Ethics in a Christian ContextHarper & Row, 1963 - 384 pages Part One describes just what the method of a Christian ethic as a theological discipline involves. Part Two extends the methodological description by contrasting theological ethics with the tradition of Western moral philosophy as represented by Aristotle, Kant, James, Weiss, Fromm and Brandt. . |
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Page 40
... Luther's Sermon on Good Works , which succinctly states the Reformation ethical position . Here the ladder symbolism ... Luther ' , says Bishop Nygren , ' can be expressed by the following formulae : in Catholicism , fellowship with God ...
... Luther's Sermon on Good Works , which succinctly states the Reformation ethical position . Here the ladder symbolism ... Luther ' , says Bishop Nygren , ' can be expressed by the following formulae : in Catholicism , fellowship with God ...
Page 362
... Luther and Calvin may supply the complexities and ambiguities of the contemporary phase of the story of humanization and dehumanization with creative and constructive insights . But as yet these insights are little more than hints of ...
... Luther and Calvin may supply the complexities and ambiguities of the contemporary phase of the story of humanization and dehumanization with creative and constructive insights . But as yet these insights are little more than hints of ...
Page 365
... Luther's task , as Erikson has strikingly said , ' originated in the hyper- trophy of the negative conscience inherent in our whole Judeo- Christian heritage in which , as Luther put it : " Christ becomes more formidable a tyrant and a ...
... Luther's task , as Erikson has strikingly said , ' originated in the hyper- trophy of the negative conscience inherent in our whole Judeo- Christian heritage in which , as Luther put it : " Christ becomes more formidable a tyrant and a ...
Contents
PART | 15 |
CHRISTIAN THINKING ABOUT ETHICS | 23 |
THE CHURCH AS THE COntext of EthicAL REFLECTION | 45 |
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