JOINED-UP LIFE
A Christian account of how ethics works
By Andrew J.B. Cameron. IVP. 336 pages. £16.99
ISBN 978 1 844 745 159
Andrew Cameron lectures in ethics at Moore College, Sydney. Like all human beings, Christians face a whole range of ethical decisions and dilemmas. We feel instinctively that we have important things to say in this morally complex world. The problem with most Christian treatments of the subject is that they give us ready-made answers without any underlying rationale. An even greater danger is that ethics becomes divorced from the gospel, leading to a form of legalism and moralism.
Cameron’s book is a brilliant effort to avoid these two tendencies while locating ethics within the context of biblical theology, Christian truth and the wisdom of Jesus. He is determined to demonstrate that ethics flow from and are intimately connected to the gospel of grace. He aims to give us a framework in which we can think about ethical questions, coming to wise decisions consistent with the revelation of Jesus Christ.
