Christian ethics and the church :

Turner, Philip, 1935-

Christian ethics and the church : ecclesial foundations for moral thought and practice / Philip Turner. - Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Academic, c2015. - xxiii, 289 p ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-276) and indexes.

The focus of Christian ethics : three accounts -- John Cassian's ethic of individual salvation -- Walter Rauschenbusch's ethic of social redemption -- John Howard Yoder's ethic of communal witness -- A prismatic case : the Epistle to the Ephesians -- The goal and basis of life together in Christ : a reading of the Epistle to the Ephesians (part one) -- The character of life together in Christ : a reading of the Epistle to the Ephesians (part two) -- Possible exceptions -- Possible exceptions : the self -- Possible exceptions : society -- The shape of an ecclesial ethic -- The goal, basis, and character of an ecclesial ethic -- The ecclesial setting of a devout and holy life -- An ecclesial view of life in civil society -- An ecclesial view of life within political society (part one) -- An ecclesial view of life within political society (part two)

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