For For students of moral theology and readers of the debates on Christian ethics in the 1970s; short but academic.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
3 of 5demanding
Essays by Schürmann, Ratzinger and Balthasar on the foundations of Christian ethics.
How it proceeds
Philosophic3 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential1 of 5
Sociological2 of 5
Historical2 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A short book published by Johannes Verlag in Einsiedeln in 1975, with contributions by Heinz Schürmann, Joseph Ratzinger and Hans Urs von Balthasar on the foundations of Christian morality; Balthasar's contribution sets out nine theses. The English translation, Principles of Christian Morality, was published by Ignatius Press in 1986.
