Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
11-1-1969
Document Type
Article
Keywords
law, christian life, situation ethics, gospel, love, ethical, moral, conscience, fletcher
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
Our purpose in these pages is to focus on the question of law in Christian ethics and consider in what sense we can speak of the "law of God." This question is raised in a quite critical manner in situation ethics, and for that reason we shall discuss the subject in relation to this approach, and particularly in relation to the work of Joseph Fletcher. Our concern is to present a theological basis for the law-a basis that is notably lacking in situation ethics - and seek to clarify the relationship between love and law in the Christian understanding.
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Jersild, Paul
(1969)
"Situationism and Law in Christian Ethics,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 40, Article 65.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol40/iss1/65
