Includes bibliographical references.

Principles -- Introduction -- What is Christian ethics? -- the task and scope of Christian ethics -- Types of Christian ethics -- Christian ethics and other disciplines -- Why study Christian ethics? -- Characteristics of Hebrew morality -- Biblical ground of Hebrew ethics -- Ethical limitations -- Ethics of the Decalogue -- Duties to God -- Duties to man -- Duty to self -- Ethics of the prophets -- The prophet's milieu -- The prophet and his role -- Presuppositions and principles -- Problems of the prophet -- The contribution of the prophets -- Ethics on the sages -- The ethics of Job -- The ethics of the Psalms -- The ethics of Proverbs -- The ethics of Ecclesiastes -- The ethics of the Song of Songs.

Essential character of Christ's ethics -- The Master Teacher of morality -- "Out of His treasure things old and new" -- "His kingdom and His righteousness" -- Content of Christ's ethics -- The context of the sermon -- The content of the sermon -- Summary and conclusion -- Ethics of Paul -- Thological bases -- Ethical principles -- Incentives of Christian behavior -- Pauline realism -- Ethics of other New Testament writers -- The Johannine Corpus -- Epistle to the Hebrews -- Epistle of James -- First epistle of Peter -- Second epistle of Peter -- Epistle of Jude -- Ethics of the Holy Spirit -- The ethical nature of the Holy Spirit -- The ethical role of the Holy Spirit -- The ethical role of the Holy Spirit -- The Holy Spirit and contemporary ethics -- Problems -- Duties to self -- Self-love versus selfless love -- The New commandment and Agape-love -- Some specific duties to self.

Marriage and the family -- The Biblical basis of marriage -- Divorce and remarriage -- The Christian view of sex -- Preparation for marriage -- Personality interaction in the family -- The church and the family -- Race relations -- The American dilemma -- The problem of prejudice -- The biblical perspective of racial segregation -- The role of the church in the reduction of racial tensions -- Economic life -- the biblical perspective of possessions -- Christian economic concern through the centuries -- The American capitalistic economy -- The Christian doctrine of vocation -- The economic problem in world perspective -- Political life -- The New Testament Attitude toward the state -- The state: its nature and function -- Forms of the modern state -- Church-state relations -- The problem of war and peace -- The Christian as a citizen.

This book provides an introduction to Christian ethics which gives more attention to the biblical basis and the role of the Holy Spirit than is usually given in current texts on the subject.