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Faith And Faithfulness

Basic Themes in Christian Ethics

by Gilbert C. Meilaender

  • Hardback
  • 192 pages
  • Publisher: University Of Notre Dame Press
  • 14.5 x 22.2 x 2.1 cm

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Gilbert Meilaender here offers reflections on the moral life from within the life of faith. Drawing on such diverse sources as E.B. White, Alasdair MacIntyre, Augustine and Felix Salten, the author of "Bambi", Meilaender focuses on the particular shape of the Christian life as it pertains to the commitments of believers and to the way in which those commitments form moral vision. Beginning with Christianity as a particular way of life, Meilaender suggests that Christians should not try to develop an autonomous ethic; neither, however, need they deny the common ground that exists with those who stand in other traditions. He then discusses human nature as creaturely, sinful and justified - using these categories to think about such topics as the relation of humans to their environment, the meaning of personhood, the meaning of original sin, and the relation of indicative and imperative in the Christian life. Meilaender argues that a particular kind of moral theory, one that is non-consequentialist, is appropriate for those working within the Christian tradition.In a chapter on the relation of Church and society he argues for the necessity of the Church's works of both mercy and witness. In a chapter on mortality Meilaender considers the sense in which - for Christians - death is both natural and unnatural, and he explores some of the implications for both public policy and personal life of such a view. Finally, Meilaender uses the story told by St. Augustine in his "Confessions" reading it - over against Rousseau's "Confessions" - as a narrative embodiment of the Christian ethic.
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Not by Nature but by GraceFaith And Faithfulness

  • Author

    Gilbert C. Meilaender

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    University Of Notre Dame Press

  • Published

    August 1991

  • Weight

    427g

  • Page Count

    192

  • Dimensions

    14.5 x 22.2 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780268009823

  • ISBN-10

    0268009821

  • Eden Code

    1006926

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