Beach, Waldo,

Christian ethics; sources of the living tradition, [electronic resource] edited with introductions by Waldo Beach and H. Richard Niebuhr. - New York, Ronald Press Co. [1955] - 496 p. 21 cm.

Includes bibliographies.

Introduction to biblical ethics -- Ethics of the early Christian church -- Clement of Alexandria -- St. Augustine -- Ethics of monasticism: The rule of St. Benedict. The little flowers of St. Francis -- Ethics of mysticism: Bernard of Clairvaux. Meister Eckhart -- Thomas Aquinas and scholasticism -- Martin Luther -- John Calvin -- Ethics of Puritanism and Quakerism: Richard Baxter. Robert Barclay -- Joseph Butler and Anglican rationalism -- John Wesley -- Jonathan Edwards -- Soren Kierkegaard -- Walter Rauschenbusch -- Current trends.

On ethics, excerpts from the writings of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Joseph Butler, John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards, Soren Kierkegaard, and Walter Rauschenbusch, among others.



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Christian ethics--History--Sources.

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