The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics continues to be an essential resource for students and faculty pursuing the latest developments in Christian and religious ethics, publishing refereed scholarly articles on a variety of topics. The Journal also contains book reviews of the latest scholarship in the field.

Mary Jo Iozzio is a professor of theology at Barry University.

Patricia Beattie Jung is a professor of Christian ethics and Oubri A. Poppele Professor of Health and Welfare Ministries at the Saint Paul School of Theology.

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Selected Essays

Eschatology, Anthropology, and Sexuality: Helmut Thielicke and the Orders of Creation Revisited James M. ChildsPoetry, Ethics, and the Legacy of Pauli Murray Chrstiana Z. PeppardConsuming Christ: The Role of Jesus in the Christian Food Ethics Laura M. HartmanPolitical Messiahs of Political Pariahs? The Problem of Moral Leadership in the Twenty-first Century Darryl M. TrimiewWhat the Torture Debate Reveals about American Evangelical Christianity David P. GusheePurposive Politics: Paul Ramsey, Repentance, and Political Judgment Adam Edward HollowellVirtuous Assent and Christian Faith: Retrieving Stoic Virtue Theory for Christian Ethics Elizabeth Agnew CochranIs Martyrdom Virtuous? An Occasion for Rethinking the relation of Christ and Virtue in Aquinas Patrick ClarkVices and Virtues of Old-age Retirement Edward Collings Vacek, SJA Defense of Unbounded (but Not Unlimited) Economic Growth: The Ethics of Creative Wealth and Reducing Poverty Joe PettitBook Reviews Christianity, Democracy, and the Radical Ordinary: Conversations between a Radical Democrat and a Christian, Stanley Hauerwas and Romand Coles

Politics and the Order of Love: An Augustinian Ethic of Democratic Citizenship, Eric Gregory

Bonhoeffer and King: Speaking Truth to Power, J. Deotis Roberts

Virtue Reformed: Rereading Jonathan Edwards's Ethics, Stephen A. Wilson

The Sanctity of Human Life, David Novak

Babies by Design: The Ethics of Genetic Choice, Ronald M. Green

Liberating Jonah: Forming an Ethics of Reconciliation, Miguel A. De La Torre

Faith and Force: A Christian Debate about War, David L. Clough and Brian Stiltner; and Just Policing, Not War: An Alternative response to World Violence, Gerald W. Schlabach, editor

Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember Its Misdeeds, Donald W. Shriver Jr; and Prophetic Realism: Beyond Militarism and Pacifism in an Age of Terror, Ronald H. Stone

Christian Ethics and the Moral Psychologies, Don S. Browning; and Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues, Robert C. Roberts

Choosing Peace through Daily Practices, Edited by Ellen Ott Marshall; and What about Hitler? Wrestling with Jesus's Call to Nonviolence in an Evil World, Robert E. Brimlow.

Ecologies of Grace: Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology, Willis Jenkins; Sacramental Commons: Christian Ecological Ethics, John Hart; and Green Witness: Ecology, Ethics, and the Kingdom of God, Laura Ruth Yordy

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