Morality After Calvin - Theodore Beza''s Christian Censor and Reformed Ethics

Zusatztext A fine, sharp, intelligent, and engaging study of an important Reformation figure. Informationen zum Autor Kirk M. Summers is Professor of Classics at the University of Alabama. Klappentext Morality after Calvin examines the development of ethical thought in the Reformed tradition immediately following the death of Calvin, using Theodore Beza's Cato Censorius Christianus (1591) as a point of departure. Zusammenfassung Morality after Calvin examines the development of ethical thought in the Reformed tradition immediately following the death of Calvin, using Theodore Beza's Cato Censorius Christianus (1591) as a point of departure. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: Contextualizing Beza's Ethical Thought Chapter One: Cato, God, and Natural Law Chapter Two: An Ethos of Listening Chapter Three: Living Sincerely Chapter Four: The Execution of One's Calling Chapter Five: Usury and the "Rhetoric of Mutuality" Chapter Six: Sanctifying Physical Relationships Chapter Seven: Outliers Chapter Eight: A Retrospective View of Life's Journey Chapter Nine: Conclusion: Beza's Ethical Thought Bibliography Abbreviations Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index

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• Authors: Kirk M. Summers, Kirk M. (Professor of Classics Summers, Summers Kirk M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2016
• EAN: 9780190280079
• ISBN: 978-0-19-028007-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology; Oxford Studies in Historical T
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Religious ethics, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches