Bibliograph

Christian ethics, sources of the living tradition, edited with introductions by Waldo Beach and H. Richard Niebuhr

Type

Label

Christian ethics, sources of the living tradition, edited with introductions by Waldo Beach and H. Richard Niebuhr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Christian ethics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

374072

Responsibility statement

edited with introductions by Waldo Beach and H. Richard Niebuhr

Sub title

sources of the living tradition

Summary

On ethics, excerpts from the writings of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Joseph Butler, John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards, Soren Kierkegaard, and Walter Rauschenbusch, among others

Table Of Contents

Introduction to biblical ethics -- Ethics of the early Christian church -- Clement of Alexandria -- St. Augustine -- Ethics of monasticism: The rule of St. Benedict. The little flowers of St. Francis -- Ethics of mysticism: Bernard of Clairvaux. Meister Eckhart -- Thomas Aquinas and scholasticism -- Martin Luther -- John Calvin -- Ethics of Puritanism and Quakerism: Richard Baxter. Robert Barclay -- Joseph Butler and Anglican rationalism -- John Wesley -- Jonathan Edwards -- Soren Kierkegaard -- Walter Rauschenbusch -- Current trends

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