Fidelity of Heart: An Ethic of Christian Virtue

Fidelity of Heart: An Ethic of Christian Virtue
ISBN-10
0195136624
ISBN-13
9780195136623
Category
Religion
Pages
225
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
James Earl Gilman

Description

He argues that love of God, self, and others requires of followers a joyful sorrow that transforms enemies into friends. The peace of Christ, says Gilman, requires not merely peacemaking but pacifism, while Christian justice requires not merely justice as equal fairness but justice as equal mercy. Finally, Gilman shows that compassion, as the seminal experience in which love, peace, and justice converge, is the experience through which the Christian community is able to participate in and shape the character of public life." "For readers searching for the true beating heart of Christian faith, and who want to know what the practice of Christian virtue can and should be, this thoughtful and carefully argued book supplies an answer."--BOOK JACKET.

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