A case for character : towards a Lutheran virtue ethics / Joel D. Biermann.

By:

Biermann, Joel D [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2014]Copyright date: Ã2014Description: vii, 204 pages : illustration ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781451477917 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Other title:

Towards a Lutheran virtue ethics

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DDC classification:

241/.0441 23

LOC classification:

BJ1251.B543 2014 14333

Contents:

1. Virtue ethics and the challenge of Hauerwas -- 2. Contemporary Lutheran voices -- 3. The Lutheran confessions -- 4. The search for a paradigm : some Lutheran efforts -- 5. A creedal framework : a proposal for the reclamation of ethics within Lutheranism -- 6. An ethic for the church : the place of character formation.

Summary: A Case for Character explores this problem and argues that Christian doctrine, specifically as articulated within a Lutheran framework, is altogether capable of encouraging a robust pursuit of character formation while maintaining a faithful expression of justification by grace alone through faith alone.--Provided by publisher

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Oriental Theological Seminary Processing center	Non-fiction	BJ1251.B543 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		14333

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Case for Character explores this problem and argues that Christian doctrine, specifically as articulated within a Lutheran framework, is altogether capable of encouraging a robust pursuit of character formation while maintaining a faithful expression of justification by grace alone through faith alone.--Provided by publisher

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