RS 361 — Christian Ethics
BA BA Religious Studies · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
This course deals with the sources and characteristics of Christian ethical teaching. The relation between religion and morality in the Bible. Some specific biblical teachings, e.g. stewardship, just, love (agape), human beings, wealth and riches, work, sex and marriage, the state, the place of the Holy Spirit in moral life. A study of some themes from Church Councils, Fathers and Theologians, e.g. Augustine, Luther, Calvin, the Vatican Council: church and state, law, marriage, work, election. A discussion of some contemporary ethical and moral issues such as human rights, abortion, AIDS, work ethics, gambling, corruption, teenage pregnancy, integrity and accountability. The course will examine the basis of Christian response to moral questions.
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Level 300
Other courses on this programme
- RS 351 — Issues in African Traditional Religion
- RS 352 — Critical Thinking
- RS 353 — Qur’anic Studies
- RS 354 — Islam in West Africa
- RS 355 — Old Testament Introduction
- RS 358 — Theology and Ethics of the Old Testament
- RS 359 — Hebrew I
- RS 360 — Islamic Ethics
- RS 362 — Theology and Ethics of the New Testament
- RS 363 — Medicine, Healing and Spirituality
- RS 364 — Shari’a
- RS 365 — Qur’anic Arabic I
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