the meaning of the commandments for making and keeping human life human /
Paul L. Lehmann ; with an introduction by Nancy J. Duff.
Grand Rapids, Mich. :
W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.,
c1995.
vii, 232 p. ;
23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 5. The family, abortion, and homosexuality (The fourth, fifth, and sixth commandments) -- The "Left tablet of Moses" -- The paradigm of human wholeness and the question of the family (The fourth commandment: "You shall honor your father and mother") -- The question of abortion (The fifth commandment: "You shall not kill") -- Sexuality and human fulfillment: The question of homosexuality (The sixth commandment: "You shall not commit adultery") --
Chapter 6. Property, false witness, vocation, and belonging (The seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth commandments) -- Christianity and property (The seventh commandment: "you shall not steal") -- Telling the truth (The eighth commandment: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor") -- A question of belonging (The ninth and tenth commandments: "You shall not covet") -- Concluding comments -- Index.
Introduction -- Part I. Disregard, disarray, and discovery -- Chapter 1. On not keeping the commandments -- Gospel as law vs. law as gospel -- Rediscovering Luther -- Catching up with brother Martin -- Chapter 2. Beyond hierarchy and equality -- The "age of reason" in a "world come of age" -- Sharp swords for rusty ones -- An assist from macrosociology -- Hive, anthill, or human community -- Chapter 3. The structural realism of the decalogue -- Secular individualism and social responsibility -- Reciprocal responsibility and the Decalogue -- Apperception, structure, and responsibility -- The structural realism of the Decalogue --
Part II. Pathways and patterns of reciprocal responsibility -- Prologue: "The two tablets of moses"; Luther and the Bible -- Chapter 4. Of God and creation: the right tablet of Moses (the first, second and third commandments) -- What does it mean to have a God? The heart and its trust (The first commandment: "You shall have no other Gods beside me") -- The loss of God's name: the heart becomes religion and trust becomes process (The second commandment: "You shall not go about with the name of God as though it made no difference") -- The violation and the restoration of God's name: The feminist repudiation of patriarchal co-optation -- Shabat, shalom, and responsibility for creation (The third commandment: "you shall make a day for celebration Holy") --