Wells God's Companions

Reimagining Christian Ethics
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77723-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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Reihe: Challenges in Contemporary Theology

We are pleased to annouce that God's Companions bySamuel Wells has been shortlisted for the 2007 Michael Ramsey Prizefor theological writing.
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Grounded in Samuel Wells' experience of ordinary lives inpoorer neighborhoods, this book presents a striking and imaginativeapproach to Christian ethics. It argues that Christian ethics isfounded on God, on the practices of human community, and onworship, and that ethics is fundamentally a reflection of God'sabundance.
Wells synthesizes dogmatic, liturgical, ethical, scriptural, andpastoral approaches to theology in order to make a bold claim forthe centrality of the local church in theological reflection. Heconsiders the abundance of gifts God gives through the practices ofthe Church, particularly the Eucharist. His central thesis, whichgoverns his argument throughout, is that God gives his peopleeverything they need to worship him, be his friends, and eat withhim. Wells engages with serious scholarly material, yet sets outthe issues lucidly for a student audience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wells, Samuel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Introduction.
Part I: The Body of Christ as Jesus.
1. Yesterday.
2. Forever.
3. Today.
Part II: The Body of Christ as the Church.
4. Forming.
5. Incorporating.
6. Performing.
7. Restoring.
Part III: The Body of Christ as the Eucharist.
8. Meeting.
9. Hearing.
10. Responding.
11. Sharing.
12. Going.
Works Cited.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Samuel Wells was born in Canada, studied in Oxford, Edinburgh, and Durham, UK and spent fourteen years in parish ministry in the Church of England, mostly in socially deprived areas, before moving to North Carolina to be Dean of the Chapel at Duke University and Research Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Divinity School. He has written several books in the field of theological ethics, including Transforming Fate into Destiny: The Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas (2004), Improvisation and the Drama of Christian Ethics (2004) and Community-Led Estate Regeneration and the Local Church (2003). He co-edited with Stanley Hauerwas The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics (Blackwell, 2004).