Susan F. Parsons

Exploring Christian Ethics

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“A succinct and thoughtful account of Christian belief and practice, demonstrating their integral relationship to each other and showing how some of the key ethical dilemmas troubling contemporary society may be seen in their light.”

Marriage, Sex, and Procreation

Theology

“A thoughtful and irenic intervention in a troubled debate, lifting our sights through the turmoil to the wisdom of St. Augustine, whose discernment of the essence of these matters has been so influential in western thought. Schafer is a trustworthy guide through four contemporary theologians who wrestle with the unprecedented challenges to this tradition, provoking the church to discern anew what its faithful witness to the gospel is to be.”

Reforming a Theology of Gender

Theology

“A persistent searching analysis of Judith Butler’s influential queer theory inspires the deepest reflections on subjectivity, desire, violence, law, and embodied life. Patterson articulates here a Christian vocation of gender that is transformed by her critique whilst, in return, witnessing to another transformation made possible in unity with Christ. This is an exemplary study in discipleship in a contemporary context.”

Theology, University, Humanities

Theology

“As debate about the social role and economic value of universities intensifies in the developed world, this collection is timely. The papers within it are a refreshingly lively reminder that these concerns have a history and that to address them requires serious and intellectually generous engagement with underlying philosophical and theological questions. This is altogether a most appropriate provocation.”

What Makes Us Moral?

Apologetics

“In response to the current fashion for a new atheism and its dangerously facile morality, Hovey offers a lively and robust defence--not of religion, as one might expect--but of faith and of how it is that faith makes us moral. Informed by a deep love of truth, this is an admirable and compelling apologetic.”