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Learn moreRacism. Immigration. Gun violence. Sexuality. Health care. The number of ethical issues that demand a response from Christians today is almost dizzying. How can Christians navigate such matters? What are faithful responses to these questions?
Edited by two theologians with pastoral experience, this volume invites engagement with these issues and more by drawing on real-life experiences, and offering a range of responses to some of the most challenging moral questions confronting the church today.
With an unflinching yet irenic approach, this resource can help Christians as they seek to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.
Hak Joon Lee (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author or editor of several books, including Intersecting Realities: Race, Identity, and Culture in the Spiritual-Moral Life of Young Asian Americans, The Great World House: Martin Luther King Jr. and Global Ethics, We Will Get to the Promised Land: Martin Luther King Jr.โs Communal-Political Spirituality, and Covenant and Communication: A Christian Moral Conversation with Jรผrgen Habermas.
Tim Dearborn (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is the former director of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books, including Short-Term Missions Workbook, Business as a Holy Calling?, and Beyond Duty: A Passion for Christ, a Heart for Mission.
Read by Matthew McAuliffe, Feodor Chin, Kate Mulligan, Brian Nishii, Jennifer Jill Araya, Kyle Tait, Eric G. Dove, Ralph Lister, Eileen Stevens, Richard Powers, Ann Richardson, Robertson Dean, Kevin Kenerly, Emily Pike Stewart, Christ Abell, and Bob Souer
Feodor Chin, an AudioFile Earphones Awardโwinning narrator, is an actor classically trained at the American Conservatory Theater and UCLA. His acting career includes numerous credits in film, television, theater, and voice-over.
Kate Mulligan has acted with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for more than ten seasons in productions including Hairspray, Alice in Wonderland, and Sense and Sensibility. Her film and television work includes Being John Malkovich and Itโs Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Brian Nishii is a voice talent and award-winning audiobook narrator.
Kyle Tait is a professionally trained voice actor and narrator in Atlanta, Georgia. His first brush with a microphone came in sports radio, calling baseball in the Atlanta Braves' organization. To pass the time in the off-season, he started voicing audiobooks, and a few years later he left baseball and went into narration full-time. Now his voice can be heard on a variety of audiobook and corporate voice-over outlets worldwide. When not in the studio, Tait can still be found moonlighting in the sports world, calling football, basketball, baseball, and softball on a variety of TV and radio outlets. He's also a studio host with IMG College, anchoring football and basketball broadcasts for schools like TCU, UConn, and Arizona.
Eric G. Dove is a full-time voice actor, musician, and author, who released his first novel, Ghosts of Royston, in 2013 and who has several Nashville song cuts to his name. The winner of multiple Earphones awards, he has narrated over seventy audiobooks. A native of Ohio, he lives in Charleston, South Carolina. For more information, visit ericgdove.com.
Ralph Lister is an experienced actor and voice artist who trained at LAMDA. He spent fifteen years in mainstage theatre in London, Madrid, Hong Kong, and Edinburgh before moving to America, where he focuses on film, television, and audiobook narration.
Eileen Stevens is a voice-over actress whose voice can be heard on cartoons, promos, programs for English-language learners, and audiobooks. An Earphones Awardโwinning narrator, she is also an audiobook director and producer.
Richard Powersย has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His book,ย The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
Ann Richardson was raised in the Midwest, where she was active in drama and singing. Her varied work experience has lent itself well to narration, as she's no stranger to the terminology used in wildlife management, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, education, and the automotive industry. A devoted volunteer for Learning Ally (formerly Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic), she has narrated numerous audiobooks in a wide variety of genres.
Robertson Dean has played leading roles on and off Broadway and at dozens of regional theaters throughout the country. He has a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Yale. His audiobook narration has garnered ten AudioFile Earphones Awards. He now lives in Los Angeles, where he works in film and television in addition to narrating.
Kevin Kenerly, an Earphones Awardโwinning narrator, earned a BA at Olivet College. A longtime member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he has acted in more than twenty seasons, playing dozens of roles.
Emily Pike Stewart is a formally trained actor and SAG-AFTRA narrator who works in multiple genres. She currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky.
Bob Souer is a full-time professional storyteller, voice actor, and AudioFile Earphones Awardโwinning narrator. He has narrated broadcast and nonbroadcast projects for corporations and ministries across North America. His voice has been heard on PBS, the History Channel, the Military Channel, and many other networks. He has also narrated radio and television programs for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, D. James Kennedy Ministries, SIM, and Compassion International.
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โIt is clear that the editors have attained their goal to help readers become exposed to the range of different ethical perspectives and the rationales behind each position.โ
โAn excellent introduction to the most urgent contemporary ethical issues. Discerning Ethics demonstrates methodological sophistication, honest discussion of divergent views, and a solid biblical commitment. Highly recommended!โ
โIf American Protestants have been polarized between progressive-liberals on the โleftโ and conservative evangelicals on the โright,โ Lee and Dearborn and their colleagues have broken through this either-or, not merely in pointing out that the middle is a much more expansive spectrum than just another stance, but in showing that both commitments to biblical and theological orthodoxy and attentiveness to the contemporary world and its complex realities require the virtuous practice of spiritual discernment, one that is faithful to the gospel rather than beholden to any ideology or tradition.โ
โThis volume of essays is exactly what we need in the classroom today, both in seminaries and college theology courses.โ
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