The Origins Of Christian Morality
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Author | : Wayne A. Meeks |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780300065138 |
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By the time Christianity became a political and cultural force in the Roman Empire, it had come to embody a new moral vision. This wise and eloquent book describes the formative years--from the crucifixion of Jesus to the end of the second century of the common era--when Christian beliefs and practices shaped their unique moral order. Wayne A. Meeks examines the surviving documents from Christianity's beginnings (some of which became the New Testament) and shows that they are largely concerned with the way converts to the movement should behave. Meeks finds that for these Christians, the formation of morals means the formation of community; the documents are addressed not to individuals but to groups, and they have among their primary aims the maintenance and growth of these groups. Meeks paints a picture of the process of socialization that produced the early forms of Christian morality, discussing many factors that made the Christians feel that they were a single and "chosen" people. He describes, for example, the impact of conversion; the rapid spread of Christian household cult-associations in the cities of the Roman Empire; the language of Christian moral discourse as revealed in letters, testaments, and "moral stories"; the rituals, meetings, and institutionalization of charity; the Christians' feelings about celibacy, sex, and gender roles; and their sense of the end-time and final judgment. In each of these areas Meeks seeks to determine what is distinctive about the Christian viewpoint and what is similar to the moral components of Greco-Roman or Jewish thought.
Author | : Servais Pinckaers |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0813208181 |
Download The Sources of Christian Ethics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
First published in 1985 as Les sources de la morale chrétienne by University Press Fribourg, this work has been recognized by scholars worldwide as one of the most important books in the field of moral theology
Author | : D. Stephen Long |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2010-07-29 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199568863 |
Download Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book provides both a short history of Christian ethics and looks at itsbasic sources as they arise from Judaism, Greco-Roman ethics, andChristianity
Author | : Wayne A. Meeks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 1995 |
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Author | : Wayne A. Meeks |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1986-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780664250140 |
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Describes the social setting of the early Christians, looks at the Greek and Roman ethical traditions, and explains the moral formation of the beginning Christian movement
Author | : J. Ian H. McDonald |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2016-04-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134949928 |
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The Crucible of Christian Morality explores the notion of Christian ethics and discusses its roots in the teachings of Jesus and also Hellenistic philosophy. Its significance in developing moral standards throughout the world and its stability in the modern world. The Crucible of Christian Morality uses new critical perspectives including: * the sociology of knowledge * and discourse analysis. J. Ian H. McDonald challenges conventional approaches by focusing on the behaviour of early Christian communities rather than their texts to shed new light on the nature of Christian morality in its earliest and most formative years.
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Release | : 1976 |
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Author | : Christoph Ernst Luthardt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Christian ethics |
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Author | : Kyle Harper |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2013-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674074564 |
Download From Shame to Sin Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The transformation of the Roman world from polytheistic to Christian is one of the most sweeping ideological changes of premodern history. At the center was sex. Kyle Harper examines how Christianity changed the ethics of sexual behavior from shame to sin, and shows how the roots of modern sexuality are grounded in an ancient religious revolution.
Author | : Herbert Hayes Scullard |
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Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Christian ethics |
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