This month's edition reflects on our call to bear faithful witness in a "fraught political climate".
Journal of Lutheran Ethics
The work of theological and ethical reflection is done by particular human beings in specific circumstances, imbued by the ethos and pathos of the Sitz im Leben in which they have been formed and in which they live, think and write.
The Journal of Lutheran Ethics, April 2016
Editor’s Introduction by Carmelo Santos, Editor Forty five years ago the ELCA’s predecessor church bodies took the courageous and wise decision to no longer keep women away from the ministry of Word and Sacrament. We want to commemorate such an important occasion in the life of the church by […]
The Journal of Lutheran Ethics, March 2016
Things are not looking good for the prospects of life as we know it, and especially human life, in this blue planet that we call home. What is the church called to do in the midst of such overwhelming circumstances?
The Journal of Lutheran Ethics, February 2016
Gentrification is one small aspect of the housing equality and social responsibility discussions, and will be the focus of this month's issue of the Journal of Lutheran Ethics.
The Journal of Lutheran Ethics, January 2016
How shall we respond to the stranger knocking at our door? What should our answer be to the plight of the refugee desperate for a safe haven or to the immigrant seeking refuge among us, fleeing violence and poverty in their home country?
The Journal of Lutheran Ethics, November/December 2015
That black lives matter should be obvious but unfortunately it is not. Black Lives Matter is not simply a rhetorical expression coined by a few. It is in fact an existential cry with deeply spiritual roots. Born from the depths of centuries of collective oppression (remember slavery, indentured servitude, Jim Crow,) it is an expression of the groans of the Spirit of which Paul spoke, the collective prayer of a people demanding their right to exist, their inalienable right to be. Read more.
The Journal of Lutheran Ethics, October 2015
[W]hat does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8)