How does Scripture help Christians engage in society’s debates about the law on; abortion or assisted suicide and euthanasia or same-sex marriage?
Ethics
Essay 1
With the agreement of your tutor choose a key moral concept within the Christian tradition and evaluate the use of this concept in Christian moral theology in the light of the biblical drama.
What are the challenges in appealing to Scripture in contemporary Christian ethics?
Describe and evaluate one method or author addressing these challenges
What, if anything, does contemporary Christian ethics need in addition to love if the church is to be biblically faithful in discipleship and witness?
Do conscience and Scripture ever contradict each other and if so how should a Christian respond to the conflict?
Is Christian discipleship and witness able to be understood as a call to live reasonably and in accordance with natural law?
Virtue “is central in the New Testament but marginal in much western Christian reflection” (Tom Wright). Discuss.
Essay 2
With the agreement of your tutor, choose a specific ethical issue and, in discussion with contemporary Christian writers on it, give an account of what a biblically faithful response would be.
How does a reading of the biblical drama contribute to environmental ethics?
Illustrate with reference to at least one specific issue agreed with your tutor.
Illustrating your argument with reference to a specific military conflict, explain how the biblical drama helps Christians understand and respond faithfully to the reality of war.
How does Scripture help Christians engage in society’s debates about the law on; abortion or assisted suicide and euthanasia or same–sex marriage?
