Author: Georgia Elma HarknessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Sources of Western Morality
Author: Georgia Elma HarknessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Sources of Western Morality from Primitive Society Through the Beginnings of Christianity
Author: Georgia HarknessPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781355716907
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
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The Sources of Western Culture
Author: Georgia Elma HarknessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Origins of Christian Morality
Author: Wayne A. MeeksPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300065138
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
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.
A Bibliographic Guide to the Comparative Study of Ethics
Author: John Braisted CarmanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521344487
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
This bibliography is the culmination of four years' work by a team of noted scholars; its annotated entries are organised by religious tradition and cover each tradition's central concepts, offering a judicious selection of primary and secondary works as well as recommendations of cross-cultural topics to be explored. Specialists in the history and literature of religions and comparative religion will find this bibliography a valuable research tool.
A History of Western Morals
Author: Crane BrintonPublisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The nature of man's conduct and his ethical principles traced through the centuries, from ancient Egypt to modern America, by a Harvard history professor.
The Pursuit of Liberal Education
Author: W. J. RockPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465374728
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Pursuit of Liberal Education is a scholarly but accessible book on philosophy of education. It also involves a look at a philosophy of man, mind, conduct, government and progress. There is a discussion of the humanities and sciences, along with some social criticism, too. It calls for a revival of liberal education. It redefines liberal education as both a preservation of the best of the cultural heritage, and as a helpful guide for social reform. Thinking and learning about ideas and values across the spectrum of knowledge are considered. This is an indispensable book that puts everything in perspective.
Library Journal
Author: Melvil DeweyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 2532
Book Description
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Issued also separately.
Georgia Harkness
Author: Rebekah MilesPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 0664226671
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Georgia Harkness (1891-1974) was a Methodist theologian and the first American woman to teach theology at the seminary level. A leader in the ecumenical movement, Harkness strove to make theology accessible to the laity. This book is a compilation of writing from early in her career that appeared in publications such as The Christian Century, Religion in Life, and Christendom. Although her theology shifted somewhat during these years, Harkness held fast to her belief that liberal theology would remain "the basic American theology," a prediction that was out of step in the 1930s but is growing more credible today. 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 through reflection on classic works in the field.
History and Systems of Psychology
Author: James F. BrennanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009051075
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
History and Systems of Psychology provides an engaging introduction to the rich story of psychology's past. Retaining its trademark clarity and accessibility, the Eighth Edition also features expanded coverage of non-western traditions in psychology as well as added coverage of nineteenth-century advances in philosophy and science. The emergence of applications of psychology in clinical, educational, neuroscientific, and social settings are further emphasized within the twenty-first-century landscape of psychology as a cognitive and a positive science. Assuming little prerequisite knowledge, the authors discuss the people, places, and concepts that have shaped psychology's story, and show that we remain fascinated and perplexed by the same enduring questions that confronted our ancestors – namely, our wonder at our subjectivity and consciousness of self. The Eighth Edition is supported by rich online resources including a manual, test bank, and lecture slides for instructors, and study guides and links to primary source literature for students.