Bibliography on Ethics and the Bible

Compiled by Charles Bellinger c.bellinger@tcu.edu

 

Bartholomew, Craig G. A Royal Priesthood? : The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically : A Dialogue with Oliver O'donovan. Carlisle, Cumbria Paternoster Press: Grand Rapids Mich., 2002.

Barton, John. Ethics and the Old Testament. Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 1998.

Birch, Bruce C. Let Justice Roll Down : The Old Testament, Ethics, and Christian Life. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991.

Blount, Brian K. Then the Whisper Put on Flesh : New Testament Ethics in an African American Context. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001.

Boulton, Wayne G., Thomas D. Kennedy, and Allen Verhey, eds. From Christ to the World : Introductory Readings in Christian Ethics. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans, 1994.

Bretzke, James T. Bibliography on Scripture and Christian Ethics. Lewiston: E. Mellen Press, 1997.

Brown, William P. The Ethos of the Cosmos : The Genesis of Moral Imagination in the Bible. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1999.

Brown, William P., ed. Character and Scripture : Moral Formation, Community, and Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2002.

Brueggemann, Walter. Interpretation and Obedience : From Faithful Reading to Faithful Living. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.

Cahill, Lisa Sowle, and James F. Childress, eds. Christian Ethics : Problems and Prospects. Cleveland, Ohio: Pilgrim Press, 1996.

Cosgrove, Charles H. Appealing to Scripture in Moral Debate : Five Hermeneutical Rules. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2002.

Curran, Charles E., and Richard A. McCormick. The Use of Scripture in Moral Theology. New York: Paulist Press, 1984.

Daly, Robert J. Christian Biblical Ethics : From Biblical Revelation to Contemporary Christian Praxis : Method and Content. New York: Paulist Press, 1984.

Dempsey, Carol J. Hope Amid the Ruins : The Ethics of Israel's Prophets. St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press, 2000.

Fischer, James A. Looking for Moral Guidance : Dilemma and the Bible. New York: Paulist Press, 1992.

Fowl, Stephen E., and L. Gregory Jones. Reading in Communion : Scripture and Ethics in Christian Life. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans, 1991.

Friedmann, Daniel. To Kill and Take Possession : Law, Morality, and Society in Biblical Stories. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2002.

Furnish, Victor Paul. The Moral Teaching of Paul. Nashville: Abingdon, 1979.

———. The Love Command in the New Testament. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1972.

———. Theology and Ethics in Paul. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1968.

Furnish, Victor Paul, Eugene H. Lovering, and Jerry L. Sumney. Theology and Ethics in Paul and His Interpreters : Essays in Honor of Victor Paul Furnish. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.

Harrington, Daniel J., and James F. Keenan. Jesus and Virtue Ethics : Building Bridges between New Testament Studies and Moral Theology. Lanham, Md.: Sheed & Ward, 2002.

Hauerwas, Stanley, John Berkman, and Michael G. Cartwright. The Hauerwas Reader. Durham N.C.: Duke University Press, 2001.

Hays, Richard B. The Moral Vision of the New Testament : Community, Cross, New Creation : A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996.

Horsley, Richard A. Jesus and Empire : The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003.

Janzen, Waldemar. Old Testament Ethics : A Paradigmatic Approach. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994.

Lohse, Eduard. Theological Ethics of the New Testament. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.

Marxsen, Willi. New Testament Foundations for Christian Ethics. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993.

Matera, Frank J. New Testament Ethics : The Legacies of Jesus and Paul. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996.

Merritt, H. Wayne. In Word and Deed : Moral Integrity in Paul. New York: P. Lang, 1993.

Mills, Mary E. Biblical Morality : Moral Perspectives in Old Testament Narratives. Aldershot, Hants, England: Burlington Vt., 2001.

Mouton, Elna. Reading a New Testament Document Ethically. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2002.

Ogletree, Thomas W. The Use of the Bible in Christian Ethics : A Constructive Essay. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983.

Rodd, Cyril S. Glimpses of a Strange Land : Studies in Old Testament Ethics. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2001.

Rosner, Brian S. Paul, Scripture and Ethics : A Study of 1 Corinthians 5-7. Leiden: New York, 1994.

Sampley, J. Paul. Walking between the Times : Paul's Moral Reasoning. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.

Siker, Jeffrey S. Scripture and Ethics : Twentieth-Century Portraits. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Sleeper, C. Freeman. The Bible and the Moral Life. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992.

Spohn, William C. Go and Do Likewise : Jesus and Ethics. New York: Continuum, 1999.

———. What Are They Saying About Scripture and Ethics? New York: Paulist Press, 1995.

Verhey, Allen. Remembering Jesus : Christian Community, Scripture, and the Moral Life. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans, 2002.

Wenham, Gordon J. Story as Torah : Reading the Old Testament Ethically. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2000.

Wheeler, Sondra Ely. Wealth as Peril and Obligation : The New Testament on Possessions. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 1995.

Wright, Christopher J. H. Walking in the Ways of the Lord : The Ethical Authority of the Old Testament. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1995.

Yoder, John Howard. The Politics of Jesus : Vicit Agnus Noster. Grand Rapids, Mich. Eerdmans: Carlisle UK, 1994.