Human Perfection, Transfiguration and Christian Ethics

"Many would agree that human perfection is unattainable. Yet depictions of human perfection are widespread. Examining both secular culture and the New Testament, Robin Gill explores this paradox. Gill argues that Synoptic accounts of the Transfiguration offer a Christian understanding of perfection with important implications for social ethics"--

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Human Perfection: 1. Homo perfectus; 2. Glimpses of artistic perfection; 3. Moral perfection; 4. Perfectionism; Part II. Jesus' Perfection: 5. Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect; 6. Was Jesus perfect?; Part III. Transfiguration and Global Perfection: 7. Perfection and the transfiguration; 8. Perfection: the transfiguration and Abrahamic trust; 9. A perfect planet; Epilogue: the end of perfection?; Select Bibliography in Christian Ethics; Index.

About the author

Robin Gill, Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology at the University of Kent, was the first holder of both the Michael Ramsey Chair at Kent and the William Leech Research Chair at Newcastle. His previous books include Moral Passion and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and Sociological Theology (3 volumes, 2012–13).

Summary

Many would agree that human perfection is unattainable. Yet depictions of human perfection are widespread. Examining both secular culture and the New Testament, Robin Gill explores this paradox. Gill argues that Synoptic accounts of the Transfiguration offer a Christian understanding of perfection with important implications for social ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Gill, Robin (University of Kent Gill, Gill Robin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009476744
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0947674-4
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: New Studies in Christian Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, Relating to Christian people and groups