Resurrection and Moral Order

Download or read book Resurrection and Moral Order written by Oliver O'Donovan and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal work makes a cogent and compelling case for Christian ethics based on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Drawing on a profound knowledge both of the history of Christian thought and of contemporary ethical theology, Oliver O'Donovan illumines such important concepts as freedom, authority, nature, history, and revelation. This revised edition also includes an extensive new prologue in which the author enters into critical dialogue with four key figures in Christian ethics: John Finnis, Martin Honecker, Stanley Hauerwas, and Karl Barth.