Christian ethics

Andrew DeCort considers the Roman Empire’s desire to kill a heretical Jewish missionary.

This essay reevaluates John Howard Yoder’s theological legacy in light of his sexual violations.

Last Spring I taught a seminar for the Institute of Citizenship and Social Responsibility at Western Kentucky University called, Living Lives that Matter. I was probably the least qualified person on campus to teach it. It’s not that I haven’t lived an interesting life (combine a fierce Peter Pan complex with an often unexamined allegiance […]

 After about 38 laborious years this book has finally come out. (Okay, that was a slight bit of hyperbole, but I wrote my chapter back in 2008. Many thanks to whichever one of you contributors slowed us down–was that you, Steve?) Nevertheless, it looks to be a promising book that provides a constructive grammatical framework for what has […]

Amy Laura Hall is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke University. She has written a number of books including the soon to be classic, Conceiving Parenthood: American Protestantism and The Spirit of Reproduction. She also raises holy hell like nobody’s business. For this reason, it’s time for “Five Questions” with Amy Laura Hall. 1) […]