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A primer in Christian ethics : Christ and the struggle to live well
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A primer in Christian ethics : Christ and the struggle to live well / Luke Bretherton, [Duke University, North Carolina].
ISBN
9781009328975
1009328972
9781009329026
1009329022
9781009328982
9781009329019
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
x, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"An introduction to Christian ethics that provides a new, constructive framework for Christian moral and political thought. It draws on and integrates classic sources and approaches with contemporary liberationist and critical voices while making the ethical relationship between human and nonhuman life a central concern"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Bretherton, Luke. Primer in Christian ethics. First edition Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 04, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction: Christ and the struggle to live well
PART I: DESCRIBING WELL
2. Listening to creaturely life
3. Listening to scripture
4. Listening to strangers
5. Listening to cries for liberation
6. Listening to ancestors
PART II: ACTING WELL
7. Finitude and fallenness
8. Call and commands
9. Rules and regulations
10. Virtues and vision
11. Deliberation and judgment
PART III: LIVING WELL WITH OTHERS
12. Intimacy
13. Work
14. Politics
Epilogue
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