An Interpretation of Christian Ethics (Library of Theological Ethics)

by Reinhold Niebuhr

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 2013

Overview

This addition to Westminster John Knox Press’s Library of Theological Ethics series brings one of Reinhold Niebuhr’s classic works back into print. This 1935 book answered some of the theological questions raised by Moral Man and Immoral Society (1932) and articulated for the first time Niebuhr’s theological position on many issues. The introduction by ethicist Edmund Santurri sets the work into historical and theological context, and also assesses the viability of some of Niebuhr’s positions for theology and ethics today.

Key Features

• Represents Niebuhr’s first sustained theological reflection on social and political morality
• Explores some of the differences between the original social gospel and the newer form of social Christianity
• Addresses the question of what it means to think theologically and ethically

Contents

• Introduction by Edmund Santurri
• An Independent Christian Ethic
• The Ethic of Jesus
• The Christian Conception of Sin
• The Relevance of an Impossible Ethical Ideal
• The Law of Love in Politics and Economics (Criticism of Christian Orthodoxy)
• Love as a Possibility for the Individual
• Love as Forgiveness

Product Details

• Title: An Interpretation of Christian Ethics
• Author: Reinhold Niebuhr
• Edition: First edition
• Series: Library of Theological Ethics
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 244
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christian ethics; Love › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9780664236939, 0664236936
• Resource ID: LLS:INTRPRTTNCHTHCS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-09T22:46:45Z

About Reinhold Niebuhr

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), born in Wright City, Missouri was a major American theologian and political thinker of the mid-twentieth century. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, Niebuhr served as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit (1915-28), where he became deeply interested in social problems. In 1928 he began teaching at Union Theological Seminary, becoming professor of applied Christianity in 1930; he remained in this post until his retirement in 1960.

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