The moral vision of the New Testament : community, cross, new creation : a contemporary introduction to New Testament ethics /: community, cross, new creation : a contemporary introduction to New Testament ethics. (©1996)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard B. Hays.
• Other Names: Hays, Richard B
• Contents: The descriptive task: visions of the moral life in the new testament -- Paul: the Koinōnia of his sufferings -- Developments of the Pauline tradition -- The gospel of Mark: taking up the cross -- The gospel of Matthew: training for the kingdom of heaven -- Luke-acts: liberation through the power of the spirit -- The gospel and Epistles of John: loving one another -- Excursus: the role of "the historical Jesus" -- Revelation: resisting the beast -- The synthetic task: finding coherence in the moral vision of the new testament -- Diverse voices in the New Testament canon -- Three focal images: community, cross, new creation -- The Hermeneutical task: the use of the new testament in Christian ethics -- How do ethicists use scripture? Diagnostic questions -- Five representative Hermeneutical strategies -- How shall we use the texts? Normative proposals -- The pragmatic task: living under the word--test cases -- Violence in defense of justice -- Divorce and remarriage -- Homosexuality -- Anti-Judaism and ethnic conflict -- Abortion.
• Publisher Details: New York : HarperOne
• Publication Date: 1996
• Copyright Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 241.09 H425M; Ethics in the Bible; Christian ethics; Morale dans la Bible; Christian ethics; Ethics in the Bible; Nieuwe Testament; Christelijke ethiek; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062313447; 0062313444
• Related ISBNs: 9780060637965; 006063796X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-484) and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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