Excellent4.8 out of 5On Trustpilot
  1. Christian Academic Books/
  2. Ethics

Bookmark this item

African American Christian Ethics

by Samuel K. Roberts

  • Paperback
  • 318 pages
  • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

£25.59

Save 12% | Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Plus Account

Bookmark this item

Free delivery on orders over £15

In Afrian American Christian Ethics, Samuel K. Roberts builds an ethic upon a Trinitarian foundation and explores scripture, tradition, human experience, and reason as sources for such an ethic. Using this framework he examines critical issues, including human sexuality and family life, medicine and bio-ethics, and the pursuit of justice. Employing the best scholarly tools, Professor Roberts has done careful surgery on the anatomy of American racist culture. ... His Bork will definitely be used to jumpstart discussions about what constitute African American Christian ethics. ...It will cause scholars and practitioners of religion to rethink the entire American experience. Riggins R. Earl. Jr. Interdenominational Theological Center Roberts provides not only his expected social wisdom but also a comprehensive Trinitarian theology in African American Christian Ethics. This mature work represents the best of the liberal African American tradition. Ronald H. Stone. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Informed as to specifics, eloquent in style, dialogically interactive in method, and perceptive in judgments, this book will do much to stimulate moral reflection in black and other communities for many years to come. Edward LeRoy Long Jr. Drew University Samuel K. Roberts is the Anne Borden and E. Harbey Evans Professor of Theology and Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia and the Presbyterian School in Richmond. Previously, he was professor of Christian Ethics at Virginia Union University. He is the author of Path of Virtue: The African American Moral Tradition.
African American Christian Ethics and Signs of Change
Signs of ChangeAfrican American Christian Ethics

  • Title

    African American Christian Ethics

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Wipf & Stock Publishers

  • Published

    September 2008

  • Weight

    454g

  • Page Count

    318

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781606081433

  • ISBN-10

    1606081438

  • Eden Code

    4699953