The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics [Hardcover]

James F. Childress (Editor), John MacQuarrie (Editor)

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With Childress as primary editor, this work revises Macquarrie's well-known Dictionary of Christian Ethics (Westminster, 1967). The new edition has many additional entries, such as "Death, Determination of" and "Deprogramming." Where possible, the original contributors have updated their own articles, and entries are generally longer than before, with revised bibliographies and more cross-references. The major omission is biographical entries, though movements associated with individuals remain. Recommended. Richard S. Watts, San Bernardino Cty. Lib., Cal.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 700 pages
• Publisher: Westminster Press; 2nd,Rev Sub edition (March 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0664209408
• ISBN-13: 978-0664209407
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful reference work on Christian Ethics, March 27, 2000

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Richard A Davis (Wellington, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics (Hardcover)

This is the second dictionary of Christian Ethics I have acquired. I wanted something to balance the evangelical "New Dictionary of Christian Ethics and Pastoral Theology" published by IVP. For this purpose it is great. On 'marriage' for exmaple "The Westminster" is not so dogmatic but provides good well-written material and alternative readings.

This dictionary was updated in 1986, making it 14-15 years old. While it has a reference to 'cloning' it doesn't to the 'internet' and some other recent topics. This however means that the Christian ethicist has to keep thinking up things for themeslves rather than being able to look them up - a sign of our fast-moving times.

I would recommend this work for anyone who has to deal with controversial from a Christian framework.