The first comprehensive treatment of the relationship between biblical interpretation and Christian ethics.
General editor's prefacePrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction: Relating the Bible to Christian ethics1Pt. 1Liberal Principles and Practice: Philosophical and critical groundwork91Eternal values182The principles of social ethics47Pt. 2Eschatology and Ethics: Eschatology and the critical method653Interim ethics754Existential ethics965The ethics of covenant and command1176The problem of Christian social ethics143Pt. 3Participation in Meaning: A double ethical responsibility1637Ethics and historical interpretation1698Ethics and contemporary reading200Notes247Select bibliography283Index295