CMIN 560 - Christian Ethics

Credits: 3 Credits Hours

This course will introduce students to the study of religious ethics by focusing on four traditional Christian principles used in the process of Christian moral deliberation (Scripture, tradition, experience, and reason) and applying said principles to specific moral problems/issues such as human rights, human sexuality, social concerns, politics, economics, and biomedicine. After a careful perusal of prominent ethical theories and theorists from a historical perspective, we will explore how moral judgments are made and how religious views influence these judgments. The course will also examine how Christian ethics has been informed and nurtured by Holy Writ, the teachings of Jesus Christ, the role of the Holy Spirit in the development of conscience, and the theological tradition of the Christian religion in all of its expressions (Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant).