An interpretation of Christian ethics / Reinhold Niebuhr.

Author: Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971, author.

ImprintLouisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2021.

Imprint1935

Descriptionxii, 244 pages ; 23 cm.

Note:Foreword by David P. Gushee.

Note:First published in 1935. Renewed in 1963.

Note:An independent Christian ethic -- The ethic of Jesus -- The Christian conception of sin -- The relevance of an impossible ethical ideal -- The law of love in politics and economics: Criticism of Christian orthodoxy -- The law of love in politics and economics: Criticism of Christian liberalism -- Love as a philosophy for the individual -- Love as forgiveness.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:"This book's approach focuses on a realistic (rather than moralistic) understanding of the challenges facing human individuals and institutions, and a call for justice--imperfect though it might be--as what love looks like in a fallen world."

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