Living the Discipline

by Long, D. Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780802806345
• ISBN10: 0802806341
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-10-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: A Pacifist Prolegomenon	p. 1
Living or Adjusting the Discipline?	p. 3
The Problem with "Culture"	p. 5
Recovery of Theology	p. 11
A United Methodist Theology of Discipline	p. 13
Practical Divinity	p. 17
Twentieth-Century Usage of Practical Divinity	p. 18
Wesley and Practical Divinity	p. 24
To Discipline or to Civilize?	p. 36
The Development of Methodist Statements on War	p. 37
Civilization and Its Contents	p. 42
Personalism and the Doctrine of Civilization	p. 48
Methodism, Civilization, and War	p. 52
A Wesleyan Social Gospel	p. 63
The Contradiction	p. 64
The Contradiction Explained	p. 67
Pluralism?	p. 68
Apostasy?	p. 71
Dishonesty?	p. 72
Cowardice?	p. 73
The Sacredness of Freedom of Conscience	p. 74
Overcoming the Self through the Use of Rules	p. 76
Going On to Perfection	p. 80
The Law	p. 88
Counseling as a Practice of Reconciliation	p. 96
The Mystery of Our Iniquity	p. 97
Therapy of the Soul	p. 101
Counseling Concerning Conscientious Objection as a Penitential Discipline	p. 108
The Blank Check and Aggressor-Defender Approaches to War	p. 111
The Crusade Approach to War	p. 112
The Just War Approach	p. 116
Pacifist Approaches to War	p. 129
Conclusion: One More Unfinished Agenda	p. 139
The Graveyard Battle	p. 140
Witnessing to the Wider Community, Using the Nation's Law	p. 144
Non-Military Conscientious Objection	p. 144
Military Conscientious Objection	p. 146
Defining Holiness: The Story of a Faithful Friend	p. 149
Bibliography	p. 153
Index	p. 157
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