Oliver O'Donovan

Nice collection of primary sources. This book gave me a great name for my YouTube channel in Norman Anonymous.

Already a classic; heavy-going but provides a masterful introduction to Christian ethics; not for the faint-hearted but if you really want to grapple with issues this is excellent; for me, reading it aloud can help to make sense of its often dense argumentation. A summary of his reworking of the natural law tradition is found at pp85-87 and there are helpful introductions to a number of subjects including conscience (pp114-20, 190-97).

Covers:The gospel and Christian ethics -- The objective show more reality. Created order ; Eschatology and history ; Knowledge in Christ -- The subjective reality. Freedom and reality ; Authority ; The authority of Christ ; The freedom of the church and the believer -- The form of the moral life. The moral field ; The moral subject ; The double aspect of the moral life ; The end of the moral life. show less

Perhaps the best theological analysis of political concepts and institutions in recent decades. Also includes a helpful survey of Christian thinking on conscience (pp 301-8) which develops his earlier writing on this.

A very important book for bringing forward all that is good about natural law and its ethics implications from creation forward to the zenith of redemptive historical history -- the Resurrection. Explores in detail the corporate and individual implications of rooting one's system of ethics system in the Resurrection. Fantastic content, but very dense. Some concrete application would have been helpful. See this review for a summary: show more target="_top">http://onefear.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/oliver-odonovans-resurrection-and-moral-... show less