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Center For Applied Christian Ethics
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL 60187-5593
(630) 752-5886


SPRING/ SUMMER 2005
Available in PDF
Vol. 10 No. 1/2
 
"The Church in Post-Christian Culture"
George G. Hunter
 
 
"The Theological Danger of Church Marketing"
D. Stephen Long
 
 
"A Story of Outreach"
S. Craig Bishop
 
 
"Seeker-Sensitive, not Consumer-Oriented"
Douglas D. Webster
 
 
Question and Answer
Various
 
 
"Giving Children Space"
Interview with Dr. Scottie May
 
 
"The Alien Witness of the Church"
Mark Husbands
 
 
"A Dynamic Model of the Church"
Barry Gardner
 
SUMMER/ FALL 2004
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Vol. 9, No. 2/3
  "Spiritual Formation as Counter-Cultural Action"
Jeannette A. Bakke
 
  "Shaping the Heart"`
Glandion Carney
 
  "Loving, Mourning, Knowing"
Steven Garber
 
  "Finding the Simple and the Profound"
Edee Schulze
 
  "Confession Symposium"
Various
 
SPRING 2004
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Vol. 9, No. 1
  "Pursuing a Life of Virtue"
Kevin Ryan
 
  "The Development of Moral Character"
Larry Nucci and Stacey Horn
 
  "Character Education in the Public Schools: The Challenge and the Opportunity for Christians"
David Fitch
 
  "Which Values Ought We Teach in Public Schools, and Can They Be Identical to Ones Taught at Home?"
Jillian Lederhouse
 
  "What Is the Role of the Teacher in Cultivating Student Character"
Sally E. Morrison
 
SUMMER/FALL 2001
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Vol. 8, No. 2/3
  “Is God in Globalization?”
Max Stackhouse
 
  “Seeking Justice for the Global Poor”
Samuel Dansokho
 
  “The Digital World and the Myth of the Global Village”
Robert Fortner
 
  “The Global Digital Divide: The Morality of Information Distribution”
Albert van den Heuvel
 
  “Partnership and the Global Digital Divide”
Michael O'Rear
 
  “Practical Responses to the Global Digital Divide”
Sharon Maeda
 
  “Global Perspectives on Economic Development and Growth”
Jim Goering
 
  “U.S. Policy in the New World Order”
Brian Wesbury
 
  “Religious Tensions and Globalization”
Stan Guthrie
 
  “Messages of Reconciliation”
David McFadzean
 
     
WINTER 2001
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Vol. 8, No. 1
  “The Ethical Challenges of Global Capitalism”
Ron Sider, Ph.D.
  “The Ethical Challenges of Global Capitalism: A Response”
Michael Novak
  “Ethical Questions Concerning the Global Market ”
Martin E. Marty, Ph.D.
  “Living With Christian Integrity in a Global Context”
Teri McCarthy
  “Money and Power: Ethical Issues Facing the Global Church in the Third Millenium”
Stan Guthrie
     
SUMMER 2000
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Vol. 7, No. 3
  “Evangelicals in Northern Ireland: Learning to Lead on the Path of Peace”
Mary Cagney
  “Insights from Political Theologies”
Bruce L. Fields, Ph.D.
  “Violence and the Atonement”
Richard J. Mouw, Ph.D.
  “The Whole Armor of God”
Cheryl Sanders, Ph.D.
   
SPRING 2000
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Vol. 7, No. 2
  “Awaiting an Answer”
Rabbi Ira Youdovin
  “I Prefer Pluralism to ‘Tolerance’ ”
Lon Allison, Ph.D.
  “Ashamed of the Gospel?”
Edwin A. Hollatz, Ph.D.
  “Violence in Colombia: A Christian Response”
Lilia Solano Góngora, Ph.D.
  “A New Paradigm”
Gene Green, Ph.D.
  “Good News and Bad News”
Norman J. Ewert, Ph.D.
     
WINTER 2000
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Vol. 7, No. 1
  “Christians, Violence, and Injustice”
Gary Haugen
  “Real Victims”
David Neff
  “Violence Confronts Today’s Missions Efforts”
Stan Guthrie
  “Reflecting on God, Pacifists, and Christians in the Military”
Lisa McMinn, Ph.D.
   
SUMMER 1999
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Vol. 6, No. 3
  “The Family as the Seedbed of Democratic Citizenship”
Don E. Eberly
  “Corporate Social Responsibility: Must There Be Any?”
Daniel Primozic, Ph.D.
  “Corporate Social Responsibility: Some Questions”
Annette Tomal, Ph.D.
  “The Ethics of Human Cloning”
Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D.
   
SPRING 1999
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Vol. 6, No. 2
  “Theological Foundations for Personal Responsibility”
David W. Gill, Ph.D.
  “Understanding Personal Responsibility”
W. Jay Wood, Ph.D.
  “The Bible and Conflict Management”
Mischelle Causey Drake, J.D.
  “Personal Responsibility in Economic Relationships”
James Halteman, Ph.D.
  “Neglected Responsibility: Promoting Multicultural Diversity on Campus”
David B. Fletcher, Ph.D.
  “Maybe It Isn't All About Me”
Jillian N. Lederhouse, Ph.D.
     
WINTER 1999
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Vol. 6, No. 1
  “Where Should We Draw the Line”
Martin Medhurst, Ph.D.
  “A Case for Telling More”
Deni Elliott
  “God Cannot Be Privatized”
Rodney Clapp
  “Panelists Explore Theme During Roundtable”
C. Everett Koop, M.D.
Deni Elliott
Mark Medhurst
Rodney Clapp
  “The Link Between Private Lives and Public Leadership”
Stan Guthrie
     
SPRING 1998
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Vol. 5, No. 3
  “The Soul in Cyberspace: The Ethical Issues”
Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.
 

“The Ethics of Television Entertainment”

Coleman Luck
  “The Medium and the Message”
Norman Stone
  “A Tribute to a Man of Christian Virtue”
David B. Fletcher, Ph.D.
  Book Review
“Encouraging Christian Ethics: Readings in Christian Ethics, vol. 2: Issues and Applications”
David B. Fletcher, Ph.D.
     
WINTER 1998
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Vol. 5, No. 2
  “Where Should Children Learn? Moral Development in Public, Private, and Home Schools”
Tom Paulsen
Gary Arnold
Virginia Vagt
  “What is a College Education For? The Moral Issues”
Jillian Lederhouse, Ph.D.
Christopher Bunn, M.A. candidate
  “Concerning Ethics and Working in Hollywood”
David McFadzean
  “Book Review”
Paul Heidebrecht
  “Dr. Ken Chase to lead CACE
     
WINTER 1997
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Vol. 5, No. 1
  “Is There Any Justice in Welfare Reform?”
James W. Skillen, Ph.D.
  “A Response to James Skillen”
Helen Slessarev, Ph.D.
  “An essay written in response to the welfare reform debate featured in the Fall 1996 edition of Discernment
Joseph P. Overton
  “CACE’s National Advisory Council Welcomes New Members”
Glenn F. Arnold, Ph.D.
  “What I Really Believe”
Raymond C. Ortlund, Jr., Ph.D.
     
FALL 1996
Welfare Reform: Issues of Justice and Love
Vol. 4, No. 3
  “The Future of Welfare Reform: Issues of Justice and Love”
Amy Sherman, Ph.D.
Wendell Primus, Ph.D.
  “Effective Compassion (from Project for America Renewal)”
Senator Dan Coats
  “Interview with United States Senator Dan Coats, Republican, Indiana”
  “An Urban Studies Class Tackles Welfare Reform ”
Helene Slessarev, Ph.D.
  “Bibliography of Welfare Reform Literature”
Ashley Woodiwiss, Ph.D.
  “Excerpt from Senator Paul Simon’s Press Conference at Wheaton College”  
  “P.S./Washington”
Senator Paul Simon
  “A Special Concern for the Poor”
Ron Sider, Ph.D.
     
SPRING 1996
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Vol. 4, No. 2
  “Learning Civility: Two Christians Share Stories of Facing the Whirlwind”
C. Everett Koop, M.D.
Karen Burton Mains
  “A Third Way Toward Civility”
Tom Sine
  “Understand Your Theological Foundations Before Launching into Public Policy Debate”
Dr. Bryan Hehir
  “Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World ”
Bernard T. Adeney
  “Welfare Reform and Biblical Principles”
James Lewis, Ph.D.
     
WINTER 1996
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Vol. 4, No. 1
  “What the Bible Says About Gender Roles: A Debate”
John S. Piper, Ph.D.
Ruth A. Tucker, Ph.D.
  “The Irony of Evangelical Recovery: What’s to be Done Now?”
Lynn R. Buzzard
  “Ethics in the Trenches”
Linda Z. Larsen
  “Reading and Teaching the ‘Ethics of Family’ ”
Cynthia Neal, Ph.D.
   
FALL 1995
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Vol. 3, No. 3
  “Eroding Environment, Booming Population: Two Sides of a Growing Crisis”
Dick Staub
Claire Manning
Timothy Stafford
Susan P. Bratton, Ph.D.
Paige Cunningham
Oyvind Aadland
Susan Drake
Peter R. Uhlenberg, Ph.D.
  “Too Little Too Late: The Irony of the Evangelical Recovery of a Worldview and Implications for the Christian Community”
Lynn R. Buzzard
  “Boldness of Stewards”
James Albritton
  Book Review
Ideas That Drive the Environmental Movement
Paul Heidebrecht
   
SPRING 1995
 
Greed, Generosity, and a Few Other Notes and Helps
Vol. 3, No. 2
  “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger — Revised ”
Ronald Sider, Ph.D.
  “Recognizing Greed, Nourishing Generosity”
Merold Westphal, Ph.D.
  “Great Reading on the Environment”
Jeffrey Greenberg, Ph.D.
     
WINTER 1995
 
Saving our Planet: Christian Ethics and the Environment
Vol. 3, No. 1
  “Will the Lord Return to a Garbage Dump?”
Jeffrey Greenberg, Ph.D.
  “Saving the Planet”
Gerould Wilhelm, Ph.D.
Loren Wilkenson, Ph.D.
Dick Staub
  “Reason, Moderation, and Economic Good Sense Make Sound Environmental Policy”
P. J. Hill, Ph.D.
  “Jacques Ellul as Prophetic Witness”
Clifford Christians, Ph.D.
  Book Review
Eco-Sanity: A Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism
William E. Gibson
     
SPRING/FALL 1994
 
Activism, Protest, and Dissent
Vol. 2, No. 3
  “The Challenge of Fighting for the Right in the Right Way”
James Davison Hunter, Ph.D.
  “Activism and the Campus: The View from Two Very Different Woodstocks”
Vernon C. Grounds, Ph.D.
  “Pro-Life Dissent: Where Do We Draw the Line?”
William E. Price
  “Abortion: What If We Were Silent?”
Paige Cunningham
  “The Wrong Turns of the Pro-Life Movement”
C. Everett Koop, M.D.
     
WINTER 1994
 
Moral Pluralism
Vol. 2, No. 2
  “No Pluralism in Moral Matters?”
Dallas Willard, Ph.D.
  “Responding to Moral Pluralism”
Alister McGrath, Ph.D.
  “Pluralism, Political Liberalism, and the Need for a New Moral Language”
Philip D. Kenneson, Ph.D.
  For Further Reading
     
SPRING 1993
Tough Choices in Health Care
Vol. 2, No. 1
  “The Ethical Allocation of Health Resources: Contributions for the Christian Community”
John F. Kilner, Ph.D.
  “Teaching the Ethics of Health Care ‘Across the Faculty’ ”
Dennis Okholm, Ph.D.
  “The View from Rural Appalachia: The Uninsured, Underserved and Disenfranchised”
David McRay, M.D.
  “More Reading on Health Care Allocation”
June Arnold
   
FALL 1992
Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide
Vol. 1, No. 3
  “Assisted Suicide: A Good Policy for a Better Society?”
Joni Eareckson Tada
  “Pursuing Happiness Through Hemlock: Physician-assisted Suicide and Euthanasia”
David B. Fletcher, Ph.D.
  “Working with People who are Termanally Ill ”
Elizabeth V. Roberts, M.S.W.
     
SPRING 1992
AIDS
Vol. 1, No. 2
  “The Ethics of AIDS”
C. Everett Koop, M.D.
  “A Conversation with Dr. Koop”
C. Everett Koop, M.D. & E. David Cook, Ph.D.
  “Learning about AIDS Outside the Classroom”
Katie Haynes
  “Scientists Discuss AIDS”
Zondra Lindblade, Ph.D. & Dorothy Chappell, Ph.D.
  Listing of resource materials regarding AIDS  
     
WINTER 1992
Introducing CACE and Discernment
Vol. 1, No. 1
  “Telling the Truth”
Lewis Smedes, Ph.D.
  “The Nude and Incarnate God”
Edward C. Knippers, Jr.
  Meet the CACE National Advisory Council
  “Integrating Ethics into General Education”
Arthur Holmes, Ph.D.
     

 


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