THE VISION OF GOD THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF THE SUMMUM BONNUM THE BAMPTON LECTURES FOR 1928. by Kenneth E Kirk - 1947

Longmans, Green, and Co., 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. New Impression. 583 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Ex-libris of Lady Helen Oppenheimer and Sir Michael Bernard Grenville Oppenheimer. Clean pages with mild tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 208pp. Light card covers. 12mo. Sun-faded. Page margins heavily tanned, text clear. Internally, neat, clean and tight.

Paperback. Very Good.

London ; New York : Longmans, Green, 1946. reprint. Hardcover. Pen inscribed by previous owner. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxviii, 583 p. ; 23 cm. Notes: ""The Bampton Lectures for 1928""--t.p. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Subjects: Jesus Christ Teachings.Beatific vision History of doctrines. Christian ethics History. Gnosticism. God History of doctrines. Monasticism and religious orders. Theology, Doctrinal History. Worship History.God (Christianity) History of doctrines. Christian ethics History. Worship History.Theology, Doctrinal History.God. Christian ethics.Worship. Theology, Doctrinal. Christian ethics.Worship. God (Christianity)Spirituality History. Asceticism History. Beatific vision History of doctrines.

James Clarke & Co Ltd, 2023. Paperback. New. 228 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.51 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Based on the 1928 Bampton Lectures, The Vision of God was the first of Kenneth E. Kirk's three major books on moral theology. Drawing inspiration from the ascetic tradition of Christianity, Kirk advocates the priority of worship in ethical thought. Beginning with the sixth beatitude, he places the visio Dei front and centre throughout, placing himself in a eudaimonistic tradition that ranges from Irenaeus to Aquinas and the Shorter Catechism. Worship, he shows, offers the opportunity to discover and acknowledge something more valuable than the self, and thus contains the key to moral instruction. Although Kirk published an expanded 'complete edition' of The Vision of God in 1931, he notes in the preface to the shorter text presented here that 'what remains approximates to, though it is not quite identical with, the actual lectures as originally delivered.' The reader therefore has in their hands the essence of Kirk's thesis, which continues to… Read More

James Clarke & Co Ltd, 2023. Paperback. New. 228 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.51 inches.

Hardback. New. A compelling justification for the centrality of worship in Christian life, drawing on the ascetic tradition and with implications for moral theology and ecclesiastical history

James Clarke & Co Ltd, 2024. Hardcover. New. 228 pages. 8.82x5.71x0.83 inches.