Finding and Seeking
Ethics As Theology, Vol. 2
Published on 30. November 2014
219 pages
978-1-4674-4223-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is the second of three volumes in Oliver O'Donovan's masterful "e;Ethics as Theology"e; project. In his first volume -- Self, World, and Time -- O'Donovan discusses Christian ethics as an intellectual discipline in relation to the humanities, especially philosophy, theology, and behavioral studies, and in relation to the Christian gospel.In Finding and Seeking O'Donovan traces the logic of moral thought from self-awareness to decision through the virtues of faith, hope, and love. Blending biblical, historico-theological, and contemporary ideas in its comprehensive survey, this second volume continues O'Donovan's splendid study in ethics as theology and adds significantly to his previous theoretical reflection on Christian ethics.
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Oliver O'Donovan is a fellow of the British Academy andprofessor emeritus of Christian ethics and practical theologyat the University of Edinburgh. His other books includeThe Desire of the Nations, The Ways of Judgment,and Resurrection and Moral Order.
Content
- Intro
- Preface
- 1. Spirit and Self
- Ethics in the Spirit
- The Giver of Life
- Naming God
- The Flesh
- Sin against the Self
- 2. Faith and Purpose
- The Root of Action
- Command and Obedience
- Self--offering
- Self--consistency
- Doubt of Purpose
- 3. Faith and Meaning
- Know Thyself!
- The Objectified Self
- I and We
- Mankind
- Doubt of Meaning
- 4. The Good of Man
- Self--communicating Good
- Love of the World
- The Order of Love
- Sin against the World
- Virtue
- Prejudice
- 5. Wisdom and Time
- The Call of Wisdom
- Seeking
- Ideology
- World and Time
- 6. Love and Testimony
- The Analogy of Love
- The Testimony
- Receiving the Testimony
- Confession
- The Moral Confession
- 7. Hope and Anticipation
- The Future of Today
- Three Prospects
- Critique of Anticipation
- Hope and Anticipation
- Endurance and Temptation
- Sin against Time
- 8. Deliberation
- Purpose and Deliberation
- Against Deliberation
- Prudence
- The Ordering of Law
- Consequentialism
- The Particular
- Circumstances and Consequences
- Ideals and Compromises
- 9. Discernment
- Indeterminacy
- The Path
- Vocation
- Historicism
- Prospective Postscript
- Index of Subjects and Persons
- Index of Scripture Quotations
