The Reality And Ethics Of Jesus

Author : Albert C. Saunders
Publisher : Xlibris
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : 1436326036

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Is it essential to proclaim that Jesus actually lived in history, or is history the enemy of faith? How can we square Christianity's tolerance and inclusiveness with the reality of sectarian violence? Are the aims and ethics of Jesus irrelevant in our current time of skepticism and confusion about moral obligation and action? What "authority" can be claimed for Holy Scripture? What does the free exercise of religion, affirmed in the United States Constitution, really mean? Are the American people accepting an "idol worship" of nationalism, abetted either by a "politics of radical religion," or, conversely, by an expanding ideology of secularism? In either case, are Christian congregations becoming "aliens in a foreign land"? What constitutes an effective and driving Christian ethics for the twenty-first century? These are the fundamental questions that Christians in America should be debating today, rather than letting themselves be caricatured as translating "values" into partisan political agendas, thereby denigrating the ultimate truth and commitment of faith. Finding basic answers to these questions is what this book is all about.

Author : Hector Avalos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1909697737

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The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics by Hector Avalos Pdf

Did Jesus ever do anything wrong? Judging by the vast majority of books on New Testament ethics, the answer is a resounding No. Writers on New Testament ethics generally view Jesus as the paradigm of human standards and behaviour. But since the his-torical Jesus was a human being, must he not have had flaws, like everyone else? The notion of a flawless human Jesus is a paradoxical oddity in New Testament ethics. According to Avalos, it shows that New Testament ethics is still primarily an apologetic enterprise de-spite its claim to rest on critical and historical scholarship. The Bad Jesus is a powerful and challenging study, presenting de-tailed case studies of fundamental ethical principles enunciated or practised by Jesus but antithetical to what would be widely deemed 'acceptable' or 'good' today. Such topics include Jesus' supposedly innovative teachings on love, along with his views on hate, violence, imperialism, animal rights, environmental ethics, Judaism, women, disabled persons and biblical hermeneutics. After closely examining arguments offered by those unwilling to find any fault with the Jesus depicted in the Gospels, Avalos concludes that current treatments of New Testament ethics are permeated by a religiocentric, ethnocentric and imperialistic orientation. But if it is to be a credible historical and critical dis-cipline in modern academia, New Testament ethics needs to discover both a Good and a Bad Jesus.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : OCLC:936553966

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Author : David P. Gushee ,Glen H. Stassen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : 9780802874214

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Kingdom Ethics, 2nd ed. by David P. Gushee ,Glen H. Stassen Pdf

Comprehensive update of the leading Christian ethics textbook of the 21st century Ever since its original publication in 2003, Glen Stassen and David Gushee's Kingdom Ethics has offered students, pastors, and other readers an outstanding framework for Christian ethical thought, one that is solidly rooted in Scripture, especially Jesus's teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. This substantially revised edition of Kingdom Ethics features enhanced and updated treatments of all major contemporary ethical issues. David Gushee's revisions include updated data and examples, a more global perspective, more gender-inclusive language, a clearer focus on methodology, discussion questions added

Author : Julian Baggini
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783782338

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The Godless Gospel by Julian Baggini Pdf

Even if we don't believe that Jesus was the son of God, we tend to think he was a great moral teacher. But was he? And how closely do idealised values such as our love of the family, helping the needy, and the importance of kindness, match Jesus's original tenets? Julian Baggini challenges our assumptions about Christian values - and about Jesus - by focusing on Jesus's teachings in the Gospels, stripping away the religious elements such as the accounts of miracles or the resurrection of Christ. Reading closely this new 'godless' Gospel, included as an appendix, Baggini asks how we should understand Jesus's attitude to the renunciation of the self, to politics, or to sexuality, as expressed in Jesus's often elusive words. An atheist from a Catholic background, Baggini introduces us to a more radical Jesus than popular culture depicts. And as he journeys deeper into Jesus's worldview, and grapples with Jesus's sometimes contradictory messages, against his scepticism he finds that Jesus's words amount to a purposeful and powerful philosophy, which has much to teach us today.

Author : Russell A. Morris
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781512711080

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Christian Ethics by Russell A. Morris Pdf

Within the Christian community at large there is often little correlation between scriptural guidelines for Christian living and the lifestyle practices and behavior of believers. Christian social scientist, George Barna, has done extensive research in this area that reveals alarming data. For example, nearly nine of ten adults state that religious faith is very important in their lives. However, only one in five adults claims that the Bible is the dominant influence in their decisions regarding lifestyle practices. Further research suggests that there is often little difference between the lifestyle practices of Christians and non-Christians. This nominal difference in lifestyle practices and behavior between Christians and non-Christians, as well as the minimal correlation between Scripture and practice among many Christians, produced an interest in this area of practical theology. Serving as a Christian pastor over the past two decades, the reality of Barnas research has been observed personally. The biblical parallel of the prevailing apathy within todays churches is seen in Judges 21:25 (NASB), In those days there was no king in Israel, everyone did what was right in his own eyes. That is, in those days there was no accepted standard of truth. Likewise, only one in four American adults believes in the existence of absolute truth. As a result, the relationship between doctrine and practice, belief and behavior, is often minimal, with many Christians doing only what is right in their own eyes, rather than allowing Gods Word to influence their mode of living. A distinct relationship between belief and behavior is seen in I Timothy 4:16. In this passage, Paul clearly identifies a correlation between what one believes (doctrine) and the lifestyle (behavior) one lives when he writes, Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. From this verse it is clear that there are two areas in the life of the Christian that need to be scrutinized and pursued, namely, belief and behavior. The fundamental thesis of this book is that a deeper understanding of Christian ethics will inform and facilitate the Christian life.

Author : Isma‘il Ragi A. al Faruqi
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1967-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780773592711

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Christian Ethics by Isma‘il Ragi A. al Faruqi Pdf

Author : William Spohn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441190673

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Go and Do Likewise by William Spohn Pdf

What does Jesus have to do with ethics? There are two brief answers given by believers: "everything" and "not much." While evangelical or fundamentalist Christians would find authoritative guidance in the words and commands of Jesus as recorded in the New Testament, many mainstream Christian ethicists would say that Jesus is too concrete or narrowly particular to have any direct import for ethics.In this book, Williams Spohn takes a middle way, showing how Jesus is the "concrete universal" of Christian ethics. By forming a bridge from the lives of contemporary Christians to the words and deeds of Jesus, Jesus' story as a whole exemplifies moral perception, motivation and Christian identity.In addition, Spohn shows how the practices of Christian spirituality--specifically prayer, service, and community--train the imagination and reorient emotions to produce a character and a way of life consonant with Christian New Testament moral teaching.

Author : Bruce Chilton,James Ian Hamilton McDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015013305183

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Jesus and the Ethics of the Kingdom by Bruce Chilton,James Ian Hamilton McDonald Pdf

Author : Alberto de Mingo Kaminouchi
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814688120

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An Introduction to Christian Ethics by Alberto de Mingo Kaminouchi Pdf

2021 Catholic Media Association Award first place award in morality, ethics, christology, mariology, and redemption What does it mean to live and build up the Kingdom of God? In this book, professor and priest Alberto de Mingo Kaminouchi introduces the contemporary reader to Christian ethics by examining the New Testament through the three key concepts of Aristotle’s ethics: happiness, virtue, and love. In turn, the three affirmations orient this reflection through the Gospel. First, when the triune God appears on the horizon, it becomes easier to understand that existence has a purpose: namely, participating with the entire human family in this project of happiness called the Kingdom of God. Second, happiness is not something outside of us; it consists in the practice of the virtues that bring about a personal transformation. Third, the project of the Kingdom leads us to live in love with others. De Mingo Kaminouchi shows the reader a real model of this in the community we call the church, the “field hospital” for all those in need of hope. This book is accessibly written for readers not already well-versed in Christian ethics.

Author : F. LeRon Shults,Brent Waters
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802845092

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Christology and Ethics by F. LeRon Shults,Brent Waters Pdf

This book brings together leading theologians and ethicists to explore the neglected relationship between Christology and ethics. The contributors to this volume work to overcome the tendency toward disciplinary xenophobia, considering such questions as What is the relation between faithful teaching about the reality of Christ and teaching faithfulness to the way of Christ? and How is christological doctrine related to theological judgments about normative human agency? With renewed attention and creative reformulation, they argue, we can discover fresh ways of tending to these perennial questions.

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646982233

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An Interpretation of Christian Ethics by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

Reinhold Niebuhr's An Interpretation of Christian Ethics is both an introduction to the discipline and a presentation of the author’s distinctive approach. That approach focuses on a realistic (rather than moralistic) understanding of the challenges facing human individuals and institutions, and a call for justice—imperfect though it might be—as what love looks like in a fallen world. The book’s most distinctive aspect is the author’s insistence that perfect love and justice are unattainable in this world, yet they remain our most important goals.

Author : Gordon Graham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521797454

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Evil and Christian Ethics by Gordon Graham Pdf

STUDY OF MORAL PHILOSOPHYWITH REFERENCE TO NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLARSHIP.

Author : Daniel C. Maguire
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451405731

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A Moral Creed for All Christians by Daniel C. Maguire Pdf

Widely heralded for his bold and prophetic ethical thought, Maguire urges that Christianity's real relevance for the renewal of American public life lies not in the myopic morality of the Christian Right nor in any particular program of the Left but in the enduring relevance of Jesus and biblical Christianity. His new work builds on his earlier volume, The Moral Core of Judaism and Christianity, with the benefit of a new generation of social studies of the New Testament and a keen appreciation for the radically changed situation Christians confront today. Daniel C. Maguire is Professor of Ethics at Marquette University, a past president of the Society of Christian Ethics, and president of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics. A frequent lecturer and media commentator, Maguire is author of many influential works in ethics, such as Death by Choice (1974), The Moral Choice (1975), The Moral Revolution (1986), Sacred Energies (Fortress Press 2000), and Sacred Choices (Fortress Press 2001).

Author : Paul Louis Lehmann
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : UOM:35112100613175

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Ethics in a Christian Context by Paul Louis Lehmann Pdf

In this contemporary classic originally published in 1963, Paul Lehmann answers the central question posed time and again to Christians throughout the ages: what am I as a believer in Jesus Christ and a member of his church to do? Lehmann argues that while principles for moral action can be rules of thumb, there are no absolute moral norms beyond the general norm of love. Lehmann contends that Christians are to act in every situation in ways that are consistent with God's humanizing purposes, but what that means changes from context to context and requires strong, faith-shaped discernment.The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.