Christian Ethics: a Historical and Systematic Analysis of its Dominant Ideas

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CHRISTIAN ETHICS is a passionate critique of the Christian Doctrine of Man. While accepting "the religion of Jesus Christ" as a revelation of "the same one Living God Who sent Muhammad", the author takes strong exception to the direction given to Christian thought, particularly in the West, by men like Paul, AUgustine, Luther, and Calvin. This study attempts to establish a dialogue between Islam and Christianity, based on modern methods of scientific research and criticism, and represents a new phase in our understanding of the two religions. Dr. Faruqi is a Muslim scholar with a wide and penetrating knowledge of this subject, and he is the first of his faith to seriously examine Christian dogma and ethics. Cover Title Copyright Foreword PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Contents INTRODUCTION Address to the Religio-Cultural World-Community Epoche as Religio-Cultural Disengagement Beyond Epoche: The Need for Overarching Principles THE THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES THE NEED FOR EVALUATION THE NATURE OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS METARELIGION Being is of Two Realms: Ideal and Actual Ideal Being is Relevant to Actual Being Relevance of the Ideal to the Actual is a Command Actual Being is as Such Good Actual Being is Malleable Perfection of the Cosmos is Only a Human Burden The Muslim-Christian Dialogue Shortcomings of the Christian Comparative Discipline BISHOP STEPHEN NEILL AND HENDRIK KRAEMER A C BOUQUET AND ALBERT SCHWEITZER Notes PART ONE: What is the Ethic of Jesus? I THE JEWISH BACKGROUND: JEWISH ETHIC The Nature of Hebrew Racialism Hebrew Scripture as a Record of Hebrew Racialism The Ethico-Political Situation at the Time of Jesus The Cult of the Law Notes II THE ETHICAL BREAKTHROUGH OF JESUS In Reaction to Jewish Ethic The Ethic of Intent The Final Disposition of the Law The Content of Self-Transformation The 'Firstness' of the First Command Notes III DIALECTIC OF THE NEW ETHIC The Old Values and the New IN THE REALM OF THE POLITICAL IN THE REALM OF THE SOCIAL IN THE REALM OF THE FAMILY IN THE REALM OF THE PERSONAL IN THE REALM OF THE COSMIC The Ethic of Jesus and Christian Legalism Notes IV THE SUFI PARALLEL The Parallelism Its Explanation Notes PART TWO: The Christianist Transvaluation V WHAT IS MAN? THE IMAGO DEI In Hellenic Christianity In Pre-Reformation Christianity In the Reformation In the Christianity of Modern Times Notes VI WHAT OUGHT MAN TO BE? SIN AND SALVATION Man is a Fallen Creature: Peccatism THE JEWISH BACKGROUND THE CHRISTIANIST TRANSVALUATION OF THE JEWISH IDEA OF THE FALL SIN IN THE GOSPEL SIN IN THE TEACHING OF PAUL SIN IN THE TEACHING OF THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS SIN BEFORE AUGUSTINE ' AUGUSTINE: THE EXEMPLAR OF PECCATISM SIN IN THE REFORMATION PECCATISM AND CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT Man is Reconciled: Saviourism CHRISTIANITY IS THE RELIGION OF REDEMPTION ' THE NATURE OF SAVIOURIST SALVATION Notes VII WHAT OUGHT MAN TO BE? CHURCH AND SOCIETY Societism and Personalism Christianism and Society IN TRADITIONAL THEOLOGY IN MODERN THEOLOGY The Case of William Temple The Case of Karl Barth IN THE THEOLOGY OF THE FUTURE The Lack of Societist Foundations and the Split Consciousness of Western Man The Societist Transvaluation The A-Societism of Reinhold Niebuhr Conclusion Notes EPILOGUE INDEX OF SUBJECTS INDEX OF BIBLICAL QUOTATIONS INDEX OF AUTHORS AND BOOK TITLES