The Hermeneutics of Peoplehood: A Protestant Perspective on Practical Moral Reasoning
A "radical Protestant" moral epistemology is outlined which appropriates the primary themes of the self-understanding of the Christian communities reflected in the apostolic writings, as clarified through the post- and anti-Constantinian experience of free churches. The validity of moral r...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1982
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1982, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-67 |
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| Summary: | A "radical Protestant" moral epistemology is outlined which appropriates the primary themes of the self-understanding of the Christian communities reflected in the apostolic writings, as clarified through the post- and anti-Constantinian experience of free churches. The validity of moral reasoning is ascertained in the process of authentic dialogue, in which narration, confession, and the affirmation of general principles are concretized. It cannot be reduced to metaethical abstractions outside that concreteness. Such valid dialogue is marked by the normativeness of Jesus, by the multiplicity of charismata contributing distinctive perspectives and skills to it, by renewed critical recourse to the evangelical origins to judge and redirect, and by confidence that the work of renewal will continue. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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