Author: Thomas SHERLOCK (successively Bishop of Bangor, of Salisbury, and of London.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Charity
Author: Gary A. Anderson
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300181337
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
In this reappraisal of charity in the biblical tradition, Anderson argues that the poor constituted the privileged place where Jews and Christians met God. He shows how charity affirms the goodness of the created order; the world was created through charity and therefore rewards it.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300181337
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
In this reappraisal of charity in the biblical tradition, Anderson argues that the poor constituted the privileged place where Jews and Christians met God. He shows how charity affirms the goodness of the created order; the world was created through charity and therefore rewards it.
Beyond Charity
Author: John M. Perkins
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1585582115
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A powerful call to action to bring reconciliation and restoration to broken communities.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1585582115
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A powerful call to action to bring reconciliation and restoration to broken communities.
The Priority of Love
Author: Timothy P. Jackson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400832519
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This book explores the relation between agape (or Christian charity) and social justice. Timothy Jackson defines agape as the central virtue in Christian ethical thought and action and applies his insights to three concrete issues: political violence, forgiveness, and abortion. Taking his primary cue from the New Testament while drawing extensively from contemporary theology and philosophy, Jackson identifies three features of Christian charity: unconditional commitment to the good of others, equal regard for others' well-being, and passionate service open to self-sacrifice for the sake of others. Charity, prescribed by Jesus for his disciples and named by Saint Paul as the "greatest" theological virtue, is contrasted with various accounts of justice. Jackson argues that agape is not trumped by justice or other goods. Rather, agape precedes justice: without the work of love, society would not produce persons capable of merit, demerit, and contract, the elements of most modern conceptions of justice. Jackson then considers the implications of his ideas for several questions: the nature of God, the relation between Christian love and political violence, the place of forgiveness, and the morality of abortion. Arguing that agapic love is to be construed as a gift of grace as well as a divine commandment, Jackson concludes that love is the "eternal life" that makes temporal existence possible and thus the "first" Christian virtue. Though foremost a contribution to Christian ethics, Jackson's arguments and the issues he takes up will find a broader readership.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400832519
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This book explores the relation between agape (or Christian charity) and social justice. Timothy Jackson defines agape as the central virtue in Christian ethical thought and action and applies his insights to three concrete issues: political violence, forgiveness, and abortion. Taking his primary cue from the New Testament while drawing extensively from contemporary theology and philosophy, Jackson identifies three features of Christian charity: unconditional commitment to the good of others, equal regard for others' well-being, and passionate service open to self-sacrifice for the sake of others. Charity, prescribed by Jesus for his disciples and named by Saint Paul as the "greatest" theological virtue, is contrasted with various accounts of justice. Jackson argues that agape is not trumped by justice or other goods. Rather, agape precedes justice: without the work of love, society would not produce persons capable of merit, demerit, and contract, the elements of most modern conceptions of justice. Jackson then considers the implications of his ideas for several questions: the nature of God, the relation between Christian love and political violence, the place of forgiveness, and the morality of abortion. Arguing that agapic love is to be construed as a gift of grace as well as a divine commandment, Jackson concludes that love is the "eternal life" that makes temporal existence possible and thus the "first" Christian virtue. Though foremost a contribution to Christian ethics, Jackson's arguments and the issues he takes up will find a broader readership.
A Model of Christian Charity
Author: John Winthrop
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781646792627
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781646792627
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Charity and Its Fruits
Author: Jonathan Edwards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Measures of Christian Charity and Their Rewards, as Stated by Bishop Sherlock in a Sermon [on Matt. X. 41, 42] Preached A.D. 1710
Author: Thomas SHERLOCK (successively Bishop of Bangor, of Salisbury, and of London.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Christian Charity
The Strength of Christian Charity. A Sermon, Preached Before the Foreign Evangelical Society, New York, Etc
Author: George Washington BETHUNE
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
The Law of Christian Charity; a Sermon [on 1 Cor. Xiii. 4-7] Preached in the Parish Church of St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, Etc
The Nature and Objects of Christian Charity: a Sermon [on Matt Ix. 35].
Author: Gerard Thomas NOEL (Hon.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description