The community, cross, new creation : a contemporary introduction to New Testament ethics Hays, Richard B. creator text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. nyu New York HarperOne �1996 1996 monographic eng

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xv, 508 pages ; 24 cm Analyzes the ethical vision of the New Testament related to issues such as violence, divorce, homosexuality, and abortion. Discusses themes of community, cross, and new creation. The descriptive task: visions of the moral life in the new testament -- Paul: the Koin�onia of his sufferings -- Developments of the Pauline tradition -- The gospel of Mark: taking up the cross -- The gospel of Matthew: training for the kingdom of heaven -- Luke-acts: liberation through the power of the spirit -- The gospel and Epistles of John: loving one another -- Excursus: the role of "the historical Jesus" -- Revelation: resisting the beast -- The synthetic task: finding coherence in the moral vision of the new testament -- Diverse voices in the New Testament canon -- Three focal images: community, cross, new creation -- The Hermeneutical task: the use of the new testament in Christian ethics -- How do ethicists use scripture? Diagnostic questions -- Five representative Hermeneutical strategies -- How shall we use the texts? Normative proposals -- The pragmatic task: living under the word--test cases -- Violence in defense of justice -- Divorce and remarriage -- Homosexuality -- Anti-Judaism and ethnic conflict -- Abortion. Richard B. Hays. Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-484) and indexes. Criticism, interpretation, etc Critique, interpr�etation, etc Ethics in the Bible Christian ethics Morale dans la Bible Christian ethics Ethics in the Bible Nieuwe Testament Christelijke ethiek BS2545.E8 H39 1996 241.09 H425M 9780060637965 006063796X http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc044/96011845.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc044/96011845.html STJ 081028 20241011064947.0 ocn263915213 eng