Christ and the Moral Life

By James M. Gustafson

Book Overview

In this book, originally published in 1968, James M. Gustafson asks the fundamental question, what is the significance of Jesus for the moral life? His answer is in the form of an ethical map, showing the ways in which theological affirmations about Christ relate to moral life in the writings of a number of important Christian thinkers. Gustafson has written a new preface for this edition. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664232957
• ISBN13: 9780664232955
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Critical for Christian Ethicists

The primary work of James Gustafson. It should be alongside Kant, Barth, Aquinas, Curran, and Luther in your bookshelf. Word of caution: Gustafson presents material from various authors and can be very complicated reading. It currently is on our doctoral reading list, so folks new to Christian Ethics really need to take it slow as is difficult to unpack.