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Liberating Jesus

Christian Ethics for Privileged People

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Liberating Jesus

Christian Ethics for Privileged People

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Available on Jan 08 2026
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Description

Liberating Jesus issues a call to free Jesus from the colonial ethic of exploitation and oppression that has distorted much of Christian theology and ministry. Designed for use in seminary or undergraduate classrooms, as well as for church or denominational study groups, this book presents an ethical model that draws upon liberationist, womanist, Anabaptist, and postliberal theologies, and offers a framework for a communitarian virtue ethic of liberation. It identifies the commonalities between these threads, notably the importance of community, character, and justice-while acknowledging their distinctions-and directs them toward the target audience: Christians who embody and enjoy various levels of social, economic, and political privilege. In doing so, it calls on them to confront the oppressive legacy of Christian ethics and begin to understand ethics as formation into a life of service and advocacy, following the witness of Jesus, for the liberation of the marginalized. This book provides Christians with various levels of privilege a way to understand their role and responsibility in participating in movements for justice and liberation.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Beginnings, Ends, and Limits of Christian Ethics
Part I: What is Christian Ethics and How to Do It
Chapter One: Witness and Context
Chapter Two: Models and Sources
Chapter Three: Worship and Justice
Part II: Christian Ethics in the World
Chapter Four: Politics
Chapter Five: War
Chapter Six: Poverty
Chapter Seven: Racism
Chapter Eight: Patriarchy
Chapter Nine: Climate Change
Epilogue: Everyday Ethics

Product details

Published Jan 08 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 176
ISBN 9798881805678
Imprint T&T Clark
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Kristopher Norris

Kristopher Norris is Vice President of the Allianc…

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