| Description |
xxiv, 229 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
ATF series ; 9 |
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ATF series ; 9
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| Contents |
pt. 1. The Bible and Christian ethics. Is the Bible a handbook for ethics? / John Dunnill -- The moral vision of the Beatitudes: the blessings of revolution / Christopher D. Marshall -- Christ and power / Rowena Curtis -- Christian communities in earliest Christianity: the church before churches / Bill Loader -- The boundaries of freedom / Rick Strelan -- pt. 2. Theological perspectives and resources. Open heaven/closed hearts: theological reflections on ecumenical relations / Graeme Garrett -- Jesus Christ and spirituality / Thorwald Lorenzen -- King, Merton, and Barth: their abiding significance / David Neville -- Three unfinished pilgrimages / John Howard Yoder -- An unmistakable accent: remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Frank Nichol -- God of compassion / Charles Birch -- 'A grandeur too overwhelming to express': Patrick White's vision of God / Veronica Brady -- pt. 3. The politics of Jesus and Christian pacifism. Jesus-- a model of radical political action / John Howard Yoder -- Reading Yoder down under / Stanley Hauerwas -- Toward an Australian post-Constantinian public theology / Ian Barns -- Pacifism-- not passivism / Philip Matthews -- CS Lewis and Christian pacifism / David Neville |
| Analysis |
Christianity |
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Ethics |
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Theology |
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Cultural values |
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Christian ethics - Australian |
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Christianity and culture - Australia |
| Notes |
Includes indexes and biblical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Christian ethics -- Australia.
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Christianity and culture -- Australia.
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| Author |
Neville, David J., editor of compilation
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Matthews, Philip, editor of compilation
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Australian Theological Forum.
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| ISBN |
1920691162 |
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