Journal of Lutheran Ethics

www.elca.org/jle/

Basic History
Journal of Lutheran Ethics (JLE) is an online publication dedicated to promoting awareness, study, and conversation about Christian ethics in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American tradition. This publication is a free, interactive journal in addition to being a bridge between the academic study of Christian ethics and the contemporary life of the  Church.

Basic Beliefs
Journal of Lutheran Ethics is set within the one Church of Jesus Christ and marked by the theological tradition that arose with Martin Luther's Reformation in the sixteenth century. This living tradition understands the life of the baptized as one lived in grateful response to God's love for sinners revealed in Jesus Christ. The gift of faith in the Gospel frees believers to a new way of life in God's world in which faith is active in love. JLE attends to what Lutheran ethics shares with and can learn from other Christian traditions as well as what contributions Lutheran ethics brings to ecumenical conversation about moral life.

Leadership
Editior - Kaari Reierson
Managing Editor - David Scott
Advisor - Reverend John Stumme

Basic Facts
Journal of Lutheran Ethics incorporates a board view of the scope of Lutheran ethics. It embraces consideration of foundational questions and current social issues, of personal and public dimensions of the moral life, and of the concerns of church and society. JLE places articles and resources it publishes in five areas of Lutheran ethics:
1) Biblical and theological basis and orientation
2) History
3) Contemporary issues
4) The church's social witness; and
5) Vocation (living out the Christian calling as family, as family member, citizen, worker, and in the church as pastor and lay).

Location
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
8765 West Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631
Phone (773) 380-2700
         (800) 638-3522
Fax (773) 380-1465