Post by Michael on Oct 22, 2007 4:13:59 GMT -5
Can The Bible Serve As The Ultimate Authority For Christian Ethics? ... Agnes
There are many ways to present Christian Ethics: Feminist theology, Postmodern Theology and Liberal Theology are some ways to approach them. The different theologies service the different issues in Christian ethics. Biblical ethics and Biblical interpretation concerning Christian ethics are one kind of methodology for approaching them. In general, we see the Bible as a guide book for a Christian concerning how they may live according to God’s law. Often questions arise which may appear to negate the validity of this belief such as
“Does the Bible give us guidelines about genetically altered food?” “Do we stone the adulterer and adulteress to death according to the Bible?” .“The Bible makes no clear statement on birth control ?” When hermeneutics and biblical interpretation and careful exegesis are overturned by source and form criticism and at the same time, we face post- modern, destructive philosophy in the contextual approach of ethics. “Can the Bible serve as the ultimate authority for Christian Ethics?”
This essay is attempting to discover how synonymous Biblical ethics are with Christian Ethics. We use a case study of “the homosexual issue” to examine the methods of Christian Ethics and Biblical ethics in dealing with this issue. This essay, finally leads us to a conclusion about the strength or weakness of the view that the Bible carries an eternal weight of authority in Christian ethics. It is suggested in the Christian Ethics hand out that there are four sources namely: Scripture, Tradition, Reason and Experience. So the essay will be based on that structure. We will look at Experience first, then Reason, Tradition and Scripture in this order.
I. Experience:
Homosexuality is of course not a new issue in the human history; we could look back on the Biblical period in Canaan and the Roman Empire. Homosexuality is practised by the minority in the society. Human history shows us that human society is ...
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There are many ways to present Christian Ethics: Feminist theology, Postmodern Theology and Liberal Theology are some ways to approach them. The different theologies service the different issues in Christian ethics. Biblical ethics and Biblical interpretation concerning Christian ethics are one kind of methodology for approaching them. In general, we see the Bible as a guide book for a Christian concerning how they may live according to God’s law. Often questions arise which may appear to negate the validity of this belief such as
“Does the Bible give us guidelines about genetically altered food?” “Do we stone the adulterer and adulteress to death according to the Bible?” .“The Bible makes no clear statement on birth control ?” When hermeneutics and biblical interpretation and careful exegesis are overturned by source and form criticism and at the same time, we face post- modern, destructive philosophy in the contextual approach of ethics. “Can the Bible serve as the ultimate authority for Christian Ethics?”
This essay is attempting to discover how synonymous Biblical ethics are with Christian Ethics. We use a case study of “the homosexual issue” to examine the methods of Christian Ethics and Biblical ethics in dealing with this issue. This essay, finally leads us to a conclusion about the strength or weakness of the view that the Bible carries an eternal weight of authority in Christian ethics. It is suggested in the Christian Ethics hand out that there are four sources namely: Scripture, Tradition, Reason and Experience. So the essay will be based on that structure. We will look at Experience first, then Reason, Tradition and Scripture in this order.
I. Experience:
Homosexuality is of course not a new issue in the human history; we could look back on the Biblical period in Canaan and the Roman Empire. Homosexuality is practised by the minority in the society. Human history shows us that human society is ...
For rest of article go to....
oawitness.angelfire.com/BibleEthics.pdf