James M. Gustafson

Treasure in Earthen Vessels

The Church as a Human Community

Buch

When first published in 1961, Treasure in Earthen Vessels was hailed by H. Richard Niebuhr as the first real sociology of the church. In this landmark work, James M. Gustafson examines the church as a human institution that must, and does, participate in the social structure of all human communities. His penetrating analysis remains an important contribution to the dialogue between the theological and social-scientific disciplines. Gustafson has written a new preface for this volume. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavai… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-664-23296-2
EAN: 9780664232962
Produktnummer: 4157490
Verlag: Westminster John Knox Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 164 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.9 cm 251 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 251

Über den Autor

James M. Gustafson is one of the leading Christian ethicists of the last fifty years. Among his classic works are Christ and the Moral Life, Can Ethics Be Christian?, and his two volume Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective.