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What would Jesus really do? : the power and limits of Jesus' moral teachings
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What would Jesus really do? : the power and limits of Jesus' moral teachings

Author: Andrew G Fiala
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : Distributed by the National Book Network, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Examines what Jesus says (and doesn't say) about complicated contemporary ethical issues including abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, war, homosexuality, and the family.

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Named Person: Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Andrew G Fiala
ISBN: 9780742552609 0742552608
OCLC Number: 76183251
Description: xvii, 196 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Jesus and ethics --
Humanism and Christian faith --
Jesus' golden rule: altruism and universality --
Jesus versus Joshua: Christian virtues in context --
Jesus' virtues: peace and love --
Jesus and the sanctity of life: abortion --
Jesus and care: euthanasia --
Forgiveness and mercy: the death penalty --
Sexuality and the family --
Slavery and social welfare --
The problem of politics --
Jesus and the Enlightenment --
Sin, grace, and humanism after the Enlightenment --
Anti-Christian ethics --
Ethics beyond Jesus.
Responsibility: Andrew Fiala.
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I hope this book will be widely read by Christians, especially those who believe that so-called 'Christian Ethics' really is based on the sayings of Jesus as presented in the New Testament.--Singer, Read more...

 
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