The penumbra of ethics : the Gifford Lectures of V. A. Demant with critical commentary and assessment /

The penumbra of ethics : the Gifford Lectures of V. A. Demant with critical commentary and assessment /

Rev. Vigo Auguste Demant (1893-1983) was a significant theologian and social commentator of the first half of the twentieth century. This book contains his up-until-now unpublished Gifford Lectures, in which Demant provides cultural analysis as he attempts to address why humanity struggles so much w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Demant, V. A (Vigo Auguste), 1893-1983 (Author)
Other Authors: Faulstitch, Christine (Editor), Markham, Ian S (Editor), Markham, Ian S. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2018
Subjects:
Christian civilization
Christian civiliztion
Christian ethics
Christian sociology
Church and social problems
Civilization, Western
Table of Contents:
  • Section one: V. A. Demant in context. Setting V. A. Demant in context ; Social credit and Christians sociology ; Christians and pre-war Europe ; Demant's Christian background
  • Section two: The Giffords. Series I: The religious climate: lecture I: ethos and logos ; Lecture II: God, man, and the world ; Lecture III: Moral goodness and blessedness ; Lecture IV: The mystery of the will ; Lecture V: Spirituality: cultivation of the inner life ; Lecture VI: Secularization ; Lecture VII: Being and becoming ; Chapter VIII: Gender ; Lecture IX: Eastern and Western religion ; Lecture X: The Christian revolution
  • Series II: Moral career of Christendom. Lecture I: The place of ethics in our culture ; Lecture II: Not of this world ; Lecture III: The field is the world ; Lecture IV: Natural law doctrine ; Lecture V: Is man a "real kind"? ; Lecture IV: Society ; Lecture VII: Work ; Lecture IX: Enterprise and establishment ; Lecture X: How adaptable is Christian ethics?
  • Section three: assessment and critique. Assessment and critique
  • Section one: V.A. Demant in context. Setting V.A. Demant in context
  • Social credit and Christians sociology
  • Christians and pre-war Europe
  • Demant's Christian background
  • Section two: The Giffords. Series I: The religious climate. ethos and logos
  • God, man, and the world
  • Moral goodness and blessedness
  • The mystery of the will
  • Spirituality : cultivation of the inner life
  • Secularization
  • Being and becoming
  • Gender
  • Eastern and Western religion
  • The Christian revolution
  • Series II: Moral career of Christendom. The place of ethics in our culture
  • Not of this world
  • The field is the world
  • Natural law doctrine
  • Is man a "real kind"?
  • Society
  • Work
  • Enterprise and establishment
  • How adaptable is Christian ethics?
  • Section three: assessment and critique. Assessment and critique

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