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If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Blackwell companion to Christian ethics / edited by Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells. -- 2nd ed. p. cm. -- (Blackwell companions to religion) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4443-3134-9 (hardback) 1. Christian ethics. 2. Public worship--Moral and ethical aspects. I. Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940- II. Wells, Samuel, 1965- BJ1251.B54 2011 241--dc22 2010051051 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This book is published in the following electronic formats: ePDFs 9781444396669; Wiley Online Library 9781444396683; ePub 9781444396676 Set in 10 on 12.5 pt Photina by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited 1 2011 For Ella Baker, pioneer William Stringfellow, prophet Gene Stoltzfus, peacemaker Pauli Murray, priest Contents Notes on Contributors xi Preface xiv PART I Studying Ethics Through Worship 1 1 Christian Ethics as Informed Prayer 3 Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 2 The Gift of the Church and the Gifts God Gives It 13 Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 3 Why Christian Ethics Was Invented 28 Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 4 How the Church Managed Before There Was Ethics 39 Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells PART II Meeting God and One Another 53 5 Gathering: Worship, Imagination, and Formation 55 Philip Kenneson 6 Greeting: Beyond Racial Reconciliation 70 Emmanuel Katongole 7 Naming the Risen Lord: Embodied Discipleship and Masculinity 84 Amy Laura Hall 8 Being Reconciled: Penitence, Punishment, and Worship 97 John Berkman viii CONTENTS 9 Praising in Song: Beauty and the Arts 112 Kevin J. Vanhoozer 10 Collecting Praise: Global Culture Industries 124 Michael L. Budde 11 Praise: The Prophetic Public Presence of the Mentally Disabled 139 Brian Brock PART III Re-Encountering the Story 153 12 Reading the Scriptures: Rehearsing Identity, Practicing Character 155 Jim Fodor 13 Listening: Authority and Obedience 170 Scott Bader-Saye 14 Proclaiming: Naming and Describing 184 Charles Pinches 15 Deliberating: Justice and Liberation 197 Daniel M. Bell 16 Discerning: Politics and Reconciliation 211 William T. Cavanaugh 17 Confessing the Faith: Reasoning in Tradition 224 Nicholas Adams PART IV Being Embodied 237 18 Interceding: Poverty and Prayer 239 Kelly S. Johnson 19 Interceding: Giving Grief to Management 251 Michael Hanby 20 Interceding: Standing, Kneeling, and Gender 264 Lauren F. Winner 21 Being Baptized: Race 277 Willie Jennings 22 Being Baptized: Bodies and Abortion 290 Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt CONTENTS ix 23 Becoming One Body: Health Care and Cloning 303 M. Therese Lysaught 24 Becoming One Flesh: Marriage, Remarriage, and Sex 316 David Matzko McCarthy 25 Sharing Peace: Class, Hierarchy, and Christian Social Order 329 Luke Bretherton 26 Sharing Peace: Discipline and Trust 344 Paul J. Wadell PART V Re-Enacting the Story 357 27 Offering: Treasuring the Creation 359 Ben Quash 28 Participating: Working Toward Worship 374 R. R. Reno 29 Remembering: Offering Our Gifts 387 D. Stephen Long and Tripp York 30 Invoking: Globalization and Power 401 Timothy Jarvis Gorringe 31 Breaking Bread: Peace and War 415 Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 32 Receiving Communion: Euthanasia, Suicide, and Letting Die 427 Kathryn Greene-McCreight 33 Sharing Communion: Hunger, Food, and Genetically Modifi ed Foods 440 Robert Song 34 Eating Together: Friendship and Homosexuality 453 Joel James Shuman 35 Being Silent: Time in the Spirit 466 Michael S. Northcott 36 Footwashing: Preparation for Christian Life 479 Mark Thiessen Nation PART VI Being Commissioned 491 37 Being Blessed: Wealth, Property, and Theft 493 Stephen Fowl x CONTENTS 38 Bearing Fruit: Conception, Children, and the Family 506 Joseph L. Mangina 39 Being Sent: Witness 519 Michael G. Cartwright Afterword 533 40 The Virtue of the Liturgy 535 Jennifer Herdt 41 Afterword 547 Rowan Williams Index 551 Notes on Contributors Nicholas Adams is Lecturer in Theology at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott Bader - Saye is Helen and Everett H. Jones Professor of Christian Ethics and Moral Theology, Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas. Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt is Associate Professor of Theology, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland. Daniel M. Bell is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina. John Berkman is Associate Professor of Moral Theology and the Director of the Lupina Centre for Spirituality, Healthcare, and Ethics, Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Luke Bretherton is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Politics, King ’ s College London, England. Brian Brock is Lecturer in Moral and Practical Theology, King ’ s College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. Michael L. Budde is Professor of Catholic Studies and Political Science and Senior Research Scholar, Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. Michael G. Cartwright is Dean of Ecumenical and Interfaith Programs and Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana.