This one-stop reference book on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics offers helpful orientation and perspective for students, pastors, and scholars.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Abbreviations
• Introduction - Joel B. Green
• Ethics in Scripture - Allen Verhey
• Scripture in Ethics: A History - Charles H. Cosgrove
• Scripture in Ethics: Methodological Issues - Bruce C. Birch
• Abortion
• Abuse
• Accountability
• Acts
• Additions to Daniel
• Additions to Esther
• Adoption
• Adultery
• Affections
• African American Ethics
• Agape
• Aged, Aging
• Alcohol
• Aliens, Immigration, and Refugees
• Almsgiving
• Altruism
• Amos
• Anabaptist Ethics
• Anger
• Anglican Ethics and Moral Theology
• Animals
• Antichrist
• Antinomianism
• Anti-Semitism
• Anxiety
• Apartheid
• Apostolic Fathers
• Ars Moriendi Tradition, Use of Scripture in
• Artificial Intelligence
• Asceticism
• Atonement
• Authority and Power
• Autonomy
• Ban, The
• Baptist Ethics
• Baruch
• Beatitudes
• Benevolence
• Bioethics
• Birth Control
• Blasphemy
• Blessing and Cursing
• Body
• Bribery
• Business Ethics
• Canon Law
• Capitalism
• Capital Punishment
• Cardinal Virtues
• Care, Caring
• Casuistry
• Celibacy
• Character
• Charity, Works of
• Child Abuse
• Childlessness
• Children
• 1–2 Chronicles
• Circumcision
• Civil Disobedience
• Civil Rights
• Class Conflict
• Clean and Unclean
• Collection for the Saints
• Collective Responsibility
• Colonialism and Postcolonialism
• Colossians
• Common Good
• Comparative Religious Ethics
• Compassion
• Conception
• Concubinage
• Confession
• Confidentiality
• Conflict
• Conquest
• Conscience
• Conscientious Objection
• Conscientization
• Conscription
• Consequentialism
• Consumerism
• Continence
• Contrition
• Conversion
• 1 Corinthians
• 2 Corinthians
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Courage
• Covenant
• Covenantal Ethics
• Creation, Biblical Accounts of
• Creation Ethics
• Crime and Criminal Justice
• Cross-Cultural Ethics
• Cruciformity
• Cruelty
• Culture
• Daniel
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Death, Definition of
• Death and Dying
• Debt
• Deception
• Dementia
• Democracy
• Deontological Theories of Ethics
• Dependent Care
• Desertion
• Desire
• Deterrence, Nuclear
• Deuterocanonical/Apocryphal Books
• Deuteronomistic History
• Deuteronomy
• Deviance
• Didache
• Dirty Hands
• Disability and Handicap
• Discernment, Moral
• Discipline
• Discrimination
• Dishonesty
• Dissent
• Divination and Magic
• Divine Command Theories of Ethics
• Double Effect, Principle of
• Dualism, Anthropological
• Duty
• Ecclesiastes
• Ecclesiology and Ethics
• Ecological Ethics
• Economic Development
• Economic Ethics
• Ecumenism
• Egalitarianism
• Emancipation
• Emotion
• Empathy
• Ends and Means
• Enemy, Enemy Love
• Ephesians
• Equality
• Eschatology and Ethics
• Esther
• Ethnic Identity, Ethnicity
• Eugenics
• Euthanasia
• Evangelical Ethics
• Evangelism
• Evil
• Excellence
• Excommunication
• Exile
• Exodus
• Exploitation
• Ezekiel
• Ezra
• Faith
• Family
• Family Planning
• Feminist Ethics
• Fidelity
• Food
• Force, Use of
• Forgiveness
• Foster Care
• Freedom
• Free Will and Determinism
• Friendship, Friendship Ethics
• Fruit of the Spirit
• Fundamentalism
• Galatians
• Gambling
• Gender
• Generosity
• Genesis
• Genocide
• Globalization
• Gluttony
• Godliness
• Golden Rule
• Good, The
• Goodness
• Good Works
• Government
• Grace
• Gratitude
• Greed
• Guilt
• Habakkuk
• Habit
• Haggai
• Happiness
• Harm
• Hatred
• Headship
• Health
• Healthcare Ethics
• Healthcare Systems in Scripture
• Hebrews
• Hedonism
• Holiness
• Holiness Code
• Holy Spirit
• Holy War
• Homelessness
• Homosexuality
• Honesty
• Hope
• Hosea
• Hospice
• Hospitality
• Household Codes
• Humanitarianism
• Humanity
• Human Rights
• Humility
• Hypocrisy
• Idolatry
• Image of God
• Imitation of Jesus
• Imperialism
• Incarnation
• Incest
• Individualism
• Infanticide
• Infertility
• Information Technology
• Institution(s)
• Integrity
• Intention
• Isaiah
• James
• Jealousy and Envy
• Jeremiah
• Job
• Joel
• John
• 1–3 John
• Jonah
• Joshua
• Jubilee
• Jude
• Judges
• Judgment
• Judith
• Justice
• Justice, Distributive
• Justice, Restorative
• Justice, Retributive
• Justification, Moral
• Just-Peacemaking Theory
• Just Wage
• Just-War Theory
• Killing
• Kingdom of God
• 1–2 Kings
• Koinonia
• Lamentations
• Land
• Latino/Latina Ethics
• Law
• Law, Civil and Criminal
• Law, Uses of
• Law and Gospel
• Leadership, Leadership Ethics
• Legalism
• Letter of Jeremiah
• Leviticus
• Libel
• Liberation
• Liberationist Ethics
• Libertinism
• Liturgy and Ethics
• Loans
• Love, Love Command
• Loyalty
• Luke
• Lust
• Lutheran Ethics
• 1 Maccabees
• 2 Maccabees
• Malachi
• Malice
• Manipulation
• Mark
• Markets
• Marriage and Divorce
• Martyrdom
• Materialism
• Matthew
• Media, Ethical Issues of
• Meekness
• Mental Health
• Mercy
• Micah
• Military Service
• Monism, Anthropological
• Moral Absolutes
• Moral Agency
• Moral Development
• Moral Formation
• Moral Law
• Moral Psychology
• Motive(s)
• Murder
• Mutual Aid
• Nahum
• Narrative Ethics, Biblical
• Narrative Ethics, Contemporary
• Nationalism
• Natural Law
• Natural Rights
• Necromancy
• Nehemiah
• Neighbor, Neighbor Love
• New Testament Ethics
• Nihilism
• Norms
• Numbers
• Oaths
• Obadiah
• Obligation
• Obscenity
• Old Testament Ethics
• Omission, Sins of
• Oppression
• Orphans
• Orthodox Ethics
• Pacifism
• Parables, Use of in Ethics
• Parenthood, Parenting
• Passions
• Patience
• Peace
• Pedophilia
• Penance
• Penitence
• Perfection
• Persecution
• 1 Peter
• 2 Peter
• Philemon
• Philippians
• Play
• Pluralism
• Poetic Discourse and Ethics
• Political Ethics
• Polygamy
• Population Policy and Control
• Pornography
• Poverty and Poor
• Powers and Principalities
• Practices
• Praxis
• Preferential Option for the Poor
• Prejudice
• Pride
• Priestly Literature
• Prison and Prison Reform
• Prisoners of War
• Privacy
• Procreation
• Professional Ethics
• Profit
• Promise and Promise-Keeping
• Propaganda
• Property and Possessions
• Proselytism
• Prostitution
• Proverbs
• Prudence
• Psalms
• Public Theology and Ethics
• Punishment
• Quality of Life
• Race
• Racism
• Rape
• Reconciliation
• Reformed Ethics
• Religious Toleration
• Reparation
• Repentance
• Reproductive Technologies
• Resistance Movements
• Resource Allocation
• Responsibility
• Restitution
• Resurrection
• Revelation, Book of
• Revenge
• Reward and Retribution
• Right and Wrong
• Righteousness
• Rights
• Roman Catholic Moral Theology
• Romans
• Ruth
• Sabbath
• Salvation
• 1–2 Samuel
• Sanctification
• Sanctity of Human Life
• Sanctuary
• Science and Ethics
• Security
• Self
• Self-Denial
• Self-Esteem
• Self-Harm
• Selfishness
• Self-Love
• Sermon on the Mount
• Seven Deadly Sins
• Sex and Sexuality
• Sex Discrimination
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Ethics
• Sexual Harassment
• Shame
• Sin
• Singleness
• Sirach
• Slander
• Slavery
• Sloth
• Social Contract
• Social Service, Social Ministry
• Sociology of Religion
• Sodomy
• Solidarity
• Song of Songs
• Speech Ethics
• Spousal Abuse
• Stewardship
• Submission and Subordination
• Subsidiarity, Principle of
• Suffering
• Suicide
• Supersessionism
• Taxation
• Technology
• Teleological Theories of Ethics
• Temperance
• Temptation
• Ten Commandments
• Terrorism
• Theft
• Theocracy
• Theodicy
• 1–2 Thessalonians
• Time, Use of
• 1–2 Timothy
• Tithe, Tithing
• Titus
• Tobit
• Tolerance
• Torah
• Torture
• Trade
• Trinity
• Truthfulness, Truth-Telling
• Tyranny
• Urbanization
• Utilitarianism
• Value, Value Judgments
• Vegetarianism
• Vice
• Vices and Virtues, Lists of
• Violence
• Virginity
• Virtue(s)
• Virtue Ethics
• Vocation
• Vows
• War
• Wealth
• Welfare State
• Wesleyan Ethics
• Widows
• Wisdom Literature
• Wisdom of Solomon
• Women, Status of
• Work
• World
• Worldliness
• World Poverty, World Hunger
• Zechariah
• Zephaniah
• List of Entries