Common objects of love : moral reflection and the shaping of community : The 2001 Stob lectures / Oliver O'Donovan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Donovan, Oliver.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian ethics.

Physical Description:

viii, 72 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., [2002]

Summary:

Widely respected as one of today's wisest and most articulate Christianethicists, Oliver O'Donovan here explores the nature of personaland political behavior as it is or should be informed by Christianlove.

This profound look at contemporary life focuses on how moralreflection upon common objects of love has an effect on organizedcommunity in grandest terms, political society itself. O'Donovanbegins with some lighthearted puzzles about teaching ethics andends with an intense critique of the role of publicity in late-modernliberal culture. Showing, as Augustine believed, that weknow only as we love, O'Donovan takes readers on a journey ofthought through a series of current and historical issues rangingfrom the iconoclastic controversy of the ninth century to theterrible events of September 11, 2001.

Based on the 2001 Stob Lectures at Calvin College, this volumewill help readers learn how to think "from truths of Christian faithto conclusions in Christian action."

Contents:

1. Objects of Love 1

2. Agreement to Share 25

3. A Multitude of Rational Beings United 45.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0802805159

OCLC:

50270061