Christ and the Moral Life

By James M. Gustafson

Book Overview

In this work, originally published in 1968, the distinguished theologian James M. Gustafson asks the fundamental question, "What is the significance of Jesus Christ 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226311090
• ISBN13: 9780226311098
• Release Date: June 1979
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.8" x 5.3"

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.