Being in action : the theological shape of Barth's ethical vision / Paul T. Nimmo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nimmo, Paul T. (Paul Thomson)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barth, Karl, 1886-1968.

Barth, Karl.

Christian ethics.

Physical Description:

ix, 202 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark, [2007]

Summary:

Being in Action investigates the way in which the 'actualistic ontology' that underlies Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics affects his conception of ethical agency. Mimmo analyses this effect along three paths of inquiry: knowing what is right (the noetic dimension), doing what is right (the ontic dimension), and achieving what is right (the telle dimension). Fundamental to this analysis is the insight that, for Barth, God and human agents are beings-in-act in a particular covenant relationship.

The first section of the book explores the discipline of theological ethics as Barth construes it, both in its theoretical status and in its actual practice. In the second section, the ontological import of ethical agency for Barth is considered in relation to the divine action and the divine command. Finally, the teleological purpose envisaged in this theological ethics is examined in terms of participation, witness and glorification.

Contents:

Part 1 Noetic Aspects of Being in Action

2 The Command of God 17

3 The Discipline of Theological Ethics 41

4 The Practice of Theological Ethics 62

Part 2 Ontic Aspects of Being in Action

5 The Ethical Agent 87

6 Human Action and Divine Action 110

7 The Way of Ethical Action 136

Part 3 Telic Aspects of Being in Action

8 The Telos of Ethical Action 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-197) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567031495

0567031497

OCLC:

76935939