Resurrection and moral order : an outline for evangelical ethics /
O'Donovan, Oliver,
Resurrection and moral order : an outline for evangelical ethics / Oliver O'Donovan, M.A., D.Phil. - Second edition - 1 online resource (239 p.)
Description based upon print version of record. Description updated based upon examination of the electronic book itself (viewed March 8, 2023.)
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue to the second edition -- 1 The gospel and Christian ethics -- Part One: The objective reality -- 2 Created order -- 3 Eschatology and history -- 4 Knowledge in Christ -- Part Two: The subjective reality -- 5 Freedom and reality -- 6 Authority -- 7 The authority of Christ -- 8 The freedom of the church and the believer -- Part Three: The form of the moral life -- 9 The moral field -- 10 The moral subject -- 11 The double aspect of the moral life -- 12 The end of the moral life -- Bibliography -- Index of biblical references Index of authors -- Index of subjects
In this truly seminal work, the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford University illuminates the distinctive nature of Christian ethics with profound thought and massive learning. By grounding Christian ethics in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, he avoids both a revealed ethics that has no contact with the created order and one that is purely naturalistic. For this second edition Professor O'Donovan has added a prologue in which he enters into dialogue with John Finnis, Martin Honecker, Karl Barth and Stanley Hauerwas. Essential reading for advanced students of theology and ethics and their teachers.
Oliver O'Donovan, M.A., D.Phil., Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology in the University of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church.
1789740185 9781789740189
Christian ethics--Anglican authors.
Christian ethics--Anglican authors
BJ1251
241
Resurrection and moral order : an outline for evangelical ethics / Oliver O'Donovan, M.A., D.Phil. - Second edition - 1 online resource (239 p.)
Description based upon print version of record. Description updated based upon examination of the electronic book itself (viewed March 8, 2023.)
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue to the second edition -- 1 The gospel and Christian ethics -- Part One: The objective reality -- 2 Created order -- 3 Eschatology and history -- 4 Knowledge in Christ -- Part Two: The subjective reality -- 5 Freedom and reality -- 6 Authority -- 7 The authority of Christ -- 8 The freedom of the church and the believer -- Part Three: The form of the moral life -- 9 The moral field -- 10 The moral subject -- 11 The double aspect of the moral life -- 12 The end of the moral life -- Bibliography -- Index of biblical references Index of authors -- Index of subjects
In this truly seminal work, the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford University illuminates the distinctive nature of Christian ethics with profound thought and massive learning. By grounding Christian ethics in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, he avoids both a revealed ethics that has no contact with the created order and one that is purely naturalistic. For this second edition Professor O'Donovan has added a prologue in which he enters into dialogue with John Finnis, Martin Honecker, Karl Barth and Stanley Hauerwas. Essential reading for advanced students of theology and ethics and their teachers.
Oliver O'Donovan, M.A., D.Phil., Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology in the University of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church.
1789740185 9781789740189
Christian ethics--Anglican authors.
Christian ethics--Anglican authors
BJ1251
241