Doing Right
Practicing Ethical Principles
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
348 Pages, 5.50 x 8.50 x 0.70 in
- Paperback
- 9781666747270
- Published: June 2022
$41.00 / £35.00 / AU$63.00
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Doing Right is a careful, thorough, readable introduction to a Christian ethics based on the Decalogue. Following the implications of Jesus' double "Love Commandment," ten chapter-length studies show how each of the commandments guides our love for God, our love for our neighbors, our search for justice/righteousness, and our quest for life/freedom. As such, Christian ethics is not, despite first impressions, a catalog of "thou shalt nots" but rather a roadmap for a lifelong adventure guided by "ten words" on life, freedom, love, and justice. Doing Right draws deeply on the best Jewish and Christian scholarship over the centuries and then follows the ten principles wherever they lead, even into the thorny controversies of the present time. Doing Right works as a stand-alone study (of the ethics of principles and practices) but is also the companion to Gill's Becoming Good (on the ethics of character and virtue).
David W. Gill is a writer in Oakland, California (www.davidwgill.org). He served forty years as an ethics professor at New College Berkeley (1977–90), North Park University (1992–2001), St. Mary’s College Graduate School of Business (2004–10), and Gordon-Conwell Seminary (2010–16). He was the founder (1977), dean (1979–86), and president (1986–90) of the graduate school of theology at New College Berkeley, equipping Christians with an organically biblical ethics.
“This is a timely book! David Gill has drawn on a variety of sources—popular writings, ethical handbooks, biblical scholarship (including profound insights from the Jewish community), and historical lessons—to produce one of the best studies of the Ten Commandments to come our way for quite a while.”
Richard J. Mouw, president (retired), Fuller Theological Seminary
“Instead of simply pointing an accusing finger, Doing Right offers a truly refreshing and freeing alternative to today’s seemingly ubiquitous ethical decay. David Gill’s examples, illustrations and humor portray the genuine benefits of conducting business and life according to God’s principles and priorities.”
Lori Randles Lagerstrom, sales director, Mary Kay
“Doing Right is a thoughtful, scholarly, humorous and loving exploration of God’s model of relationships outlined in the Ten Commandments. I was captivated by David Gill’s theme that treats negative boundaries as only the beginning of what must ultimately become positive mandates to love. This is an ethic that takes seriously our fallenness but offers hopeful ways to bring healing, justice, and freedom to ourselves and others.”
Rebecca Klint Townsend, MD
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