Theology and Human Nature

As we look back into history, we find few writings that directly address the topic of moral complicity. On the other hand, deep intellectual and spiritual wrestling with the responsibilities of the individual Christian in relation to the societal issues of his or her day can be described as the mark of the great Christian [...]

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was confronted directly and personally with the need to face the issues of social responsibility and moral complicity engendered by the policies of the Nazi regime in his native Germany. His writings on our personal responsibility as Christians and that of the church to live true to Christ in the context of an [...]

Few authors are able to bring major themes in genetics and Christian ethics together in so short a work without coming off as either pedantic, pretentious, or so vague so as to render a book of little use. Robert Song has attempted this tenuous and difficult task in the Ethics and Theology Series, and succeeded. [...]

It’s clear that bioethical issues have seized the attention of hospitals and biotech corporations-anywhere organizational ethics committees gather. And universities-not just medical schools-hire bioethics specialists to teach; while politicians and government leaders battle over legislation that attempts to translate its lawful practices into our lives. Meanwhile, the media conveys its own translation of what these [...]