Human perfection, transfiguration and christian ethics
"Many would agree that human perfection is unattainable. Yet depictions of human perfection are widespread. Examining both secular culture and the New Testament, Robin Gill explores this paradox. Gill argues that Synoptic accounts of the Transfiguration offer a Christian understanding of perfec...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2024
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New studies in Christian ethics (43)
Year: 2024 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | New studies in Christian ethics
43 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theological anthropology
/ Perfection
/ Jesus Christus
/ Social ethics
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Jesus Christ
Transfiguration
B Perfection Religious aspects Christianity B Christian Ethics |
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| Summary: | "Many would agree that human perfection is unattainable. Yet depictions of human perfection are widespread. Examining both secular culture and the New Testament, Robin Gill explores this paradox. Gill argues that Synoptic accounts of the Transfiguration offer a Christian understanding of perfection with important implications for social ethics"-- |
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| Item Description: | Zählung innerhalb der Serie erschließt sich aus der Liste der bisher erschienenen 42 Bände am Ende des Buches |
| Physical Description: | ix, 249 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 1009476742 |