Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Scope and Limits of Character Ethics. Christian Character, Biblical Community, and Human Values / Lisa Sowle Cahill. Formed and Transformed by Scripture: Character, Community, and Authority in Biblical Interpretation / L. Gregory Jones. Images of Scripture and Contemporary Theological Ethics / William Schweiker -- Biblical Interpretation. The Good Neighborhood: Identity and Community through the Commandments / Patrick D. Miller. The Complexity of Character and the Ethics of Complexity: The Case of King David / Richard G. Bowman. A Character Ethics Reading of 1 Chronicles 29:1-25 / M. Patrick Graham. Narrative Ethics, Character, and the Prose Tale of Job / Carol A. Newsom. "The Way of the Righteous" in the Psalms: Character Formation and Cultural Crisis / J. Clinton McCann, Jr. The Pedagogy of Proverbs 10:1-31:9 / William P. Brown. Preserving Virtues: Renewing the Tradition of the Sages / Ellen F. Davis. The Ethics of Narrative Wisdom: Qoheleth as Test Case / Eric S. Christianson. The Character of God in Jeremiah / Terence E. Fretheim. Ecumenism as the Shared Practice of a Peculiar Identity / Walter Brueggemann. The Education of Human Wanting: Formation by Pater Noster / C. Clifton Black. Character Formation or Character Transformation? The Challenge of Cruciform Exegesis for Character Ethics in Paul / Alexandra R. Brown. Accepting Affliction: Paul's Preaching on Suffering / L. Ann Jervis. Believing Forms Seeing: Formation for Martyrdom in Philippians / Stephen E. Fowl. The Function of Moral Typology in 2 Peter / J. Daryl Charles. "A Sharp Two-Edged Sword": Pastoral Implications of Apocalyptic / Ellen T. Charry -- Practice. Embodied Remembering: Wisdom, Character, and Worship / Jill Y. Crainshaw. Sightings of Primal Visions: Community and Ecology / Larry L. Rasmussen. Character Ethics and Moral Education for Liberation / Marcia Y. Riggs.