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A Spirituality of Perfection - Faith in Action in the Letter of James (Paperback)
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A Spirituality of Perfection - Faith in Action in the Letter of James (Paperback)
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2000 Catholic Press Association Award Winner! Throughout this
century the Epistle of James has been viewed consistently as a
disjointed set of instructions. In A Spirituality of Perfection
Patrick Hartin differs from this approach by showing that the call
for perfection" provides a unifying meaning for the epistle.
Examining the concept of perfection against the background of the
Graeco-Roman world, the Old Testament, and the Septuagint, Father
Hartin shows that perfection provides a key to defining the
spirituality of the Epistle of James. Father Hartin shows how the
notion of perfection plays a key role in the definition of God, as
well as the way one is called *to be in the world. - He adopts a
fresh approach toward understanding the categories of wisdom,
eschatology, and apocalyptic as they illuminate the epistle's
advice. He allows James to be read in its own right, instead of
through the eyes of other traditions, such asPaul, and shows that
what James intends by perfection is different from our modern
understanding - that the concept of perfection unlocks an important
self-understanding in Christianity. Just as every generation of
believers aims at putting its faith into action, A Spirituality of
Perfection culminates with the question: *What direction does the
Epistle of James give Christians of the twenty-first century for
putting their faith into action? - Chapters are *A Cal to
Perfection, - *An Overview of the Concept of Perfection in the
Ancient World as a Background to the Letter of James, - *The Nature
and Purpose of the Letter of James, - *Faith Perfected Through
Works: A Context for the Moral Instructions in the Letter of James,
- *A Spirituality of Authentic Perfection, - *Perfection in the
Letter of James and the Sermon on the Mount, - and *On Reading
James Today. - Patrick J. Hartin, DTh, teaches New Testament in the
religious studies department at Gonzaga University in Spokane. "
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