Mere Morality: What God Expects from Ordinary People - Hardcover

Smedes, Lewis B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802835716 ISBN 13: 9780802835710

Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1981

Synopsis

Lewis Smedes has written a penetrating study in ethics based on the five "moral" commandments--those pertaining to honor of parents, lying, stealing, adultery, and murder. Smedes examines what the commandments actually tell us to do and why, and how they can be understood amid the ambiguities of everyday living.

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Review

Booklist
"[Smedes'] honest and candid discussions of these knotty contemporary problems make"Mere Morality"an excellent selection for group study of the Commandments. A valuable addition to church and public library collections."
Journal of Psychology and Christianity
"This book will be a valuable textbook in ethics. It is clear, readable, honest, and practical. . . It is a thoroughly biblical book and includes discussion questions with each chapter. Very useful, pleasant, stimulating."
Clergy Journal
"It is a book that can be highly recommended to concerned Christians who ask, 'What can I be doing to obey God in the movements and ambiguities of my ordinary life?"
Religious Studies Review
"An easily accessible and sensitive introduction to the moral life in contemporary society. . . Recommended for introductory courses in ethics, for laypersons, and for all interested in a refreshing and responsible attempt to bring traditional moral wisdom into conversation with contemporary realities.""

Booklist "[Smedes'] honest and candid discussions of these knotty contemporary problems make"Mere Morality"an excellent selection for group study of the Commandments. A valuable addition to church and public library collections."Journal of Psychology and Christianity "This book will be a valuable textbook in ethics. It is clear, readable, honest, and practical. . . It is a thoroughly biblical book and includes discussion questions with each chapter. Very useful, pleasant, stimulating."Clergy Journal "It is a book that can be highly recommended to concerned Christians who ask, 'What can I be doing to obey God in the movements and ambiguities of my ordinary life?"Religious Studies Review "An easily accessible and sensitive introduction to the moral life in contemporary society. . . Recommended for introductory courses in ethics, for laypersons, and for all interested in a refreshing and responsible attempt to bring traditional moral wisdom into conversation with contemporary realities.""

Booklist
-[Smedes'] honest and candid discussions of these knotty contemporary problems make Mere Morality an excellent selection for group study of the Commandments. A valuable addition to church and public library collections.-

Journal of Psychology and Christianity
-This book will be a valuable textbook in ethics. It is clear, readable, honest, and practical. . . It is a thoroughly biblical book and includes discussion questions with each chapter. Very useful, pleasant, stimulating.-

Clergy Journal
-It is a book that can be highly recommended to concerned Christians who ask, 'What can I be doing to obey God in the movements and ambiguities of my ordinary life?-

Religious Studies Review
-An easily accessible and sensitive introduction to the moral life in contemporary society. . . Recommended for introductory courses in ethics, for laypersons, and for all interested in a refreshing and responsible attempt to bring traditional moral wisdom into conversation with contemporary realities.-

About the Author

(1921-2002) Was professor emeritus of theology and ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. Among his many books are Forgive and Forget, Shame and Grace, How Can It Be All Right When Everything Is All Wrong?, Love within Limits, and Mere Morality.

Edition details

• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0802835716
• ISBN 13: 9780802835710
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 336