This book contains papers from the Oxford Centre for MissionStudies’ quarterly journal, Transformation, on the topic of Christian Ethics. Thepapers wereselected from volumes published over a period of 25 yearsduring which period Transformation grew from merely being aninternational journal of ‘Christian socialethics’ to ‘Holistic MissionStudies’. Here, Mission Studies is understood in its widest sense to also encompass Christian Ethics.At the very heart of it lies the Family as the basic unit od society.We see all of the other papers on the themes of word and works, poverty, justice and environment relateprimarily to this theme.All the paperstogether seek to contribute to understanding how Christian thought is shaped in contexts each ofwhich poses its own challenges to Christian living in family and in broader society.
