Jacob Shatzer

Scripture presents a unified story of God's redemptive history and vision for the Christian life. As such, the biblical canon serves as the foundation for Christian ethics. In Biblical Ethics: A Short Companion, Jacob Shatzer offers a primer in biblical ethics that explores principles and interpretative methods for understanding how the Bible speaks with a unified voice and vision for the Christian life. Shatzer begins by defining biblical ethics and examining its nature in relation to the broader task of ethical discourse. He then pivots to the text of Scripture, employing a narrative approach to ethics. He gleans insights from both the Old and New Testaments, looking at their context and themes before charting a vision forward towards a biblical ethic. Finally, the volume concludes by considering challenges to biblical ethics and particular ways biblical ethics are embodied and put into practice in the life of the Christian and the church community. Biblical Ethics: A Short Companion is an essential resource for individuals seeking a comprehensive understanding of the ethical framework presented throughout Scripture. With meticulous analysis and insightful reflections, this book equips readers to navigate the complexities of ethical decision-making and embrace a holistic vision of moral life based on the teachings of the Bible. The Essentials in Christian Ethics series is designed to illuminate the richness and centrality of ethics to all of Christian life. The series consists of short, introductory volumes written by renowned scholars in the fields of ethics, theology, and philosophy. Each volume explores a crucial element of Christian ethical reflection, approaching the subject from within the broader Protestant moral tradition.

Faithful Learning aims to fill a gap in Christian higher education by providing a theology primer accessible to Christian educators who may not have any formal theological training and by illustrating how Christian doctrine intersects with various academic disciplines. The intended audience for this book is current and future faculty, staff, and administrators in Christian higher education. The author envisions this book as one that directors of faculty development might purchase en masse to give to new and current faculty or use in faculty trainings.

At Union University, every student majoring in the School of Theology & Missions takes a capstone course called Senior Seminar. The course provides students the opportunity to take all of the research and writing skills that they have honed over several years and apply those to a large research project. We don't do this because we think every student will become a research scholar; rather, we do this because we believe the skills that students build for researching and writing well are skills that transfer to being thoughtful servants of God in any setting. To research well, to write well, is an excellent preparation for thinking well and-Lord willing-living and serving well.Our School also enjoys a close relationship with Union's Honors Community under the direction of Scott Huelin. Students throughout the university have the opportunity to pursue "Discipline-Specific Honors," which allows them to work closely with faculty in their major to write a thesis. Mark Dubis guides the DSH program for the School of Theology & Missions. Students voluntarily increase their workload in four major courses-Senior Seminar being the final one-to do thesis research over the course of several semesters. In Senior Seminar, these students produce their honors thesis. What you hold in your hand are some of the finest fruits of these labors over the years. We are in general proud of our students and their work, but these research essays rise to the top. We have gathered them here to honor the work of these students and their faculty mentors. Yet these volumes of essays do more than honor work done. They also commend to you, our readers, the scholarly value of the product. In short, our students do great work, and others should benefit from that work.

A. J. Conyers was an evangelical, Baptist theologian who helped found Truett Seminary at Baylor university. Conyers’s theology drank deeply from the wells of the Christian tradition. In this volume, he provides what he found to be the most basic elements of Christian theology and demonstrates a methodology that is biblically informed, traditionally grounded, and contextually aware. this revised edition makes this excellent work available again, with some modified study questions, additional unpublished material from Conyers’s archives, and helpful reflection and tributes from two of Conyers’s best students—Brian Brewer and Brad green—who carry on his legacy

We're constantly invited to think about the future of technology as a progressive improvement of tools: our gadgets will continue to evolve, but we humans will stay basically the same. In the future, perhaps even alien species and intelligent robots will coexist alongside humans, who will grapple with challenges and emerge as the heroes. But the truth is that radical technological change has the power to radically shape humans as well. We must be well informed and thoughtful about the steps we're already taking toward a transhuman or even posthuman future. Can we find firm footing on a slippery slope? Biblical ethicist Jacob Shatzer guides us into careful consideration of the future of Christian discipleship in a disruptive technological environment. In Transhumanism and the Image of God, Shatzer explains the development and influence of the transhumanist movement, which promotes a "next stage" in human evolution. Exploring topics such as artificial intelligence, robotics, medical technology, and communications tools, he examines how everyday technological changes have already altered and continue to change the way we think, relate, and understand reality. By unpacking the doctrine of the incarnation and its implications for human identity, he helps us better understand the proper place of technology in the life of the disciple and avoid false promises of a posthumanist vision. We cannot think about technology use today without considering who we will become tomorrow.