This important work explores the distinctives of Christian ethics, particularly through its interconnections with doctrine and the wider history of religions. Shows how the distinctiveness of Christian ethics can be understaood and appreciated. Brings out the complex nature of that distinctiveness-in Christian individuals and communities as they reflect something of the triume God, and in contemporary humanism and major world faiths in which this love is also discernible. An extended exploration of the strenghts and weaknesses of the different religions in their contributions to the overcoming of evil.