CHRISTIANITY AND ETHICS: A Handbook of Christian Ethics

Archibald Alexander

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This book was published in 1914.

Introduction : a plea for the study of Christian ethics -- The nature and scope of ethics -- The postulates of Christian ethics -- Ethical thought before Christ -- The estimate of man -- The witness of conscience -- 'The miracle of the will' -- Modern theories of life -- The Christian ideal -- Standard and motive -- The dynamic of the new life -- Virtues and virtue -- The realm of duty -- Social institutions -- Conclusion : the permanence of Christian ethics

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Archibald Alexander (April 17, 1772 – October 22, 1851) was an American Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. He served for 9 years as the President of Hampden–Sydney College in Virginia and for 39 years as Princeton Theological Seminary's first professor from 1812 to 1851.