Christian ethics / R.C. Mortimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mortimer, R. C. (Robert Cecil), 1902-1976., author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Philosophy of religion.

Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion ; Volume 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

This text also attempts to explain the traditional Christian attitudes towards certain particular matters of conduct; for example, marriage and divorce, gambling, and the rights and duties of private property.

A discussion of the general presuppositions and ideas which underlie the Christian ethical teaching, treating of such subjects as conscience, the concepts of sin and virtue, and the relation between morality and religion. The book also attempts to explain the traditional Christian attitudes towards certain particular matters of conduct; for example, marriage and divorce, gambling, and the rights and duties of private property. Written by the then Bishop of Exeter, this book was originally published in 1950. A discussion of the general presuppositions and ideas which underlie the Christian ethical teaching, treating of such subjects as conscience, the concepts of sin and virtue, and the relation between morality and religion. The book also attempts to explain the traditional Christian attitudes towards certain particular matters of conduct; for example, marriage and divorce, gambling, and the rights and duties of private property. Written by the then Bishop of Exeter, this book was originally published in 1950.

Contents:

1. The Bible and Ethics 2. Authority and Conscience 3. The Duty of Religion 4. The Duty of Obedience 5. Social Duties 6. Gambling 7. Sex and Marriage 8. The Sanctity of Human Life

Notes:

First published in 1950.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 18, 2013).

ISBN:

1-135-97676-7

0-203-53459-X

1-138-97063-8

1-135-97669-4

9780203534595

OCLC:

851695533