Background
Gustafson, James M. was born on December 2, 1925 in Norway, Michigan, United States. Son of John O. and Edith (Moody) Gustafson.
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"If Catholic and Protestant ethicians were asked to name a single theologian who was qualified to write a comprehensive overview of the historical divergences of Catholic and Protestant positions on ethical questions, the bases for those divergences in fundamentally different philosophical and theological perspectives, and the possibilities for future convergences of the traditions, my guess is that James Gustafson would be the one. . . . This brilliant and tightly argued book . . . will be the most important book on moral theology to appear this year."—John Coleman, National Catholic Reporter
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In this book, originally published in 1968, James M. Gustafson asks the fundamental question, what is the significance of Jesus for the moral life? His answer is in the form of an ethical map, showing the ways in which theological affirmations about Christ relate to moral life in the writings of a number of important Christian thinkers. Gustafson has written a new preface for this edition. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.
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When first published in 1961, Treasure in Earthen Vessels was hailed by H. Richard Niebuhr as the first real sociology of the church. In this landmark work, James M. Gustafson examines the church as a human institution that must, and does, participate in the social structure of all human communities. His penetrating analysis remains an important contribution to the dialogue between the theologic...
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"Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective will surprise some, shock others, and unleash a flood of speculation about what has happened to James Gustafson. The answer quite simply is nothing has happened to Gustafson except that he has now turned his attention to developing his constructive theological position, and we should all be very glad. . . . In this, the first of two volumes, Gustafson displays his colors as a constructive theologian, and they are indeed brilliant and splendid. . . . Though Gustafson is a theologian who works in the Christian tradition, he reminds us that the God Christians worship is not merely the Christian God. For Gustafson the kind of God who is the object of the theologians's reflection eludes or surpasses the inevitably confessional activity of Christian theological reflection. Thus Gustafson, the constructive theologian, is also Gustafson the revisionist theologian who takes as his task nothing less than challenging the anthropocentrism that he alleges characterizes mainstream Western Christian theology."—Stanley Hauerwas, Journal of Religion
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( When first published in 1961, Treasure in Earthen Vesse...)
When first published in 1961, Treasure in Earthen Vessels was hailed by H. Richard Niebuhr as "the first real sociology of the church." In this landmark work, James M. Gustafson examines the church as a human institution that must, and does, participate in the social structure of all human communities. His penetrating analysis remains an important contribution to the dialogue between the theological and social-scientific disciplines. Gustafson has written a new preface for this volume. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.
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( "Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective will surprise so...)
"Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective will surprise some, shock others, and unleash a flood of speculation about what has happened to James Gustafson. The answer quite simply is nothing has happened to Gustafson except that he has now turned his attention to developing his constructive theological position, and we should all be very glad. . . . In this, the first of two volumes, Gustafson displays his colors as a constructive theologian, and they are indeed brilliant and splendid. . . . Though Gustafson is a theologian who works in the Christian tradition, he reminds us that the God Christians worship is not merely the Christian God. For Gustafson the kind of God who is the object of the theologians's reflection eludes or surpasses the inevitably confessional activity of Christian theological reflection. Thus Gustafson, the constructive theologian, is also Gustafson the revisionist theologian who takes as his task nothing less than challenging the anthropocentrism that he alleges characterizes mainstream Western Christian theology."—Stanley Hauerwas, Journal of Religion
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(In Christian Ethics and the Community Gustafson makes a s...)
In Christian Ethics and the Community Gustafson makes a significant contribution to ethics and theology study. In this new book he marks out the meaning the functions of ethics as a basis for thought and action in human life. The structure and exposition are uniquely his. Part one contains a masterful survey of ethics in America that has been highly praised by a variety of scholars and a comprehensive exploration of the nature of ethics which takes account of new and recent developments in the debates about God and transcendence and relates these to ethics. Part two explores five basic human themes of ethics in man's life: the moral conditions for a human community; ethics and personal life; the shape and style of Christian life; ethics, humanism, and reason; and the nature and expectations of hope.
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Gustafson, James M. was born on December 2, 1925 in Norway, Michigan, United States. Son of John O. and Edith (Moody) Gustafson.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1948. Bachelor's Degree, Chicago Theological Seminary and University Chicago, 1951. Doctor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1980.
Doctor of Divinity, Wabash College, 1986. Doctor of Divinity, Emory University, 1987. Doctor of Divinity, North Park College and Theological Seminary, 1988.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1955. Doctor of Humane Letters, Bloomfield College, 1972. DL, Concordia College, 1983.
Th.D.h.c., Uppsala University, Sweden, 1985. Doctor of Divinity, Jesuit School Theology, Berkeley, 1991.
He has held teaching posts at Yale University in the Divinity School and the Department of Religious Studies (1955–1972), the University of Chicago as professor of theological ethics in the Divinity School (1972–1988), and Emory University as the Henry R. Luce Professor of Humanities and Comparative Studies. He retired in 1998 after 43 years of teaching and research, he was Woodruff Professor of Comparative Studies and of Religion in the Emory College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Some of his prominent students include Stanley Hauerwas and Douglas Ottati.
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( "If Catholic and Protestant ethicians were asked to nam...)
( "Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective will surprise so...)
( "Ethics from a Theocentric Perspective will surprise so...)
(In Christian Ethics and the Community Gustafson makes a s...)
(When first published in 1961, Treasure in Earthen Vessels...)
( When first published in 1961, Treasure in Earthen Vesse...)
( In this book, originally published in 1968, James M. Gu...)
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Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member American Society Christian Ethics (president 1969), American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Louise Roos, September 3, 1947. Children: Karl, Greta, John, Birgitta.