Character ethics and the New Testament :
Character ethics and the New Testament : moral dimensions of Scripture /
edited by Robert L. Brawley.
- 1st ed.
- Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, 2007.
- xvi, 269 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Does suffering possess educational value in Mark's gospel? / C. Clifton Black -- Scripture as script and as scripted: the Beatitudes / Allen Verhey -- The reorienting potential of biblical narrative for Christian ethos, with special reference to Luke 7:36-50 / Elna Mouton -- Generating ethics from God's character in Mark / Robert L. Brawley -- Paul, Job, and the new quest for justice / Jens Herzer -- Freeing exegesis / L. Ann Jervis -- Identity and metaethics: being justified and ethics in Galatians / Robert L. Brawley -- "These things are excellent and profitable to everyone" (Titus 3:8): the kindness of God as paradigm for ethics / Jens Herzer -- If your enemy is hungry: love and subversive politics in Romans 12-13 / Sylvia C. Keesmaat -- Toward a nonretaliatory lifestyle: the Psalms, the cross, and the Gospel / J. Clinton McCann Jr. -- Reading the Bible from a social location: a response / Jinseong Woo -- Political formation in the letter to the Romans / Neil Elliott -- Justification of difference in Galatians / Jae Won Lee -- "If any want to become my followers": character and political formations via the Gospel of Mark / C. Drew Smith -- Peacemaking pillars of character formation in the New Testament / Willard M. Swartley -- The Beatitudes as eschatological peacemaking virtues / Glen Stassen.
0664230660 (alk. paper) 9780664230661 (alk. paper)
2006042128
Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Conduct of life.
Ethics, Practical.
Character.
Ethics--Personality.
241
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Does suffering possess educational value in Mark's gospel? / C. Clifton Black -- Scripture as script and as scripted: the Beatitudes / Allen Verhey -- The reorienting potential of biblical narrative for Christian ethos, with special reference to Luke 7:36-50 / Elna Mouton -- Generating ethics from God's character in Mark / Robert L. Brawley -- Paul, Job, and the new quest for justice / Jens Herzer -- Freeing exegesis / L. Ann Jervis -- Identity and metaethics: being justified and ethics in Galatians / Robert L. Brawley -- "These things are excellent and profitable to everyone" (Titus 3:8): the kindness of God as paradigm for ethics / Jens Herzer -- If your enemy is hungry: love and subversive politics in Romans 12-13 / Sylvia C. Keesmaat -- Toward a nonretaliatory lifestyle: the Psalms, the cross, and the Gospel / J. Clinton McCann Jr. -- Reading the Bible from a social location: a response / Jinseong Woo -- Political formation in the letter to the Romans / Neil Elliott -- Justification of difference in Galatians / Jae Won Lee -- "If any want to become my followers": character and political formations via the Gospel of Mark / C. Drew Smith -- Peacemaking pillars of character formation in the New Testament / Willard M. Swartley -- The Beatitudes as eschatological peacemaking virtues / Glen Stassen.
0664230660 (alk. paper) 9780664230661 (alk. paper)
2006042128
Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Conduct of life.
Ethics, Practical.
Character.
Ethics--Personality.
241