The Place of Scripture in Christian Ethics: A Methodological Study

Gustafson, James M.

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“…Others contend that religious faith and spirituality are the foundations of ethical decision making (Cahill 1990; Hittinger 1999; Mott 1984, 1993). Protestant theologians, such as Douglas Groothius (2000), James Gustafson (1974) and Alister E. McGrath (1991, 1996), argue that social change and community life are better understood through the revelation and unveiling of eternal spiritual truths.…”

Section: The Influence Of Religion and Spirituality In The Workplacementioning

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Religion, Spirituality, and the Workplace: Challenges for Public Administration

King

2007

Public Administration Review

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The relationship between religion and politics in the United States is a much‐studied academic area, particularly evident in political institutional and behavioral venues such as interest groups, electoral behavior, and political culture. One academic area that has not received much attention is the influence of religion on public administration. Recently, however, public administration scholars have begun to mimic their counterparts in the business world by examining the role of religion and spirituality in the public workplace, especially with regard to organizational performance, ethical behavior patterns, decision making, and the personal spiritual health of employees. This article examines the role and impact of religion and spirituality in the workplace, reviews court cases and political measures regarding religious expression in the public sector, explores a private sector model to explain the interrelationship between religion and spirituality in the public workplace, and challenges public administrators to consider the positive role that religion and spirituality can play in the public workplace.

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Religion, Spirituality, and the Workplace: Challenges for Public Administration

King

2007

Public Administration Review

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“…An example of Gustafson's practical theology while at Yale is seen in his article “The Place of Scripture in Christian Ethics—a Methodological Study,” in which he discusses the utility of scripture to analyze—and ultimately critique—the American invasion of Cambodia 53 . To that end, Gustafson identified scripture as a source of “moral law,” 54 noting that “the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” 55 However, the law of love, Gustafson acknowledged, can, like any other principle theory, be interpreted in a multitude of ways, ranging from “a pacificist application” 56 to “just‐war thinking.” 57 He acknowledged scripture as “revealed morality,” 58 interpreting “those actions of persons and groups which fall short of the moral ideals given in Scripture” 59 as “morally wrong, or at least morally deficient.” Here, Gustafson returns to the question of context versus ideals 60 .…”

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Before The Birth of Bioethics: James M. Gustafson at Yale

Shulman¹,

Fins²

2022

Hastings Center Report

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In the 1960s, tucked away at Yale Divinity School, there was a remarkable confluence of bioethics scholars under the tutelage of James M. Gustafson. His students were Jim Childress, Albert R. Jonsen, Tom Beauchamp, LeRoy Walters, Jim Drane, and Stanley Hauerwas, among others. Jonsen later recalled, “That little group was really the beginning of scholarly bioethics.” Yet despite Gustafson’s influence on the founding generation of bioethics scholars and his prominence as a leading mid‐century Christian theologian, his legacy in bioethics is unsecured. This is an unfortunate omission, as Gustafson’s contributions to bioethics were not limited to the classroom. In 1969, he brought Paul Ramsey to Yale to deliver the Lyman Beecher Lectures, a collection of talks that would coalesce into Ramsey’s The Patient as Person. Gustafson also advised Daniel Callahan as Callahan and Willard Gaylin founded The Hastings Center, on whose founding board of directors Gustafson later served. Through archival research and interviews with Gustafson’s former students and colleagues, we recount his biography, consider his pedagogy, and examine the theological pragmatism that informed his engagement with his students and his intellectual commitments before the birth of bioethics. By reviewing Gustafson’s contributions to the nascent field of bioethics, we seek to understand why his legacy has been forgotten and to introduce him to a new generation of bioethics scholars.

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“…This variety of "models" for using the New Testament in mission runs to some extent parallel to what might be found in a related area, that of Scripture and ethics. J. Gustafson has proposed a helpful classification of various approaches to the Bible by Christian ethicists (Gustafson 1970). He makes a basic distinction between a "moral use" and a "theological use" of Scripture in Christian ethics.…”

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Testament in Mission: The Use of the New Methodological and Hermeneutical Reflections

Nissen¹

2004

Mission Stud

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After several introductory reflections, this article attempts to categorize the various ways of using the New Testament as a foundation for the church's missionary activity. Here the author argues that interpreters of the New Testament should avoid a "double reductionism," while aiming at a multidimensional interpretive approach. The Bible is not a single book with a single understanding of mission. Rather, it offers a variety of perspectives on what mission might look like. In a third part the author offers several hermeneutical observations, suggesting that "linear" hermeneutics should be replaced by a hermeneutics of conversation. To counteract the absolutizing of our own situation and experience, it is necessary to stimulate a cross-cultural missiological hermeneutics.

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The Place of Scripture in Christian Ethics: A Methodological Study

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Religion, Spirituality, and the Workplace: Challenges for Public Administration

Religion, Spirituality, and the Workplace: Challenges for Public Administration

Before The Birth of Bioethics: James M. Gustafson at Yale

Testament in Mission: The Use of the New Methodological and Hermeneutical Reflections

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