| Description |
1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Series |
Columbia Series in Reformed Theology |
|
Columbia series in Reformed theology.
|
| Contents |
The reformed tradition on moral virtue -- Barth's objections -- Objections overcome -- The shape of reformed virtue after Barth -- Living out the reformed virtues |
| Summary |
"With its focus on the traditions and communities that form us over the course of a lifetime, virtue ethics has richly expanded our understanding of what the Christian life can look like. Yet its emphasis on human virtue and habits of mind and life seems inconsistent with the Reformed tradition's insistence that sin lies at the heart of the human condition. For this reason, virtue ethics seems out of place in Reformed theology, especially in the company of the Reformed tradition's greatest twentieth-century theologian, Karl Barth. In this new addition to the Columbia Series in Reformed Theology, Kirk Nolan argues that Barth's theology actually proves virtue ethics can be compatible with the Reformed tradition. Rather than see virtue as an inevitable and natural process of growth, Barth helps us understand that development in the Christian life comes through a process of repetition and renewal and that all virtue comes solely as a gift from God. Nolan establishes an important bridge between Reformed moral teaching and the tradition of virtue ethics."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Barth, Karl, 1886-1968.
|
| SUBJECT |
Barth, Karl, 1886-1968 fast |
|
Barth, Karl 1886-1968 gnd |
| Subject |
Christian ethics.
|
|
Virtue.
|
|
Reformed Church -- Doctrines.
|
|
Virtues.
|
|
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics.
|
|
Virtues
|
|
Christian ethics
|
|
Reformed Church -- Doctrines
|
|
Virtue
|
|
Reformierte Theologie
|
|
Theologische Ethik
|
|
Tugend
|
|
Tugendethik
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Stevens, Drew, book designer, cover designer
|
| ISBN |
9781611645439 |
|
1611645433 |
|
