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Book Synopsis Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective: Theology and ethics by : James M. Gustafson
Download or read book Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective: Theology and ethics written by James M. Gustafson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective: Ethics and theology by : James M. Gustafson
Download or read book Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective: Ethics and theology written by James M. Gustafson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective by : James M. Gustafson
Download or read book Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective written by James M. Gustafson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis James M. Gustafson's Theocentric Ethics by : Beckley
Download or read book James M. Gustafson's Theocentric Ethics written by Beckley and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective, Volume 1 by : James M. Gustafson
Download or read book Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective, Volume 1 written by James M. Gustafson and published by . This book was released on 1981-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective will surprise some, shock others, and unleash a flood of speculation about what has happened to James Gustafson. The answer quite simply is nothing has happened to Gustafson except that he has now turned his attention to developing his constructive theological position, and we should all be very glad. . . . In this, the first of two volumes, Gustafson displays his colors as a constructive theologian, and they are indeed brilliant and splendid. . . . Though Gustafson is a theologian who works in the Christian tradition, he reminds us that the God Christians worship is not merely the Christian God. For Gustafson the kind of God who is the object of the theologians's reflection eludes or surpasses the inevitably confessional activity of Christian theological reflection. Thus Gustafson, the constructive theologian, is also Gustafson the revisionist theologian who takes as his task nothing less than challenging the anthropocentrism that he alleges characterizes mainstream Western Christian theology."—Stanley Hauerwas, Journal of Religion
Book Synopsis Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective, Volume 1 by : James M. Gustafson
Download or read book Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective, Volume 1 written by James M. Gustafson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1981-10-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective will surprise some, shock others, and unleash a flood of speculation about what has happened to James Gustafson. The answer quite simply is nothing has happened to Gustafson except that he has now turned his attention to developing his constructive theological position, and we should all be very glad. . . . In this, the first of two volumes, Gustafson displays his colors as a constructive theologian, and they are indeed brilliant and splendid. . . . Though Gustafson is a theologian who works in the Christian tradition, he reminds us that the God Christians worship is not merely the Christian God. For Gustafson the kind of God who is the object of the theologians's reflection eludes or surpasses the inevitably confessional activity of Christian theological reflection. Thus Gustafson, the constructive theologian, is also Gustafson the revisionist theologian who takes as his task nothing less than challenging the anthropocentrism that he alleges characterizes mainstream Western Christian theology."—Stanley Hauerwas, Journal of Religion
Book Synopsis Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective, Volume 2 by : James M. Gustafson
Download or read book Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective, Volume 2 written by James M. Gustafson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gustafson's two-volume work has been hailed as a major contribution to Christian ethics. In this second volume, Gustafson considers marriage, suicide, and the allocation of resources in famine and in biomedical research to develop an ethical outlook in which divine purpose is the basis of moral activity. "Breadth and subtlety, wisdom and insight . . . Gustafson is a first-rate theologian."—Commonweal "The two-volume work, now complete, will be a benchmark for discussions of Christian ethics for years to come. With it Gustafson becomes one of the thinkers by whom others can, by agreement or divergence, define their own ethics."—Roger L. Shinn, Christianity and Crisis "Gustafson's theocentrism is an original and creative contribution to modern ethical discussion."—Douglas Sturm, Ethics
Book Synopsis Theological Ethics After Gustafson by : Theodoor Adriaan Boer
Download or read book Theological Ethics After Gustafson written by Theodoor Adriaan Boer and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Met een samenvatting in het Nederlands
Book Synopsis Consenting to God and Nature by : Byron C. Bangert
Download or read book Consenting to God and Nature written by Byron C. Bangert and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-03-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, an exploration in theological ethics, is motivated by two central questions. First: How can we think and speak with integrity about God as One who is active in human affairs and the world? How can God make a difference in our world and in our lives? Second, and no less important: What is the character of God's activity in the world, and how are we to relate and respond to this activity? How does God make a difference in our world and our lives, and what are some of the implications for our own actions? As the book's title indicates, Bangert claims that a proper engagement in theological ethics requires both consenting to God and consenting to nature. This means both consenting to the reality that is God, the One with whom we ultimately have to do, and the acceptance of the natural or physical world as hugely determinative of the limits and possibilities of human life and all existence. He argues that this calls for a theocentric, naturalistic, theological ethics. Bangert shows how the work of three major contemporary Protestant thinkers, James M. Gustafson, Sallie McFague, and David Ray Griffin, may be fruitfully appropriated for the articulation of just such an ethics, one that is responsive to the Christian tradition while also sharing the modern commitment's appeal to human experience and reason. Each of these three thinkers eschews a priori appeal to the authority of religious tradition, as each takes seriously scientific knowledge of our world. Each accents ways in which current scientific understandings inform, and in some cases are informed by, contemporary appropriations of the language and thought of Christian tradition. Each is also concerned to relate his or her approach to human valuing, life, and action. A critical appraisal of their work shows that none provides a sufficient basis for an intellectually and religiously adequate theological ethics, but that each contributes elements necessary to the articulation of such an ethics within the Protestant Christian tradition as it confronts the religious and intellectual challenges of today's world.
Book Synopsis Moral Discernment in the Christian Life by : James M. Gustafson
Download or read book Moral Discernment in the Christian Life written by James M. Gustafson and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James M. Gustafson has been a leading and formative figure in the field of Christian ethics over the past fifty years. His many contributions to theological ethics have helped to define and shape ethical thinking by Christians who reflect on great moral issues. Gustafson's work must be dealt with by all students in this discipline, and his perceptive insights have given clarity and guidance to the process of moral discernment. The essays collected here are ones that have had a significant impact on discussions and debates over recent decades. 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.
Book Synopsis Christian Theology and Medical Ethics by : James B. Tubbs Jr.
Download or read book Christian Theology and Medical Ethics written by James B. Tubbs Jr. and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary discourse in biomedical ethics has been greatly shaped, sustained and enriched through the insights and perspectives offered by its theologian-contributors. This volume examines the work of four Christian theologians who have significantly influenced the field of bioethics in the U.S.: Richard McCormick, SJ; Paul Ramsey; Stanley Hauerwas; and James M. Gustafson. Each theorist's writings are explored in turn, in order to elucidate, compare and contrast their foundational theological premises, their particular approaches to moral reasoning, and their considered responses to selected medico-moral issues. The final chapter reflects some of the author's own critical responses in dialogue with the study's four subjects, and offers general suggestions about the moral perspective afforded by Christian theology. This volume should be of interest both to those seeking a fuller understanding of contemporary discussions in bioethics and to those studying Christian ethics in the modern era.
Book Synopsis Intersections by : James M. Gustafson
Download or read book Intersections written by James M. Gustafson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his 1994 A Sense of the Divine: The Natural Environment from a Theocentric Perspective, James M. Gustafson offered a long-awaited application of his theocentric ethics. In Intersections Gustafson continues to insist that theology and theological ethics must overlap with other, diverse fields of study -- particularly the hard sciences -- if they are to remain rich, vital, and relevant in the years ahead. With trademark clarity, he relentlessly pursues the fundamental questions of theological ethics: the nature of being human, what distinguishes us from other species, how our self-interest conflicts with our sympathy and concern for others, and the role of religious faith. After contrasting two interpretations of human nature -- one from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, the other from biologist Melvin Konner -- Gustafson suggests four modes of moral discourse about medicine, then examines styles of religious reflection in medical ethics. Briefly sharpening his focus on genetic therapy, he moves to larger questions of human viability, concluding with a stirring call to scholars, clergy, and laypersons alike to engage in these intellectual intersections -- intersections that have, above all, supreme practical importance in our daily lives.
Book Synopsis Models of Christian Ethics by : Michael E. Allsopp
Download or read book Models of Christian Ethics written by Michael E. Allsopp and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Allsopp's Models of Christian Ethics examines, in an objective manner, the many fields and approaches to Christian ethics that have developed recently. Church leaders, religious educators, and interested readers will find here a wealth of information on various types of modern ethical Christian systems: Natural Law, Feminist, Evangelical, Situational, Theocentric, and Liberational.
Book Synopsis Christ and the Moral Life by : James M. Gustafson
Download or read book Christ and the Moral Life written by James M. Gustafson and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, originally published in 1968, James M. Gustafson asks the fundamental question, what is the significance of Jesus for the moral life? His answer is in the form of an ethical map, showing the ways in which theological affirmations about Christ relate to moral life in the writings of a number of important Christian thinkers. Gustafson has written a new preface for this edition. 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.
Book Synopsis Perspectives on the Word of God by : John Frame
Download or read book Perspectives on the Word of God written by John Frame and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 1999-06-15 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This succinct volume consists of three lectures examining the nature, media, and application of God's word. With the insight and care that have come to typify his writing, John M. Frame develops fresh applications of ideas set forth in his acclaimed work The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God. In addition, he offers a preview of (and invites feedback on) the central theses to be discussed in two forthcoming volumes in his Theology of Lordship series - The Doctrine of the Word of God and The Doctrine of the Christian Life. Those looking for a concise presentation of Frame's ÒPerspectivalÓ approach will also find it here. Topics include: LECTURE ONE: THE NATURE OF THE WORD OF GOD LECTURE TWO: THE MEDIA OF THE WORD OF GOD Diverse Kinds of Media 1. Event -Media 2. Word-Media 3. Person-Media The Unity of the Word of God The Word of God and the Knowledge of God LECTURE THREE: THE WORD OF GOD AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS Three Secular Ethical Philosophies 1. Existential Ethics 2. Teleological Ethics 3. Deontological Ethics Mixed Secular Approaches Christian Ethics 1. The Existential Perspective 2. The Situational Perspective 3. The Normative Perspective Some Applications
Book Synopsis Can Ethics Be Christian? by : James M. Gustafson
Download or read book Can Ethics Be Christian? written by James M. Gustafson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a special relation between religious beliefs and moral behavior? In particular, is there a distinctive Christian moral character and how is this manifested in moral actions? The influential theologian James M. Gustafson probes these questions and offers an analysis of the distinctively religious reasons of the "heart and mind" which constitute the basis for a Christian ethics. Professor Gustafson grounds his discussion in a concrete example of moral conduct which deeply impressed him. The incident—narrated in detail at the start and referred to throughout—concerns a nonreligious colleague who came to the aid of an intoxicated soldier. Although seemingly trivial, this incident, in the author's view, approximates the normal sorts of experiences in which individuals have to make moral decisions every day; it becomes a touchstone to investigate the logical, social, and religious elements in moral decision making.
Book Synopsis Fundamental Ethics by : Patricia McAuliffe
Download or read book Fundamental Ethics written by Patricia McAuliffe and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stimulating rethinking of the basic foundations of ethics, Patricia McAuliffe derives a fundamental ethic from liberation theology. She asserts that the experience of resisting suffering, especially oppressive social suffering, must be brought from the fringe to the very center of ethics. Arguing for the conceptual priority of ethics over religion, McAuliffe defines an innovative ethic based on experience and practice. Ethics precedes religion and theology because experience and practice precede theory and interpretation, which are the human activities of religion and theology--knowledge is based on experience. She proposes that ethics can be independent of religion, but that while her liberationist ethic can be either Christian or universal, finally the poor and oppressed are the paradigm source of the disclosure of God and of final salvation. In rethinking the basic foundations of ethics, she compares a liberationist ethic, including Latin American and women's liberation theology, with various classical ethics, and examines and critiques the works of Edward Schillebeeckx, Juan Luis Segundo, Dorothee Soelle, James Gustafson, and George Lindbeck. McAuliffe offers a flexible ethic that balances the absolute and the relative, the particular and the universal, personal and social, creativity and conditioning, practice and theory, and the ethical and religious. Combining superior scholarship with an original and creative approach to ethics, this book is likely to create debate in the fields of fundamental ethics, theology, and philosophy.
