Robin Gill, Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology at the University of Kent, was the first holder of both the Michael Ramsey Chair at Kent and the William Leech Research Chair at Newcastle. His previous books include Moral Passion and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and Sociological Theology (3 volumes, 2012–13).

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Human Perfection: 1. Homo perfectus; 2. Glimpses of artistic perfection; 3. Moral perfection; 4. Perfectionism; Part II. Jesus' Perfection: 5. Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect; 6. Was Jesus perfect?; Part III. Transfiguration and Global Perfection: 7. Perfection and the transfiguration; 8. Perfection: the transfiguration and Abrahamic trust; 9. A perfect planet; Epilogue: the end of perfection?; Select Bibliography in Christian Ethics; Index.

'Perfection, a gospel mandate few can attain! Yet Jesus' Transfiguration illumines God's faithful in his perfection - Gill's brilliant insight for Christian ethics.' Lisa Cahill, J. Donald Monan, S.J. Professor of Theology, Boston College

Robin Gill, Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology at the University of Kent, was the first holder of both the Michael Ramsey Chair at Kent and the William Leech Research Chair at Newcastle. His previous books include Moral Passion and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and Sociological Theology (3 volumes, 2012–13).

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Human Perfection: 1. Homo perfectus; 2. Glimpses of artistic perfection; 3. Moral perfection; 4. Perfectionism; Part II. Jesus' Perfection: 5. Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect; 6. Was Jesus perfect?; Part III. Transfiguration and Global Perfection: 7. Perfection and the transfiguration; 8. Perfection: the transfiguration and Abrahamic trust; 9. A perfect planet; Epilogue: the end of perfection?; Select Bibliography in Christian Ethics; Index.

'Perfection, a gospel mandate few can attain! Yet Jesus' Transfiguration illumines God's faithful in his perfection - Gill's brilliant insight for Christian ethics.' Lisa Cahill, J. Donald Monan, S.J. Professor of Theology, Boston College

Robin Gill, Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology at the University of Kent, was the first holder of both the Michael Ramsey Chair at Kent and the William Leech Research Chair at Newcastle. His previous books include Moral Passion and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and Sociological Theology (3 volumes, 2012–13).

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Human Perfection: 1. Homo perfectus; 2. Glimpses of artistic perfection; 3. Moral perfection; 4. Perfectionism; Part II. Jesus' Perfection: 5. Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect; 6. Was Jesus perfect?; Part III. Transfiguration and Global Perfection: 7. Perfection and the transfiguration; 8. Perfection: the transfiguration and Abrahamic trust; 9. A perfect planet; Epilogue: the end of perfection?; Select Bibliography in Christian Ethics; Index.

'Perfection, a gospel mandate few can attain! Yet Jesus' Transfiguration illumines God's faithful in his perfection - Gill's brilliant insight for Christian ethics.' Lisa Cahill, J. Donald Monan, S.J. Professor of Theology, Boston College