Toward An Approach to Christian Ethics

by Dennis McCallum

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Introductory Note: The subject of Christian ethics is far too broad to cover in a single article. However, there is value in first outlining the best direction of approach to this question, and only then considering the particulars of the discussion. The following essay was written in response to the challenge by Dr. Douglas Chismar to set the author's approach to Christian ethics down in an essay of less than 20 pages.


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I.Sources for Morality

General Revelation

Special Revelation

II. Hermeneutics and Ethics

III. The Central Themes in Christian Ethics

IV. Prioritization in Ethics

V. Negative Vs. Positive Morality

End notes


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