James F. Keenan
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195178067
- eISBN:
- 9780199784905
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195178068.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Few explicit references regarding moral theology can be found in the documents of either the Council of Trent or the Second Vatican Council. Still, moral theology before and after the two councils ...
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Few explicit references regarding moral theology can be found in the documents of either the Council of Trent or the Second Vatican Council. Still, moral theology before and after the two councils went through extraordinary changes regarding method, its standard of authority, and its understanding of moral truth. This chapter is divided into two sections. First, it explores two major works, one thirty years before and the other thirty years after the Council of Trent. Second, it examines developments before and after Vatican II.Less
Few explicit references regarding moral theology can be found in the documents of either the Council of Trent or the Second Vatican Council. Still, moral theology before and after the two councils went through extraordinary changes regarding method, its standard of authority, and its understanding of moral truth. This chapter is divided into two sections. First, it explores two major works, one thirty years before and the other thirty years after the Council of Trent. Second, it examines developments before and after Vatican II.
Brian V. Johnstone
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198269854
- eISBN:
- 9780191600517
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198269854.003.0013
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
With the death of Jesus, his resurrection is at the centre of the Christian kerygma. The resurrection ought, therefore, be at the centre of Moral Theology and Christian Ethics. However, this has not ...
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With the death of Jesus, his resurrection is at the centre of the Christian kerygma. The resurrection ought, therefore, be at the centre of Moral Theology and Christian Ethics. However, this has not been the case. This article seeks to describe what a moral theology, as reflection on the experience of the resurrection, would look like. It would be a practical theology of the resurrection, an ethics of transformation focused on the transformation of Jesus and the transformation of humankind, which that makes possible.Less
With the death of Jesus, his resurrection is at the centre of the Christian kerygma. The resurrection ought, therefore, be at the centre of Moral Theology and Christian Ethics. However, this has not been the case. This article seeks to describe what a moral theology, as reflection on the experience of the resurrection, would look like. It would be a practical theology of the resurrection, an ethics of transformation focused on the transformation of Jesus and the transformation of humankind, which that makes possible.
JOHN E. HARE
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198269571
- eISBN:
- 9780191683701
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198269571.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Philosophy of Religion, Theology
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the gap between the moral demand and man’s natural capacity to meet it. This book examines philosopher Immanuel Kant’s ...
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This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the gap between the moral demand and man’s natural capacity to meet it. This book examines philosopher Immanuel Kant’s ethical theory and moral theology and evaluates various strategies proposed for dealing with the gap between the moral demand and the limits of human natural capacity. It discusses traditional Christian doctrines about God’s assistance in meeting the moral demand and provides an account of human and divine forgiveness and of the Christian doctrines of sanctification, justification, and atonement.Less
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the gap between the moral demand and man’s natural capacity to meet it. This book examines philosopher Immanuel Kant’s ethical theory and moral theology and evaluates various strategies proposed for dealing with the gap between the moral demand and the limits of human natural capacity. It discusses traditional Christian doctrines about God’s assistance in meeting the moral demand and provides an account of human and divine forgiveness and of the Christian doctrines of sanctification, justification, and atonement.
A.J. Joyce
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199216161
- eISBN:
- 9780191739248
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216161.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
The Elizabethan Anglican divine Richard Hooker (1554–1600) is often credited with being the founding father of Anglican moral theology. This book is the first major study to examine in depth the ...
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The Elizabethan Anglican divine Richard Hooker (1554–1600) is often credited with being the founding father of Anglican moral theology. This book is the first major study to examine in depth the extent to which this claim is justified, and to evaluate the nature of Hooker's contribution to this aspect of Anglican tradition. The study locates Hooker firmly within his historical context and considers his text principally on its own terms; thus it avoids some of the problems that have bedevilled modern Hooker scholarship, when attempts have been made to ‘claim’ him for one particular theological tradition over another, or to approach his work primarily with an eye to its continued relevance to contemporary debate within Anglicanism. This has sometimes led to distortions in the way in which Hooker is read and interpreted. The book pays particular attention to Hooker's theological anthropology, his understanding of the nature and authority of scripture, and the account that he gives of the moral life and the relationship between morality and soteriology. It also takes account of Hooker's prose style, and the impact of his irony and polemic upon the shape and content of his argument. What emerges from this study amounts to a significant re‐evaluation of much of the conventional wisdom about Hooker's place not only within Anglican moral theology, but within Anglicanism itself. In addition the book provides a range of original insights into the nature, content, and style of Hooker's work as a whole.Less
The Elizabethan Anglican divine Richard Hooker (1554–1600) is often credited with being the founding father of Anglican moral theology. This book is the first major study to examine in depth the extent to which this claim is justified, and to evaluate the nature of Hooker's contribution to this aspect of Anglican tradition. The study locates Hooker firmly within his historical context and considers his text principally on its own terms; thus it avoids some of the problems that have bedevilled modern Hooker scholarship, when attempts have been made to ‘claim’ him for one particular theological tradition over another, or to approach his work primarily with an eye to its continued relevance to contemporary debate within Anglicanism. This has sometimes led to distortions in the way in which Hooker is read and interpreted. The book pays particular attention to Hooker's theological anthropology, his understanding of the nature and authority of scripture, and the account that he gives of the moral life and the relationship between morality and soteriology. It also takes account of Hooker's prose style, and the impact of his irony and polemic upon the shape and content of his argument. What emerges from this study amounts to a significant re‐evaluation of much of the conventional wisdom about Hooker's place not only within Anglican moral theology, but within Anglicanism itself. In addition the book provides a range of original insights into the nature, content, and style of Hooker's work as a whole.
A. J. Joyce
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199216161
- eISBN:
- 9780191739248
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216161.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
This introductory chapter surveys and critically evaluates the various ways in which Hooker's influence upon both the Anglican tradition of moral theology and Anglicanism in general has been ...
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This introductory chapter surveys and critically evaluates the various ways in which Hooker's influence upon both the Anglican tradition of moral theology and Anglicanism in general has been interpreted. It argues that the precise nature of Hooker's significance has often been assumed rather than demonstrated, and reveals the ways in which his work has sometimes been misappropriated by those seeking to claim his authority in support of their own perspectives. An overview is provided of the principal subject areas that are explored in subsequent chapters, and a rationale given for their selection. They include an account of Hooker's historical context, prose style, theological anthropology, use of scripture, and his understanding of the nature of the moral life. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between moral principle and pastoral practice and his handling of one specific theme: holy matrimony.Less
This introductory chapter surveys and critically evaluates the various ways in which Hooker's influence upon both the Anglican tradition of moral theology and Anglicanism in general has been interpreted. It argues that the precise nature of Hooker's significance has often been assumed rather than demonstrated, and reveals the ways in which his work has sometimes been misappropriated by those seeking to claim his authority in support of their own perspectives. An overview is provided of the principal subject areas that are explored in subsequent chapters, and a rationale given for their selection. They include an account of Hooker's historical context, prose style, theological anthropology, use of scripture, and his understanding of the nature of the moral life. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between moral principle and pastoral practice and his handling of one specific theme: holy matrimony.
Stephen T. Davis, Daniel Kendall, and Gerald O'Collins (eds)
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198269854
- eISBN:
- 9780191600517
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198269854.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
This collection of papers is an international, ecumenical, and interdisciplinary study of Jesus’ Resurrection that has emerged from the ‘Resurrection Summit’ meeting held in New York at Easter 1996. ...
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This collection of papers is an international, ecumenical, and interdisciplinary study of Jesus’ Resurrection that has emerged from the ‘Resurrection Summit’ meeting held in New York at Easter 1996. The contributions represent scholarship on biblical studies, foundational (or fundamental) theology, systematic theology, moral theology, spiritual theology, the philosophy of religion, homiletics, liturgy, the study of religious art, and literary criticism.Less
This collection of papers is an international, ecumenical, and interdisciplinary study of Jesus’ Resurrection that has emerged from the ‘Resurrection Summit’ meeting held in New York at Easter 1996. The contributions represent scholarship on biblical studies, foundational (or fundamental) theology, systematic theology, moral theology, spiritual theology, the philosophy of religion, homiletics, liturgy, the study of religious art, and literary criticism.
Ulrich L. Lehner
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199595129
- eISBN:
- 9780191729096
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199595129.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History, History of Religion
This chapter discusses the challenges to 18th century theology, particularly when it came to questions concerning Church hierarchy, revelation and morality, and how the Benedictines attempted to ...
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This chapter discusses the challenges to 18th century theology, particularly when it came to questions concerning Church hierarchy, revelation and morality, and how the Benedictines attempted to answer them. The reform theologians stressed an anthropological grounding of their theological enterprises, loathed scholasticism, and emphasized the study of scripture and good homiletics. Catholic sovereigns also supported these reforms because they promised not only a spiritual renewal but also a means to more effectively control their subjects, including monks.Less
This chapter discusses the challenges to 18th century theology, particularly when it came to questions concerning Church hierarchy, revelation and morality, and how the Benedictines attempted to answer them. The reform theologians stressed an anthropological grounding of their theological enterprises, loathed scholasticism, and emphasized the study of scripture and good homiletics. Catholic sovereigns also supported these reforms because they promised not only a spiritual renewal but also a means to more effectively control their subjects, including monks.
David Rex Galindo
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781503603264
- eISBN:
- 9781503604087
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9781503603264.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
This chapter examines the missionary training program in the Franciscan colleges for the propagation of Catholicism, focusing on the collegial curriculum, especially instruction in moral theology and ...
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This chapter examines the missionary training program in the Franciscan colleges for the propagation of Catholicism, focusing on the collegial curriculum, especially instruction in moral theology and languages. The objective of the Franciscan Order's college training program was to provide missionaries with pedagogic and epistemological techniques to help them in their evangelical endeavors, particularly preaching skills. Franciscan friars in the colegios were exposed to a stringent daily life and training in linguistics, philosophy, and theology. Franciscan missionaries and preachers were trained to become assertive evangelical ministers at the vanguard of the Catholic religion in the early modern world. The chapter discusses the specific elements of the Franciscan training program in the colegios de propaganda fide, what and how veteran missionaries and reformers contributed to college curricula, and quotidian life in the college. It also describes the curriculum reforms pursued by the Franciscan colleges.Less
This chapter examines the missionary training program in the Franciscan colleges for the propagation of Catholicism, focusing on the collegial curriculum, especially instruction in moral theology and languages. The objective of the Franciscan Order's college training program was to provide missionaries with pedagogic and epistemological techniques to help them in their evangelical endeavors, particularly preaching skills. Franciscan friars in the colegios were exposed to a stringent daily life and training in linguistics, philosophy, and theology. Franciscan missionaries and preachers were trained to become assertive evangelical ministers at the vanguard of the Catholic religion in the early modern world. The chapter discusses the specific elements of the Franciscan training program in the colegios de propaganda fide, what and how veteran missionaries and reformers contributed to college curricula, and quotidian life in the college. It also describes the curriculum reforms pursued by the Franciscan colleges.
A. J. Joyce
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199216161
- eISBN:
- 9780191739248
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216161.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
The concluding chapter returns to the key questions posed in Chapter 1: how should we judge Hooker as a moral theologian? To what extent are the claims that have been made of him justified? What kind ...
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The concluding chapter returns to the key questions posed in Chapter 1: how should we judge Hooker as a moral theologian? To what extent are the claims that have been made of him justified? What kind of authority might he appropriately have for modern Anglicans? Many of the conventional assumptions about the nature of Hooker's contribution to the formation of Anglicanism are no longer tenable. Hooker's contribution to Anglican moral theology is very significant, but in the informal sense that he introduces a number of insights and motifs, some of which were taken up and developed by subsequent writers; he did not synthesize an approach to moral theology as such. However, certain features of his work, particularly his theological anthropology, his interpretation of scripture, and his account of the law of reason and the claims of the exceptional case, remain both distinctive and of potential relevance to modern ethical debate.Less
The concluding chapter returns to the key questions posed in Chapter 1: how should we judge Hooker as a moral theologian? To what extent are the claims that have been made of him justified? What kind of authority might he appropriately have for modern Anglicans? Many of the conventional assumptions about the nature of Hooker's contribution to the formation of Anglicanism are no longer tenable. Hooker's contribution to Anglican moral theology is very significant, but in the informal sense that he introduces a number of insights and motifs, some of which were taken up and developed by subsequent writers; he did not synthesize an approach to moral theology as such. However, certain features of his work, particularly his theological anthropology, his interpretation of scripture, and his account of the law of reason and the claims of the exceptional case, remain both distinctive and of potential relevance to modern ethical debate.
Michael Banner
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198722069
- eISBN:
- 9780191788994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198722069.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, Religion and Society
This book outlines an everyday Christian ethics: an ethics which Christianly imagines the fundamental moments of the human life course and in dialogue with alternative imaginations of human being. ...
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This book outlines an everyday Christian ethics: an ethics which Christianly imagines the fundamental moments of the human life course and in dialogue with alternative imaginations of human being. This chapter argues that the challenge of providing such an ethics is the greater because of deficient and dominant self‐understandings in moral theology and moral philosophy, and consequent misrelations between these disciplines and social anthropology. It suggests that moral theology is misconceived as essentially an ethics of hard cases, that moral philosophy generally fails to reckon with moral practice, and so itself contributes to moral theology's misdirection, and that social anthropology provides a more promising partner for a more adequate Christian ethics. The chapter closes with a treatment of the Mérode Altarpiece as inviting the viewer, as this book invites the reader, to imagine human life in the light of the life of Christ.Less
This book outlines an everyday Christian ethics: an ethics which Christianly imagines the fundamental moments of the human life course and in dialogue with alternative imaginations of human being. This chapter argues that the challenge of providing such an ethics is the greater because of deficient and dominant self‐understandings in moral theology and moral philosophy, and consequent misrelations between these disciplines and social anthropology. It suggests that moral theology is misconceived as essentially an ethics of hard cases, that moral philosophy generally fails to reckon with moral practice, and so itself contributes to moral theology's misdirection, and that social anthropology provides a more promising partner for a more adequate Christian ethics. The chapter closes with a treatment of the Mérode Altarpiece as inviting the viewer, as this book invites the reader, to imagine human life in the light of the life of Christ.
Lisa Sowle Cahill
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199778775
- eISBN:
- 9780190258306
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199778775.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter examines moral theology in the United States after Vatican II in relation to “social ethics” and Catholic social thought. More specifically, it discusses the relations among moral ...
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This chapter examines moral theology in the United States after Vatican II in relation to “social ethics” and Catholic social thought. More specifically, it discusses the relations among moral theology, social ethics, biblical and historical influences, and changing social and cultural contexts of moral theologians themselves along three trajectories: Vatican II and its aftermath (Humanae vitae); natural law, moral realism, and public social ethics; and “millennial generation” moral theology. It also explores how these trajectories were affected by postmodern philosophy, feminist theology, liberation theology, and the John Paul II phenomenon.Less
This chapter examines moral theology in the United States after Vatican II in relation to “social ethics” and Catholic social thought. More specifically, it discusses the relations among moral theology, social ethics, biblical and historical influences, and changing social and cultural contexts of moral theologians themselves along three trajectories: Vatican II and its aftermath (Humanae vitae); natural law, moral realism, and public social ethics; and “millennial generation” moral theology. It also explores how these trajectories were affected by postmodern philosophy, feminist theology, liberation theology, and the John Paul II phenomenon.
A. J. Joyce
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199216161
- eISBN:
- 9780191739248
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216161.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
One of the important and distinctive features of Hooker's moral theology relates to his engagement with the tension that can exist between the general and the particular, specifically, within the ...
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One of the important and distinctive features of Hooker's moral theology relates to his engagement with the tension that can exist between the general and the particular, specifically, within the context of the moral life, in the relationship between moral principles and pastoral practice. This chapter begins by giving an account of this motif within classical philosophy and Christian moral theology, most notably in the tradition of casuistry, as the background against which Hooker's engagement with this theme can be understood and interpreted. Hooker's account of the claims of the exceptional case in this context are distinctive, yet have been misinterpreted (and misappropriated) by some of his commentators. Among other factors, Hooker's pastoral awareness informs his recognition of the need for such cases.Less
One of the important and distinctive features of Hooker's moral theology relates to his engagement with the tension that can exist between the general and the particular, specifically, within the context of the moral life, in the relationship between moral principles and pastoral practice. This chapter begins by giving an account of this motif within classical philosophy and Christian moral theology, most notably in the tradition of casuistry, as the background against which Hooker's engagement with this theme can be understood and interpreted. Hooker's account of the claims of the exceptional case in this context are distinctive, yet have been misinterpreted (and misappropriated) by some of his commentators. Among other factors, Hooker's pastoral awareness informs his recognition of the need for such cases.
M. Cathleen Kaveny
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199778775
- eISBN:
- 9780190258306
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199778775.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter examines “casuistry,” the dominant mode of moral theology in the Roman Catholic Church that emphasizes the morally right—and the morally wrong—courses of action in a wide range of ...
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This chapter examines “casuistry,” the dominant mode of moral theology in the Roman Catholic Church that emphasizes the morally right—and the morally wrong—courses of action in a wide range of specific situations faced by Christians of all walks of life. It first offers a definition of casuistry that can account for both the manualist tradition and recent theoretical work on the topic as well as the phenomenon of case-based reasoning in the common law tradition. It then considers two sets of resources, one theoretical and one practical, that can reinvigorate interest in the Catholic casuistical tradition: the tradition theory of Alasdair MacIntyre and the Anglo-American common law tradition. It also explains how MacIntyre's tradition theory and the common law can be used to present a broader account of the context underlying the practice of good casuistry. The chapter concludes by recasting the Roman Catholic manualist tradition in an appropriate, broader context and discussing the benefits and preconditions of retrieving and reframing the Catholic casuistical tradition in a methodologically self-conscious manner.Less
This chapter examines “casuistry,” the dominant mode of moral theology in the Roman Catholic Church that emphasizes the morally right—and the morally wrong—courses of action in a wide range of specific situations faced by Christians of all walks of life. It first offers a definition of casuistry that can account for both the manualist tradition and recent theoretical work on the topic as well as the phenomenon of case-based reasoning in the common law tradition. It then considers two sets of resources, one theoretical and one practical, that can reinvigorate interest in the Catholic casuistical tradition: the tradition theory of Alasdair MacIntyre and the Anglo-American common law tradition. It also explains how MacIntyre's tradition theory and the common law can be used to present a broader account of the context underlying the practice of good casuistry. The chapter concludes by recasting the Roman Catholic manualist tradition in an appropriate, broader context and discussing the benefits and preconditions of retrieving and reframing the Catholic casuistical tradition in a methodologically self-conscious manner.
Robin Briggs
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198206033
- eISBN:
- 9780191676932
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206033.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History
In striking contrast to modern assumptions about Catholicism and family values, the Catholic Church in France took a very cool and distant attitude towards the family, at least in its official ...
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In striking contrast to modern assumptions about Catholicism and family values, the Catholic Church in France took a very cool and distant attitude towards the family, at least in its official doctrines. The limitations of clerical thought may be partly accounted for by the manner in which moral theology was organized around conventional structures, built around the seven deadly sins, the ten commandments, and the seven sacraments. Many clerics probably thought of marriage as a regrettable necessity, and were (perhaps unconsciously) unwilling to allow it any positive role in the pursuit of salvation; they may also have been reacting against the protestant dismissal of celibacy as a holy state. They therefore made only the most passing references to the possibility that the sacrament might bestow fuller participation in sanctifying grace, emphasizing instead the mutual aid and support the partners could offer one another against the tribulations of marriage.Less
In striking contrast to modern assumptions about Catholicism and family values, the Catholic Church in France took a very cool and distant attitude towards the family, at least in its official doctrines. The limitations of clerical thought may be partly accounted for by the manner in which moral theology was organized around conventional structures, built around the seven deadly sins, the ten commandments, and the seven sacraments. Many clerics probably thought of marriage as a regrettable necessity, and were (perhaps unconsciously) unwilling to allow it any positive role in the pursuit of salvation; they may also have been reacting against the protestant dismissal of celibacy as a holy state. They therefore made only the most passing references to the possibility that the sacrament might bestow fuller participation in sanctifying grace, emphasizing instead the mutual aid and support the partners could offer one another against the tribulations of marriage.
John Finnis
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199580095
- eISBN:
- 9780191729416
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199580095.003.0011
- Subject:
- Law, Philosophy of Law
This chapter details the (moral) reason why Thomas More refused to swear to uphold the statute of 1534 declaring Henry VIII's marriage void, and his reasons for rejecting Luther's and other's revolt ...
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This chapter details the (moral) reason why Thomas More refused to swear to uphold the statute of 1534 declaring Henry VIII's marriage void, and his reasons for rejecting Luther's and other's revolt against Catholic teaching. The chapter explores the modern misunderstanding of conscience, the modern corruptions of moral theology, the forgery of Church history by modern liberal Catholic reformers, the proper development of moral doctrine, and the true nature of hope and the divine warnings of hell.Less
This chapter details the (moral) reason why Thomas More refused to swear to uphold the statute of 1534 declaring Henry VIII's marriage void, and his reasons for rejecting Luther's and other's revolt against Catholic teaching. The chapter explores the modern misunderstanding of conscience, the modern corruptions of moral theology, the forgery of Church history by modern liberal Catholic reformers, the proper development of moral doctrine, and the true nature of hope and the divine warnings of hell.
Michael W. Austin
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- November 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198830221
- eISBN:
- 9780191869792
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198830221.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Philosophy of Religion, Theology
This chapter contains a preliminary discussion of the importance and centrality of humility for the Christian moral life, and examines some initial ways of understanding the nature of this virtue, ...
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This chapter contains a preliminary discussion of the importance and centrality of humility for the Christian moral life, and examines some initial ways of understanding the nature of this virtue, including a discussion of the biblical term tapeinophrosune. This word can be translated as humility or lowliness of mind. There are different ways of understanding the nature of humility, i.e., there is controversy over what it is and what it requires of those who seek to exemplify this trait. The main focus of the chapter is an explanation and defense of analytic moral theology, the methodological approach the book takes in its analysis of the moral virtue of humility. This chapter argues that analytic moral theology can help to clarify the nature of humility in a way that is conducive to moral and spiritual formation, if it is done with these ends in mind.Less
This chapter contains a preliminary discussion of the importance and centrality of humility for the Christian moral life, and examines some initial ways of understanding the nature of this virtue, including a discussion of the biblical term tapeinophrosune. This word can be translated as humility or lowliness of mind. There are different ways of understanding the nature of humility, i.e., there is controversy over what it is and what it requires of those who seek to exemplify this trait. The main focus of the chapter is an explanation and defense of analytic moral theology, the methodological approach the book takes in its analysis of the moral virtue of humility. This chapter argues that analytic moral theology can help to clarify the nature of humility in a way that is conducive to moral and spiritual formation, if it is done with these ends in mind.
Stefania Tutino
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- November 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780190694098
- eISBN:
- 9780190694128
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190694098.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity, Philosophy of Religion
This chapter provides a thematic analysis of some of the most significant applications of probabilism to a number of epistemological, intellectual, political, and theological questions. It focuses on ...
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This chapter provides a thematic analysis of some of the most significant applications of probabilism to a number of epistemological, intellectual, political, and theological questions. It focuses on four early seventeenth-century authors, each using probabilism to advance a specific intellectual agenda: Tomás Sánchez and his effort to articulate probability as a trait d’union between conscience and law in the context of his elaboration on the doctrine on marriage; Leonardus Lessius and his attempt to use probabilism to update Catholic doctrine and especially Catholic economic thought; Juan Azor and his endeavor to structure probabilism within a stable and coherent system of knowledge; and Emmanuel Sa and his vulgarization of probabilism for the sake of confessors and other readers who did not necessarily have a deep background in, and extensive knowledge of, moral theology.Less
This chapter provides a thematic analysis of some of the most significant applications of probabilism to a number of epistemological, intellectual, political, and theological questions. It focuses on four early seventeenth-century authors, each using probabilism to advance a specific intellectual agenda: Tomás Sánchez and his effort to articulate probability as a trait d’union between conscience and law in the context of his elaboration on the doctrine on marriage; Leonardus Lessius and his attempt to use probabilism to update Catholic doctrine and especially Catholic economic thought; Juan Azor and his endeavor to structure probabilism within a stable and coherent system of knowledge; and Emmanuel Sa and his vulgarization of probabilism for the sake of confessors and other readers who did not necessarily have a deep background in, and extensive knowledge of, moral theology.
Joseph A. Selling
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198767121
- eISBN:
- 9780191821318
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198767121.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
If scholastic theology paved the way for the development of (moral) theology for the coming centuries, nothing changed the way that the church as a believing community defined itself as fundamentally ...
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If scholastic theology paved the way for the development of (moral) theology for the coming centuries, nothing changed the way that the church as a believing community defined itself as fundamentally as the Council of Trent (1545–63). In response to the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church addressed its shortcomings, defined a number of its teachings, and laid down a programme for educating its clergy and standardizing its practices. The construction of the seminary system for training clergy played a significant role in shaping the structure of the church for the next four centuries. Included in that process was the establishment of a theory and practice of moral theology that became synonymous with the ‘handbook tradition’. In order to understand that tradition and to comprehend how Vatican II called for a renewal of moral theology, it is necessary to explain its roots and the elements that needed to be addressed.Less
If scholastic theology paved the way for the development of (moral) theology for the coming centuries, nothing changed the way that the church as a believing community defined itself as fundamentally as the Council of Trent (1545–63). In response to the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church addressed its shortcomings, defined a number of its teachings, and laid down a programme for educating its clergy and standardizing its practices. The construction of the seminary system for training clergy played a significant role in shaping the structure of the church for the next four centuries. Included in that process was the establishment of a theory and practice of moral theology that became synonymous with the ‘handbook tradition’. In order to understand that tradition and to comprehend how Vatican II called for a renewal of moral theology, it is necessary to explain its roots and the elements that needed to be addressed.
Anthony Clarke and Andrew Moore (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198709565
- eISBN:
- 9780191779794
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198709565.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, Philosophy of Religion
This book examines the doctrine of God from a variety of perspectives, stimulated by but not restricted to the work of Professor Paul S. Fiddes, to whom it is offered as a Festschrift. The chapters ...
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This book examines the doctrine of God from a variety of perspectives, stimulated by but not restricted to the work of Professor Paul S. Fiddes, to whom it is offered as a Festschrift. The chapters in it have all been specially commissioned and represent a variety of theological approaches. The first section of the book looks at sources for the doctrine of God in Scripture and experience; the second looks at a range of metaphysical issues underlying and raised by the Christian doctrine of God; the third section examines some of the implications of, and influences upon, the doctrine of God in theological anthropology, moral and political theology, theology and literature, inter-faith dialogue, and contemporary science. This book also contains a full bibliography of Fiddes’s published works.Less
This book examines the doctrine of God from a variety of perspectives, stimulated by but not restricted to the work of Professor Paul S. Fiddes, to whom it is offered as a Festschrift. The chapters in it have all been specially commissioned and represent a variety of theological approaches. The first section of the book looks at sources for the doctrine of God in Scripture and experience; the second looks at a range of metaphysical issues underlying and raised by the Christian doctrine of God; the third section examines some of the implications of, and influences upon, the doctrine of God in theological anthropology, moral and political theology, theology and literature, inter-faith dialogue, and contemporary science. This book also contains a full bibliography of Fiddes’s published works.
Mark S. Massa
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- August 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190851408
- eISBN:
- 9780190851439
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190851408.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
This chapter presents an in-depth examination of the critique of one of the most famous Catholic theologians, Fr. Charles Curran. In narrating Curran’s story, it focuses on his firing as a professor ...
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This chapter presents an in-depth examination of the critique of one of the most famous Catholic theologians, Fr. Charles Curran. In narrating Curran’s story, it focuses on his firing as a professor at the Catholic University of America—an event that most historians call “the beginning of the Catholic sixties.” In a thought-provoking article published after the Mayflower Hotel conference, Curran laid out a number of postclassicist paradigms of natural law that rejected what some of his colleagues saw as the fatal anomalies of neo-scholasticism, while also addressing the modern concern to engage both religious pluralism and the insights of the modern physical sciences. Curran believed that a far better model of natural law should start with an anthropology that posited that rationality was an intrinsic component of human life, rather than just one part.Less
This chapter presents an in-depth examination of the critique of one of the most famous Catholic theologians, Fr. Charles Curran. In narrating Curran’s story, it focuses on his firing as a professor at the Catholic University of America—an event that most historians call “the beginning of the Catholic sixties.” In a thought-provoking article published after the Mayflower Hotel conference, Curran laid out a number of postclassicist paradigms of natural law that rejected what some of his colleagues saw as the fatal anomalies of neo-scholasticism, while also addressing the modern concern to engage both religious pluralism and the insights of the modern physical sciences. Curran believed that a far better model of natural law should start with an anthropology that posited that rationality was an intrinsic component of human life, rather than just one part.
