The Epiphany of Love: Toward a Theological Understanding of Christian Action

by Livio Melina

In this volume Livio Melina attempts to overcome the deadlock in which moral theology can easily find itself due to the false alternative between moralism, with its emphasis on external rules, and antimoralism, with its insistence on freedom from all norms.

The key, Melina argues here, is not to regard morality as a simple list of principles directing our choices and helping us to make correct moral judgments. Rather, we must step back and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802865364
• ISBN13: 9780802865366
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"