This paper assumes as a starting point the Erasmian position regarding divorce and remarriage. It proceeds to argue that in 1 Cor 7:10–11 Paul additionally grants to wives only the possibility of initiating divorce but without the possibility of remarriage. Gordon Fee (NICNT, 2nd ed, pp 326–27) argues that 1 Cor 7:10–11 presents an ideal … Read more
If the Modernity of the 19th and 20th Centuries, initiated by the Enlightenment in the late 17th and 18th Centuries, produced the philosophical and cultural tsunamis that currently threaten the church in the West, postmodernity is debris left as the waters have receded. Common to modern and post-modernistic ethical systems, to varying degrees, is the … Read more
This paper will explore the morality of IVF and Surrogacy by considering the motivation driving such practices. Often, the ethical assessment of IVF and Surrogacy focus on various associated issues such as commodifying the body, playing God, or dealing with the creation of and potential destruction of human embryos. While these are necessary and valid … Read more
Secular Greek literature contemporary with New Testament epistles overwhelmingly demonstrates identifiable qualities of ethical virtue as primarily applied to men. Stemming from various philosophical schools developed for the moral education of Greco-Roman males, demonstrable character qualities such as modesty, self-control, self-restraint, quietness, and the like served to publicly distinguish such men as honorable and garner … Read more
As Christians navigate the contemporary ethical landscape, there is probably no topic that arises more frequently than that of sexuality and gender. Amid Christian attempts to navigate these contemporary issues with biblical fidelity, there have been a variety of recent scholars who utilize some form of a “trajectory” or “redemptive-movement” hermeneutic to argue for a … Read more
As arguments over sexuality and gender wage in the western world, many Christian scholars have begun to look to the eschaton for answers regarding the role of gender in the human person. In the midst of these conversations, some scholars such as Sarah Coakley have argued for the absence of gender (at least, created gender) … Read more
This paper provides a critical theological and ethical examination of how the rapid numerical growth of the South Korean evangelical church in the late 20th century paralleled—and consciously assimilated—the national economic growth narratives articulated by President Park Chung-hee. Drawing from scholarly analyses, this study demonstrates how the Korean church reinterpreted societal aspirations for economic prosperity … Read more
Richard Hays’s 1996 work The Moral Vision of the New Testament is a landmark book in biblical ethics. Hays produced a rare text that appealed to both mainline protestant readers and evangelicals alike. One of the primary reasons evangelicals have cited and lauded Hays’s work is that he takes a decidedly non-affirming position in his … Read more
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and transhumanist ideologies poses a paradigmatic challenge to Christian theological ethics, particularly concerning personhood, embodiment, and moral agency. Defined by disembodiment, autonomy, and post-human ambition, these movements recast human identity through technological prowess, mirroring the typological hubris of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9). This paper argues that such ideologies constitute … Read more
Within Christian environmental ethics, there is a concern to carefully describe and name the role of humanity within creation in a way that promotes ecological justice. Notably, Orthodox theologians have taken up the language of “priests” to describe humanity as those to whom God gives the responsibility to care for creation, and, more specifically, to … Read more