Love and Christian Ethics
Tradition, Theory, and Society
$127.51
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
14 December 2016
Summary
At the heart of Christian ethics is the biblical commandment to love God and to love one’s neighbor as oneself. But what is the meaning of love? Scholars have wrestled with this question since the recording of the Christian gospels, and in recent decades teachers and students of Christian ethics have engaged in vigorous debates about appropriate interpretations and implications of this critical norm. In Love and Christian Ethics, nearly two dozen leading experts analyze and assess the meanin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781626163676 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1626163677 |
| Author: | Frederick V. Simmons, Brian C. Sorrells, Thomas W. Ogletree, Terence Irwin, Oliver O'Donovan, Jean Porter, John Hare, Michael J. Ferreira, Edward Collins Vacek |
| Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
| Imprint: | Georgetown University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 703g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Moral Traditions series |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
will undoubtedly become a reference for anyone in North America who wants to engage in dialogue with significant scholars in the field of Christian ethics.
* Touchstone *Thoughtful essays that invite readers to rethink some fairly settled positions in Christian love ethics … The volume is certainly a useful stimulant to thinking about Christian love and deserves attention.
* Studies in Christian Ethics *It not only lives up to its ambitions but also makes such an immediate contribution to the field that it might serve as the standard text on this topic for the foreseeable future… . The volume will be a welcome addition to anyone’s shelf.
* Political Theology *About The Author
Frederick V. Simmons
Frederick V. Simmons is the J. Houston Witherspoon Fellow in Theology and the Natural Sciences at the Center of Theological Inquiry. Previously an assistant professor of ethics at Yale Divinity School, he has also taught at Amherst College, La Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, and La Universidad Politecnica Salesiana. Brian C. Sorrells has taught courses on Christian ethics, world religions, human rights, biomedical ethics, and sexual ethics at Yale Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, Brown University, and Amherst College.
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