Human Perfection, Transfiguration and Christian Ethics (New Studies in Christian Ethics)

Cover
Half-title page
Reviews
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	This Book’s Contents
		Part I Human Perfection
		Part II Jesus’ Perfection
		Part III Transfiguration and Global Perfection
	Works Cited
Part I Human Perfection
	Chapter 1 Homo Perfectus
		Perfection in Memorials within Kent Churches
		Claims of Perfection in the Arts and Sport
		Iris Murdoch and Perfection
		Aquinas on Perfection
		In Conclusion
		Works Cited
	Chapter 2 Glimpses of Artistic Perfection
		Perfection in a Musical Performance
		Perfection in a Painting
		Perfection in a Sculpture
		Perfection Expressed within a Novel
		In Conclusion
		Works Cited
	Chapter 3 Moral Perfection
		Dr Henry Holland
		Dr Holland and Dr Schweitzer
		Postcolonial Healthcare
		In Conclusion
		Works Cited
	Chapter 4 Perfectionism
		Maladaptive Perfectionism
		An Ethics Report on Cosmetic Procedures
		The Common Good
		Female Genital Mutilation
		Adaptive Perfectionism
		In Conclusion
		Works Cited
Part II Jesus’ Perfection
	Chapter 5 Be Perfect, as Your Heavenly Father Is Perfect
		The Sermon on the Mount
		Teleios in the New Testament
		Hebrews and Perfection
		James and Perfection
		Perfection and Eschatology
		In Conclusion
		Works Cited
	Chapter 6 Was Jesus Perfect?
		Jesus’ Erroneous Judgment about the End of the World
		Mascall and Rahner’s Differences on Jesus’ Human Perfection
		Recent Perspectives on Jesus’ Human Perfection
		Responses on Jesus’ Human Perfection by Evangelical New Testament Scholars
		Two Recent Scholarly Contributions on Jesus’ Human Perfection
		In Conclusion
		Works Cited
Part III Transfiguration and Global Perfection
	Chapter 7 Perfection and the Transfiguration
		The Transfiguration in the Synoptic Gospels
		Patristic Perceptions of the Transfiguration
		Aquinas on the Transfiguration
		Transfiguration within Recent Eastern Orthodox Social Ethics
		In Conclusion
		Works Cited
	Chapter 8 Perfection: The Transfiguration and Abrahamic Trust
		Abrahamic Trust
		The Christian–Muslim Relations Project
		The Transfiguration Again
		Raimon Panikkar and the Cosmic Christ
		In Conclusion
		Works Cited
	Chapter 9 A Perfect Planet
		Teleology and Theodicy
		Awe at the Perfect Planet
		A Planet Becoming Less Than Perfect
		In Conclusion
		Works Cited
	Epilogue: The End of Perfection?
Select Bibliography in Christian Ethics
Index