with Christianity and dissonances.
The Sources of a Reasonable and Useful Church. A recap of the history of the church and state, particularly as it relates to Christian ethics. In our age, 2 strategies for making Christianity relevant.
- Make the case that Christianity is reasonable. The is a retrospective argument. It leads to an ethics for anyone.
- Claim that Christianity is useful. This is a forward looking argument. It leads to and ethics for everyone.
Now there are ethics for the excluded and other branches.
Recovering the Resource of the Church History for Ethics. In this book, pieces of all of the 6 brand eras of the church are used. But,It has most in common with the early church. The book toys to understand ethics specifically for Christians and not for everyone.