Syllabus
16. 2. introduction 23. 2. chapter I. (Jesus Began to Proclaim /The Reign of God/), p. 3-20 2. 3. chapter II. (Blessed are You /Virtues of Kingdom People/), p. 21-42 9. 3. chapter III. (Law And Prophets /Authority and Scripture), p. 43-63 16. 3. chapter IV. (Moral Structure in the World /The Form and Function of Moral Norms/), p. 64-85 23. 3. chapter V. (Doing, Not Dualism /The Transforming Initiatives of the Sermont on the Mount/), p. 86-106 30. 3. chapter VI. (The Greatest Commandment /Love/), p. 107-125 20. 4. chapter VII. (Weightier Matters of the Law /Justice/), p. 126-148 27. 4. chapter VIII. (So Much Value /The Sacredness of Life/), p. 149-168 4. 5. chapter IX. (Extracting Logs, Examining Fruits /Learning to Be Faithful/), p. 169-189 11. 5. chapter ? (Core Moral Issue 1) 18. 5. chapter ? (Core Moral Issue 2) 25. 5. chapter ? (Core Moral Issue 3)
Annotation
The topic of the seminar will be War and Christian ethics.
We will study and discuss sources of Christian thought about war from antiquity (St. Augustine) through medieval period (Aquinas, The Reformation) to modern times and inquire into the traditional teaching of just war, exemplified on recent and current military conflicts of our world.