Six sermons français inèdits / de Jean Gerson ; Etude doctrinale et littéraire suivie de l'édition critique et de remarques linguistiques par Louis Mourin ; préface de M. André Combes

• Record Nr.: UNINA990004843130403321
• Autore: Gerson, Jean <1363-1429>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Paris : Libr. Philosophique J. Vrin, 1946
• Descrizione fisica: XIII, 611 p. ; 25 cm
• Collana: Etudes de Theologie et d'Histoire de la Spiritualité ; 8
• Locazione: FLFBC
• Collocazione: MX GE 301
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Social selves and political reforms [[electronic resource] ] : five visions in contemporary Christian ethics / / C. Melissa Snarr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789555403321
• Autore: Snarr C. Melissa
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : T&T Clark, c2007
• ISBN: 0-567-49577-9; 1-283-12210-3; 9786613122100; 0-567-01111-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 241
• Soggetti: Christian ethics; Christian sociology; Christianity and politics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-129) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Politics and Christianizing the social self -- Walter Rauschenbusch and organizing the social -- Reinhold Niebuhr and social anxiety -- Stanley Hauerwas and the church social -- Beverly Harrison and radical sociality -- Emilie Townes and the socially resilient self -- Conclusion: Socializing Christian political ethics -- Postscript: The work that lies ahead.
• Sommario/riassunto: Christian ethicists from a wide spectrum of methods and commitments come together in arguing for some kind of social conception of the self, noticing that convergence sheds new light on the current range of theoretical options in Christian ethics. But it also opens up an important conversation about political reform. Social visions of the self help ethicists comprehend and evaluate the moral work of institutions--comprehension that is especially important in a time of crisis for democratic participation. But not all visions of the social self are equal. Snarr's book explores and evaluates five