In a culture obsessed with law, judgment, and violence, this book challenges Christians to remember that Jesus urged his followers to judge no one, bring harm upon no one, and follow no law save the law of altruistic love. It traces Christian history first to show that Christians of an earlier age took very seriously the gospel injunctions against punitive legal judgment and then how the advent of formal legal codes and philosophical dualism undermined that perspective to create a division between a private Christian spirituality and a public morality of order and legally sanctioned violence. This historical approach is accompanied by an argument that the recovery of a Christian ethic based upon unconditional love and forgiveness cannot be accomplished without the renewal of a Christian spirituality that mirrors the contemplative spirituality of Jesus.
- ISBN10 6613480002
- ISBN13 9786613480002
- Publish Date 1 March 2012 (first published 28 February 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 July 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Ashgate Publishing
- Format eBook
- Pages 212
- Language English