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Jesus and Virtue Ethics

Author : Daniel Harrington, SJ,Daniel J. Harrington,James F. Keenan,James F. Keenan, SJ
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0742549941

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Jesus and Virtue Ethics by Daniel Harrington, SJ,Daniel J. Harrington,James F. Keenan,James F. Keenan, SJ Pdf

Jesuits Daniel Harrington and James Keenan have successfully team-taught the content of this landmark study to the delight of students for years. In this book they take the fruits of their own experiences as theologians, writers, teachers, mentors, and friends to propose virtue ethics as a bridge between the fields of New Testament Studies and Moral Theology. Answering the call of the Second Vatican Council for moral theology to "draw more fully on the teaching of Holy Scripture," the authors examine the virtues that both flow from Scripture and provide a lens by which to interpret Scripture. By remaining true to both the New Testament's emphasis on the human response to God's gracious activity in Jesus Christ and to the ethical needs and desires of Christians in the twenty-first century, the authors address key topics such as discipleship, the Sermon on the Mount, love, sin, politics, justice, sexuality, marriage, divorce, bioethics, and ecology. Covering the entire sweep of ethical teaching from its foundations in Scripture and especially in Jesus' life, death, and resurrection to its goal or "end" with the full coming of God's kingdom, the authors invite readers more deeply into an appreciation of the central biblical themes and how, based on the themes, Catholic Christian moral theology bears on general ethical issues in culture. Complete with reflection questions and suggestions for further reading, this book is essential reading for professors, students, pastors, preachers, and interested Catholics.

Paul and Virtue Ethics

Author : Daniel J Harrington,James Keenan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780742599611

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“Two prestigious scholars . . . serve up a gourmet banquet that blends the flavors of scripture and ethics without losing the distinctive tastes of each.” —Richard M. Gula, professor of moral theology, Franciscan School of Theology/Graduate Theological Union In Paul and Virtue Ethics, Daniel Harrington and James Keenan build upon their successful collaboration Jesus and Virtue Ethics to discuss the apostle Paul's teachings as a guide to interpret theology and ethics today. Examining Paul's writings, the authors investigate what they teach about the basic questions of virtue ethics: Who am I? Who do I want to become? And how do I get there? Their intent is not to provide stringent rules, but to awaken discovery and encourage dialogue. The book first considers the concept of virtue ethics, an approach to ethics that emphasizes moral character, and Paul’s ethics in particular. Next, the authors focus on the virtues of faith, love/charity, and hope as treated by Paul and Thomas Aquinas. Closing the book with reflections on the roles of other virtues (and vices) in individual and communal Christian life, the authors discuss various issues in social ethics and sexual morality as they are dealt with in Paul and in Christian virtue ethics today. “One could not ask for better guides [than] Harrington and Keenan.” ―Theological Studies “Bringing the moral teaching of Paul and contemporary virtue ethics into dialogue with each other, Harrington and Keenan have done what others have only spoken about.” —Frank J. Matera, The Andrew-Kelly-Ryan Professor of Biblical Studies, The Catholic University of America “[A] deeply learned yet broadly accessible volume. . . . [a] perfect book for an introductory course in theological ethics.” —M. Cathleen Kaveny, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law and Theology, Boston College

The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics

Author : Joseph J. Kotva Jr.
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1589014286

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The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics by Joseph J. Kotva Jr. Pdf

Despite the growing interest among philosophers and theologians in virtue ethics, its proponents have done little to suggest why Christians in particular find virtue ethics attractive. Joseph J. Kotva, Jr., addresses this question in The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics, showing that virtue theory offers an ethical framework that is highly compatible with Christian morality. Kotva defines virtue ethics and demonstrates its ability to voice Christian convictions about how to live the moral life. He evaluates virtue theory in light of systematic theology and Scripture, arguing that Christian ethics could be profitably linked with neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics. Ecumenical in tone, this book provides a thorough but accessible introduction to recent philosophical accounts of virtue and offers an original, explicitly Christian adaptation of these ideas. It will be of value to students and scholars of philosophy, theology, and religion, as well as to those interested in the debates surrounding virtue ethics.

Go and Do Likewise

Author : William Spohn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441190673

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Go and Do Likewise by William Spohn Pdf

What does Jesus have to do with ethics? There are two brief answers given by believers: "everything" and "not much." While evangelical or fundamentalist Christians would find authoritative guidance in the words and commands of Jesus as recorded in the New Testament, many mainstream Christian ethicists would say that Jesus is too concrete or narrowly particular to have any direct import for ethics.In this book, Williams Spohn takes a middle way, showing how Jesus is the "concrete universal" of Christian ethics. By forming a bridge from the lives of contemporary Christians to the words and deeds of Jesus, Jesus' story as a whole exemplifies moral perception, motivation and Christian identity.In addition, Spohn shows how the practices of Christian spirituality--specifically prayer, service, and community--train the imagination and reorient emotions to produce a character and a way of life consonant with Christian New Testament moral teaching.

Virtue and Theological Ethics

Author : Salzman; Todd A.,Lawler, Michael G.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608337545

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Virtue and Theological Ethics by Salzman; Todd A.,Lawler, Michael G. Pdf

Eight story-reflections, each based on a different Beatitude, offer accounts of immigrant children who fled Central America on their own to escape violence and poverty. Artwork created by immigrant youth and meditations written by Jesuit Father Leo O'Donovan accompany the stories.

Aquinas's Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance

Author : Matthew Levering
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780268106355

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In Aquinas’s Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance, Matthew Levering argues that Catholic ethics make sense only in light of the biblical worldview that Jesus has inaugurated the kingdom of God by pouring out his spirit. Jesus has made it possible for us to know and obey God’s law for human flourishing as individuals and communities. He has reoriented our lives toward the goal of beatific communion with him in charity, which affects the exercise of the moral virtues that pertain to human flourishing. Without the context of the inaugurated kingdom, Catholic ethics as traditionally conceived will seem like an effort to find a middle ground between legalistic rigorism and relativistic laxism, which is especially the case with the virtue of temperance, the focus of Levering’s book. After an opening chapter on the eschatological/biblical character of Catholic ethics, the ensuing chapters engage Aquinas’s theology of temperance in the Summa theologiae, which identifies and examines a number of virtues associated with temperance. Levering demonstrates that the theology of temperance is profoundly biblical, and that Aquinas’s theology of temperance relies for its intelligibility upon Christ’s inauguration of the kingdom of God as the graced fulfillment of our created nature. The book develops new vistas for scholars and students interested in moral theology.

Fidelity of Heart

Author : James E. Gilman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190285845

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What does it take to follow and not merely admire Jesus? How do religious affections reshape the practice of Christian values like love, peace, justice, and compassion? How can they possess both universal truth and local meaning? What role can they play in public life? In Fidelity of Heart Gilman answers these questions, while showing, in an innovative and provocative approach, how Christians can practice these values in ways continuous with the life of Jesus.

A Virtue Ethical View of Trinitarian Sanctification

Author : Ronald M. Rothenberg
Publisher : Ronald M. Rothenberg
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-02
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Virtue Ethical View of Trinitarian Sanctification by Ronald M. Rothenberg Pdf

The thesis of this book is that virtue ethics is key to understanding Trinitarian progressive sanctification. The thesis is supported by four reasons why virtue ethics is key to understanding Trinitarian progressive sanctification: (1) the Trinity, virtue ethics, and sanctification are historically and conceptually interconnected in the tradition and Scripture, (2) virtue ethics based on metaphysical realism is the most biblically consistent ethical framework for Trinitarian progressive sanctification, (3) Jesus’ active roles as a teacher and example of virtue play an important part in Trinitarian sanctification, and (4) Jesus’ priestly heavenly intercession aimed at manifesting virtue in believers is crucial to understanding how the Trinity progressively sanctifies believers. The active roles of Jesus in sanctification, ordered by the Triune premise, indicate that the Trinity sanctifies such that: (1) the value having its source from the Father, is revealed through the teaching of the Son to motivate believers, who are empowered to be motivated by the Spirit, (2) the character that is from the Father is revealed through the Son’s example that is to be imitated by the believer through habituation and reciprocity, by the Spirit’s leading, and (3) believers are led by the Spirit’s intercession into prayer (Rom 8:14-16, 26-27), to be helped through the Son’s priestly intercession, in order to receive an answer from the Father, with the aim of manifesting the virtues of endurance and hope in the lives of believers.

The Sermon on the Mount and Moral Theology

Author : William C. Mattison (III)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-03
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781107171480

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The Sermon on the Mount and Moral Theology by William C. Mattison (III) Pdf

This book offers a virtue-centered account of moral theology that is rooted in the Sermon of the Mount.

The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics

Author : Romanus Cessario
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015019489775

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The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics by Romanus Cessario Pdf

Over the past decade a quiet revolution has been gathering momentum in the fields of moral philosophy and Christian ethics. These disciplines are undergoing a decisive shift as duty, obligation, and decision yield their central role in the understanding of the moral life to the long neglected concepts of virtue, character, and action. Romanus Cessario presents here a general introduction to the study of Christian moral virtues that reflects the emergence of this new and compelling vision of the moral life. The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics provides an account of the nature of the moral virtues by explaining how the virtues work in our everyday lives.

Christians Among the Virtues

Author : Stanley Hauerwas,Charles Robert Pinches
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : 0268008175

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Christians Among the Virtues by Stanley Hauerwas,Charles Robert Pinches Pdf

This work investigates the distinctiveness of virtues as illuminated by Christian practise using a discussion of Aristotle's ethics with contemporary scholars. It contrasts non-Christian accounts of virtue with Christian accounts of key virtues, including obedience, hope, courage, and patience.

An Introduction to Christian Ethics

Author : Alberto de Mingo Kaminouchi
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814688120

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An Introduction to Christian Ethics by Alberto de Mingo Kaminouchi Pdf

2021 Catholic Media Association Award first place award in morality, ethics, christology, mariology, and redemption What does it mean to live and build up the Kingdom of God? In this book, professor and priest Alberto de Mingo Kaminouchi introduces the contemporary reader to Christian ethics by examining the New Testament through the three key concepts of Aristotle’s ethics: happiness, virtue, and love. In turn, the three affirmations orient this reflection through the Gospel. First, when the triune God appears on the horizon, it becomes easier to understand that existence has a purpose: namely, participating with the entire human family in this project of happiness called the Kingdom of God. Second, happiness is not something outside of us; it consists in the practice of the virtues that bring about a personal transformation. Third, the project of the Kingdom leads us to live in love with others. De Mingo Kaminouchi shows the reader a real model of this in the community we call the church, the “field hospital” for all those in need of hope. This book is accessibly written for readers not already well-versed in Christian ethics.

Kingdom Ethics, 2nd ed.

Author : David P. Gushee ,Glen H. Stassen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : 9780802874214

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Kingdom Ethics, 2nd ed. by David P. Gushee ,Glen H. Stassen Pdf

Comprehensive update of the leading Christian ethics textbook of the 21st century Ever since its original publication in 2003, Glen Stassen and David Gushee's Kingdom Ethics has offered students, pastors, and other readers an outstanding framework for Christian ethical thought, one that is solidly rooted in Scripture, especially Jesus's teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. This substantially revised edition of Kingdom Ethics features enhanced and updated treatments of all major contemporary ethical issues. David Gushee's revisions include updated data and examples, a more global perspective, more gender-inclusive language, a clearer focus on methodology, discussion questions added

New Testament Theology

Author : Frank J. Matera
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664230449

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New Testament Theology by Frank J. Matera Pdf

In this systematic, book-by-book exploration of the theology of each New Testament writing, Frank J. Matera explores theological diversity and unity in the writings of the New Testament. After an introduction to the history and method of New Testament theology, he explains and describes the theologies of the Synoptic, Pauline, and Johannine traditions, as well as the rich theology of other New Testament voices: Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and the book of Revelation. Integrating both Protestant and Catholic approaches, this work provides students, pastors, and scholars a comprehensive view of the New Testament that is rich in exegetical and theological insight.

Johannine Ethics

Author : Christopher W. Skinner,Sherri Brown
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506438467

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Johannine Ethics by Christopher W. Skinner,Sherri Brown Pdf

The Gospel and epistles of John are commonly overlooked in discussions of New Testament ethics, often seen as of only limited value. Here, prominent scholars present varying perspectives on the surprising relevance and importance of the explicit imperatives and implicit moral perspective of the Johannine literature. The introduction sets out four major approaches to Johannine ethics today; a concluding essay takes stock of the wide-ranging discussion and suggest prospects for future study.