This classic collection of christian statements on social ethics now fully revised and augmented provides a panoramic view of the 2000 year development of christian concerns for political justice peace civil rights family law civil liberties and other worldly issues in readings that range from the bible to church fathers to bonhoeffer and pope benedict xvi these substantial excerpts enable the student to see the flow of christian thought and the deeper religious context for . Christian social teachings a reader in christian social ethics from the bible to the present jesus as an instigator of revolutionary change this classic collection of christian statements on social ethics now fully revised and augmented provides a panoramic view of the 2000 year development of christian concerns for political justice peace . Christian social teachings a reader in christian social ethics from the bible to the present item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help no favorite share . Christian social teachings a reader in christian social ethics from the bible to the present no question has been as persistently nettling as the proper relationship of christians and the christian church to political power and the results have often been calamitous. Forells christian social teachings was first published in 1966 with a subtitle a reader in christian social ethics from the bible to the present childs has revised and updated that volume he has also strengthened the selections in the time periods covered by forell the value of forrells original work