ISBN Reformed Ethics, Volume 1 (Created, Fallen, and Converted Humanity) book English Hardcover 608 pages

Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. Leading Bavinck expert John Bolt edited that work, which has received wide acclaim. Now Bolt has edited a recently discovered manuscript from Bavinck, in print for the first time, which serves as a companion to Reformed Dogmatics. Reformed Ethics follows the same method and explores the ethical and spiritual dimensions of key doctrines beyond those of Reformed Dogmatics. It mines the moral teachings of the early church and medieval and Puritan spirituality while addressing a variety of topics, offering scholars, pastors, and students Bavinck's mature reflections on ethical issues. This book is the first of three planned volumes.ContentsIntroduction to Herman Bavinck's Reformed Ethics by Dirk van Keulen and John BoltIntroduction§1 Historical Overview of Christian Ethics§2 Terminology§3 Division and Organization of Ethic§4 Foundation and Method of EthicsBook I: Humanity before Conversion1. Essential Human Nature§5 Human Beings, Created in God's Image§6 The Content of Human Nature§7 Human Relationships2. Humanity under the Power of Sin§8 The Devastation of the Image of God in Humanity§9 The Organizing Principle and Classification of Sins3. The Self against the Neighbor and God§10 Sins of Egoism in the Narrow Sense§11 Sins against the Neighbor§12 Sins against God4. The Fallen Image of God§13 The Image of God in Fallen Human Beings5. Human Conscience§14 The Conscience6. The Sinner and the Law§15 The Law§16 Natural MoralityBook II: Converted Humanity7. Life in the Spirit§17 The Nature of the Spiritual Life§18 The Origin of the Spiritual Life§19 The First and Basic Activity of the Spiritual Life8. Life in the Spirit in the Church's History§20 Mysticism, Pietism, and Methodism9. The Shape and Maturation of the Christian Life§21 The Shape of the Christian Life: The Imitation of Christ§22 The Growth of the Spiritual Life10. Persevering in the Christian Life§23 Security and Sealing11. Pathologies of the Christian Life§24 Diseases of the Spiritual Life and Their Roots12. Restoration and Consummation of the Christian Life§25 Means of Restoration§26 Consummation of the Spiritual Life; Meditation on DeathIndexesThe Authors Herman BavinckHerman Bavinck (1854-1921) succeeded Abraham Kuyper as professor of systematic theology at the Free University of Amsterdam in 1902.Continue readingabout Herman BavinckJohn BoltJohn Bolt (PhD, University of St. Michael's College) is professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he has taught for more than twenty-five years. He is the editor of Bavinck's four-volume Reformed...Continue readingabout John Bolt