A Grammar Of The Ethics Of John

Author : Jan G. van der Watt
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161589423

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A Grammar of the Ethics of John by Jan G. van der Watt Pdf

After a century of neglect, Johannine ethics has enjoyed a recent surge in interest inspired by new theoretical insights in analysing ethical data in John's Gospel. By closely re-reading the text on the basis of this fresh research, Jan G. van der Watt's aim in the present volume is to reveal ethical data within its structural interrelatedness. The result is a comprehensive overview of basic questions related to ethics, such as what the basis or source of ethics actually is, whether identity plays a role in ethical decision making, how values and ethical requirements are to be recognised, what is expected of an ethical agent, and what ethical behaviour looks like. As a coherent guide to getting deeds done ethically, this first volume on the grammar of the apostle's ethics focuses on his Gospel, while a second is set to concentrate on his letters.

Author : Jan G. van der Watt
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161592232

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A Grammar of the Ethics of John by Jan G. van der Watt Pdf

Jan G. van der Watt analyses in detail the ethics of John's Letters against their respective socio-historical backgrounds. He then compares the ethics of the Gospel and Letters, showing that the basic core narrative overlaps in these writings, although some ethical material is applied in different ways to different situations. A rich ethical landscape is revealed, addressing issues like the importance of inter-personal relations, which results in co-operation through mutual love. The author shows that the focus in 1 John is pastoral, aiming at convincing the addressees not to be deceived by the schismatics but to strengthen their relationship with the eyewitness group. In 2 John, advice is given about visitors who threaten the church with false teachings, while 3 John deals with a conflict about receiving travelling missionaries. In both cases ethical guidelines are given which aim at protecting the group.

Author : Jan G. van der Watt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161589432

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A Grammar of the Ethics of John by Jan G. van der Watt Pdf

After a century of neglect, Johannine ethics has enjoyed a recent surge in interest inspired by new theoretical insights in analysing ethical data in John's Gospel. By closely re-reading the text on the basis of this fresh research, Jan G. van der Watt's aim in the present volume is to reveal ethical data within its structural interrelatedness. The result is a comprehensive overview of basic questions related to ethics, such as what the basis or source of ethics actually is, whether identity plays a role in ethical decision making, how values and ethical requirements are to be recognised, what is expected of an ethical agent, and what ethical behaviour looks like. As a coherent guide to getting deeds done ethically, this first volume on the grammar of the apostle's ethics focuses on his Gospel, while a second is set to concentrate on his letters.

Author : Christopher W. Skinner,Sherri Brown
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506438467

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Johannine Ethics by Christopher W. Skinner,Sherri Brown Pdf

The Gospel and epistles of John are commonly overlooked in discussions of New Testament ethics, often seen as of only limited value. Here, prominent scholars present varying perspectives on the surprising relevance and importance of the explicit imperatives and implicit moral perspective of the Johannine literature. The introduction sets out four major approaches to Johannine ethics today; a concluding essay takes stock of the wide-ranging discussion and suggest prospects for future study.

Author : Jan Gabriël Van der Watt,Ruben Zimmermann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Bible
ISBN : 3161518306

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Rethinking the Ethics of John by Jan Gabriël Van der Watt,Ruben Zimmermann Pdf

Ethics is a neglected field of research in the Gospel and Letters of John. Judgments about even the presence of ethics in the Gospel are often negative, and even though ethics is regarded as one of the two major problem areas focused on in 1 John, the development of a Johannine ethics from the Letters receive relatively little attention. This book aims at making a positive contribution and even to stimulating the debate on the presence of ethical material in the Johannine literature through a series of essays by some leading Johannine scholars. The current state of research is thoroughly discussed and new developments as well as new possibilities for further investigation are treated. By utilizing different analytical categories and methods (such as narratology) new areas of research are opened up and new questions are considered. Therefore, aspects of moral thinking and normative values can be discovered and put together to the mosaic of an implicit ethics in the Johannine Writings. More familiar themes like the law or deeds in the Gospel are reconsidered in a new light, while the ethical role of the opponents or the ethical use of Scripture are explored as new avenues for describing the dynamics of ethics in the Gospel. The ethical nature of the Letters is also considered, focusing not only on the theological nature of ethics in the Letters, but also on the ethical impact of some rhetorical material in 1 John. The culminative result of these series of essays is to illustrate that the ethical material in the Gospel is not as absent as was believed by many in the past. The essays not only open up a wider spectrum of Johannine ethical material but also invite further exploration and research in this much neglected area of Johannine studies.

Author : Brad J. Kallenberg
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780268159696

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Ethics as Grammar by Brad J. Kallenberg Pdf

Wittgenstein, one of the most influential, and yet widely misunderstood, philosophers of our age, confronted his readers with aporias—linguistic puzzles—as a means of countering modern philosophical confusions over the nature of language without replicating the same confusions in his own writings. In Ethics as Grammar, Brad Kallenberg uses the writings of theological ethicist Stanley Hauerwas as a foil for demonstrating how Wittgenstein’s method can become concrete within the Christian tradition. Kallenberg shows that the aesthetic, political, and grammatical strands epitomizing Hauerwas’s thought are the result of his learning to do Christian ethics by thinking through Wittgenstein. Kallenberg argues that Wittgenstein’s pedagogical strategy cultivates certain skills of judgment in his readers by making them struggle to move past the aporias and acquire the fluency of language’s deeper grammar. Theologians, says Kallenberg, are well suited to this task of "going on" because the gift of Christianity supplies them with the requisite resources for reading Wittgenstein. Kallenberg uses Hauerwas to make this case—showing that Wittgenstein’s aporetic philosophy has engaged Hauerwas in a lifelong conversation that has cured him of many philosophical confusions. Yet, because Hauerwas comes to the conversation as a Christian believer, he is able to surmount Wittgenstein’s aporias with the assistance of theological convictions that he possesses through grace. Ethics as Grammar reveals that Wittgenstein’s intention to cultivate concrete skill in real people was akin to Aristotle’s emphasis on the close relationship of practical reason and ethics. In this thought-provoking book, Kallenberg demonstrates that Wittgenstein does more than simply offer a vantage point for reassessing Aristotle, he paves the way for ethics to become a distinctively Christian discipline, as exemplified by Stanley Hauerwas.

Author : Gabriel Moran
Publisher : Crossroad
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015037422949

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A Grammar of Responsibility by Gabriel Moran Pdf

"A Grammar of Responsibility is an interesting, provocative, and careful study of the way to speak about responsibility. The term is everywhere these days but is seldom examined in any detail. And yet, responsibility is a complicated idea with a peculiar history." "The book starts from the way people speak, using hundreds of examples from contemporary discussions. It explains the need for a grammar, that is, a consistent and comprehensive way to use the term. It goes on to analyze a host of ethical dilemmas. In each case, a "grammar of responsibility" provides a fresh look at seemingly intractable problems. The result is a book of clear ideas to help us deal intelligently with the sense of moral crisis that is widespread today."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : John Finnis
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0878404082

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Fundamentals of Ethics by John Finnis Pdf

Are we entitled to be confident that our moral judgements can be objective? Can they express insights into aspects of reality, rather than mere feelings, tastes, desires, decisions, upbringing, or conventions? Why must we consider some of our choices to be free, and how do our free choices matter? How far should our moral judgements be based on assessments of expected consequences? Can utilitarianism, and other consequentialist or proportionalist theories, be anything more than the rationalization of positions taken on other grounds? The main theme of this book is the challenge to ethics from philosophical scepticism and from contemporary forms of consequentialism. But in seeking to meet this challenge, the book develops a sustained philosophical argument about many of the central questions of ethics. It reviews classical positions, and challenges some long-influential interpretations of those positions. It also reviews and participates in some recent developments and controversies in Anglo-American ethical theory. The activity of ethical theorizing itself is shown to be a matter of free and intelligent decision, in pursuit of intelligible good; it thus provides a test-case for any ethical theory.

Author : John Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1725
Category : Casuistry
ISBN : LCCN:nuc87427987

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An Examination of the Notion of Moral Good and Evil ... by John Clarke Pdf

Author : John Murray
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1957-07-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802811442

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Principles of Conduct by John Murray Pdf

This classic study addresses ethical questions relating to such topics as marriage, labor, capital punishment, truthfulness, Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, law and grace, and the fear of God. Murray points the reader to all of Scripture as the basic authority in matters of Christian conduct.

Author : David du Toit,Christine Gerber,Christiane Zimmermann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004396883

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Sōtēria: Salvation in Early Christianity and Antiquity by David du Toit,Christine Gerber,Christiane Zimmermann Pdf

This volume, dedicated to Cilliers Breytenbach on the occasion of his 65th birthday, presents studies on salvation in the New Testament and other Early Christian writings as well as in the Hebrew and Greek Bible, the Death Sea Scrolls, Philo and Greco-Roman texts.

Author : John Coventry
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781447485568

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Morals And Independence - An Introduction To Ethics by John Coventry Pdf

A perfect guide for all philosophy students wishing to better understand the field of ethics. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven,William A. Barbieri, Jr.
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110291926

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From Just War to Modern Peace Ethics by Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven,William A. Barbieri, Jr. Pdf

This book rewrites the history of Christian peace ethics. Christian reflection on reducing violence or overcoming war has roots in ancient Roman philosophy and eventually grew to influence modern international law. This historical overview begins with Cicero, the source of Christian authors like Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. It is highly debatable whether Augustine had a systematic interest in just war or whether his writings were used to develop a systematic just war teaching only by the later tradition. May Christians justifiably use force to overcome disorder and achieve peace? The book traces the classical debate from Thomas Aquinas to early modern-age thinkers like Vitoria, Suarez, Martin Luther, Hugo Grotius and Immanuel Kant. It highlights the diversity of the approaches of theologians, philosophers and lawyers. Modern cosmopolitianism and international law-thinking, it shows, are rooted in the Spanish Scholastics, where Grotius and Kant each found the inspiration to inaugurate a modern peace ethic. In the 20th century the tradition has taken aim not only at reducing violence and overcoming war but at developing a constructive ethic of peace building, as is reflected in Pope John Paul II’s teaching.

Author : Ashley John Moyse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781137534590

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Reading Karl Barth, Interrupting Moral Technique, Transforming Biomedical Ethics by Ashley John Moyse Pdf

This volume proposes a move away from the universalized and general modern ethical method, as it is currently practiced in biomedical ethics, while aiming toward a decision making process rooted in an ontology of relationality. Moyse uses the theological ethics of Karl Barth, in conversation with a range of thinkers, to achieve this turn.

Author : V. A. Demant
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498297783

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The Penumbra of Ethics by V. A. Demant Pdf

Rev. Vigo Auguste Demant (1893–1983) was a significant theologian and social commentator of the first half of the twentieth century. This book contains his up-until-now unpublished Gifford Lectures, in which Demant provides cultural analysis as he attempts to address why humanity struggles so much with modernity and living in the contemporary world. The lectures have additional notes and commentary to make them comprehensible, since not all of them are complete. The first chapters set Demant in his context and the final section provides assessment of both his ideas and his impact. Although Demant died in 1983, his ideas continue to prove influential to thinkers and theologians today.