Summary of excerpts of An Introduction to Christian Ethics, 5th edition by Roger Crook CHAPTER 5: BIBLICAL ETHICS Jesus Jesus’s ethical teachings are usually framed
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Kathryn Tanner’s Systematic Theology: AN OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS
This is an outline of Kathryn Tanner’s Jesus, Humanity, and the Trinity (2001), an early version of a more detailed systematic theology that she outlines
Thoughts and Reflections on “the Fathers of the Church” by Mike Aquilina
Assorted thoughts and reflections based on a recent read of The Fathers of the Church: An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers, 3rd edition (2013)
“Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism” by Kathryn Tanner: an argument for a wholesale reorganization of economic life
I recently read Kathryn Tanner’s Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism (2019, Yale University Press). Her argument, in short, is that modern finance-dominated capitalism
“Ministry in a Secular Age” by Andrew Root; summary and reflections
“The most effective way for Christians, clergy, and congregations alike to make God visible in today’s secular world is through ministry. In other words, being present with and serving others in ways that reveal God and God’s nature to those to whom we minister. In these ministry efforts, God can be incarnated in a way that is comprehensible to those whose worldviews have been shaped by modernity and secularism.”
Bonhoeffer’s “religionless christianity” and the search for pure religious truth
I recently listened to Tripp Fuller’s 2009 interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh who wrote Religionless Christianity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer In Troubled Times. Dr. Pugh explained that
Hazelnut Notes 