A Response to Oliver O'Donovan's Ethics as Theology Trilogy.

A literary criticism of the book "Ethics as Theology Trilogy" by Oliver O'Donovan is presented. It outlines the scholarly discussions anchored in or adjacent to the field of Christian ethics, or theological ethics, or moral theology. It reveals that he resists the idea that philosophy is uniquely su...

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Published in:	Modern Theology Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 165 - 173
Main Author:	Mathewes, Charles
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jan2020
Subjects:	Christian ethics Theology O'Donovan, Oliver Ethics Philosophy
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	A literary criticism of the book "Ethics as Theology Trilogy" by Oliver O'Donovan is presented. It outlines the scholarly discussions anchored in or adjacent to the field of Christian ethics, or theological ethics, or moral theology. It reveals that he resists the idea that philosophy is uniquely suited to provide the idiom for ethical inquiry.