Character and Scripture : moral formation, community, and biblical interpretation / edited by William P. Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, William P., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics in the Bible.

Physical Description:

xx, 440 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Character & Scripture

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., [2002]

Summary:

This volume by some of today's leading Christian thinkers sets forth the theological and ethical nature of scripture and explores the way in which the Bible plays a crucial role in the moral formation of community.

Covering a wide range of issues, these chapters demonstrate the useful and challenging intersection between biblical interpretation and ethics. The contributors investigate the formative impact scripture makes on its readers and examine the community's job of not only interpreting the biblical text but also integrating its moral character into the daily life of faith. This volume not only discusses these subjects in the most comprehensive manner yet, but it also offers practical examples of moral formation in action.

Contents:

The Scope and Limits of Character Ethics

Christian Character, Biblical Community, and Human Values / Lisa Sowle Cahill 3

Formed and Transformed by Scripture: Character, Community, and Authority in Biblical Interpretation / L. Gregory Jones 18

Images of Scripture and Contemporary Theological Ethics / William Schweiker 34

Biblical Interpretation

The Good Neighborhood: Identity and Community through the Commandments / Patrick D. Miller 55

The Complexity of Character and the Ethics of Complexity: The Case of King David / Richard G. Bowman 73

A Character Ethics Reading of 1 Chronicles 29:1-25 / M. Patrick Graham 98

Narrative Ethics, Character, and the Prose Tale of Job / Carol A. Newsom 121

"The Way of the Righteous" in the Psalms: Character Formation and Cultural Crisis / J. Clinton McCann, Jr. 135

The Pedagogy of Proverbs 10:1-31:9 / William P. Brown 150

Preserving Virtues: Renewing the Tradition of the Sages / Ellen F. Davis 183

The Ethics of Narrative Wisdom: Qoheleth as Test Case / Eric S. Christianson 202

The Character of God in Jeremiah / Terence E. Fretheim 211

Ecumenism as the Shared Practice of a Peculiar Identity / Walter Brueggemann 231

The Education of Human Wanting: Formation by Pater Noster / C. Clifton Black 248

Character Formation or Character Transformation? The Challenge of Cruciform Exegesis for Character Ethics in Paul / Alexandra R. Brown 264

Accepting Affliction: Paul's Preaching on Suffering / L. Ann Jervis 290

Believing Forms Seeing: Formation for Martyrdom in Philippians / Stephen E. Fowl 317

The Function of Moral Typology in 2 Peter / J. Daryl Charles 331

"A Sharp Two-Edged Sword": Pastoral Implications of Apocalyptic / Ellen T. Charry 344

Practice

Embodied Remembering: Wisdom, Character, and Worship / Jill Y. Crainshaw 363

Sightings of Primal Visions: Community and Ecology / Larry L. Rasmussen 389

Character Ethics and Moral Education for Liberation / Marcia Y. Riggs 410.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0802846254

OCLC:

50124293