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Author: T. C. O'Brien
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-10-26
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 052102949X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPaperback reissue of one volume of the English Dominicans' Latin/English edition of Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae.
Author: Romanus Cessario
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2002-05-30
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 1441119175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe chief characteristic of Christian morality is its being linked to the person of Jesus Christ who is himself the universal, personal, and concrete norm of moral action. This book is about the virtues of the Christian life--both the theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity) and the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance)--and it deals particularly with the question, how it is possible for believers to decide for the morally good and to live accordingly. Reflecting on the basic questions of Christian morality, the book offers a commentary on the corresponding sections of The Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Author: Celia E. Deane-Drummond
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-11-05
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 0192581392
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere are two driving questions informing this book. The first is where does our moral life come from? It presupposes that considering morality broadly is inadequate. Instead, different aspects need to be teased apart. It is not sufficient to assume that different virtues are bolted onto a vicious animality, red in tooth and claw. Nature and culture have interlaced histories. By weaving in evolutionary theories and debates on the evolution of compassion, justice and wisdom, it showa a richer account of who we are as moral agents. The second driving question concerns our relationships with animals. Deane-Drummond argues for a complex community-based multispecies approach. Hence, rather than extending rights, a more radical approach is a holistic multispecies framework for moral action. This need not weaken individual responsibility. She intends not to develop a manual of practice, but rather to build towards an alternative philosophically informed approach to theological ethics, including animal ethics. The theological thread weaving through this account is wisdom. Wisdom has many different levels, and in the broadest sense is connected with the flow of life understood in its interconnectedness and sociality. It is profoundly theological and practical. In naming the project the evolution of wisdom Deane-Drummond makes a statement about where wisdom may have come from and its future orientation. But justice, compassion and conscience are not far behind, especially in so far as they are relevant to both individual decision-making and institutions.
Author: Celia Deane-Drummond
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-01-29
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1000033899
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book sets out some of the latest scientific findings around the evolutionary development of religion and faith and then explores their theological implications. This unique combination of perspectives raises fascinating questions about the characteristics that are considered integral for a flourishing social and religious life and allows us to start to ask where in the evolutionary record they first show up in a distinctly human manner. The book builds a case for connecting theology and evolutionary anthropology using both historical and contemporary sources of knowledge to try and understand the origins of wisdom, humility, and grace in ‘deep time’. In the section on wisdom, the book examines the origins of complex decision-making in humans through the archaeological record, recent discoveries in evolutionary anthropology, and the philosophical richness of semiotics. The book then moves to an exploration of the origin of characteristics integral to the social life of small-scale communities, which then points in an indirect way to the disposition of humility. Finally, it investigates the theological dimensions of grace and considers how artefacts left behind in the material record by our human ancestors, and the perspective they reflect, might inform contemporary concepts of grace. This is a cutting-edge volume that refuses to commit the errors of either too easy a synthesis or too facile a separation between science and religion. As such, it will be of interest to scholars of religious studies and theology – especially those who interact with scientific fields – as well as academics working in anthropology of religion.
Author: Peter A. Pagan Aguiar
Publisher: CUA Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780966922677
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Collection of essays on the metaphysical underpinnings of intellectual and individual freedom within a civic-political order or cultural milieu"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Albino Barrera
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2023-10-31
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1009384678
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe seek to be both loving and just. However, what do we do when love and justice present us with incompatible obligations? Can one be excessively just? Should one bend rules or even break the law for the sake of compassion? Alternatively, should one simply follow rules? Unjust beneficence or uncaring justice - which is the less problematic moral choice? Moral dilemmas arise when a person can satisfy a moral obligation only by violating another moral duty. These quandaries are also called moral tragedies because despite their good intentions and best effort, people still end up being blameworthy. Conflicting demands of compassion and justice are among the most vexing problems of social philosophy, moral theology, and public policy. They often have life-and-death consequences for millions. In this book, Albino Barrera examines how and why compassion-justice conflicts arise to begin with, and what we can do to reconcile their competing claims.
Author: Celia Deane-Drummond
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2014-10-30
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 0802868673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book Celia Deane-Drummond charts a new direction for theological anthropology in light of what is now known about the evolutionary trajectories of humans and other animals. She presents a case for human beings becoming fully themselves through their encounter with God, after the pattern of Christ, but also through their relationships with each other and with other animals. Drawing on classical sources, particularly the work of Thomas Aquinas, Deane-Drummond explores various facets of humans and other animals in terms of reason, freedom, language, and community. In probing and questioning how human distinctiveness has been defined using philosophical tools, she engages with a range of scientific disciplines, including evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, animal behavior, ethology, and cognitive psychology. The result is a novel, deeply nuanced interpretation of what it means to be distinctively human in the image of God.
Author: Theodore Ziolkowski
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780691114705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text addresses a group of influential literary works that reflect momentous crises in the evolution of Western law, including the transition from prelegal to legal society, the Christianization of Germanic customary law, the conflict between customary & Roman law, & the modern rise of skepticism.
Author: G. Simon Harak
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781589018365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKApplying the ethical concepts of Thomas Aquinas to contemporary moral problems, this book both presents new interpretations of Thomist theology and offers new insights into today's perplexing moral dilemmas. This volume addresses such contemporary issues as internalized oppression, especially as it relates to women and African-Americans; feminism and anger; child abuse; friendship and charity; and finally, justice and reason. The collection revives Aquinas as an ethicist who has relevant things to say about contemporary concerns. These essays illustrate how Thomistic ethics can encourage and empower people in moral struggles. As the first book to use Aquinas to explore such issues as child abuse and oppression, it includes a variety of approaches to Aquinas's ethics. Aquinas and Empowerment is a valuable resource for students of classical thought and contemporary ethics.
Author: Miriam Eliav-Feldon
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-09-29
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1137447494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, twelve scholars of early modern history analyse various categories and cases of deception and false identity in the age of geographical discoveries and of forced conversions: from two-faced conversos to serial converts, from demoniacs to stigmatics, and from self-appointed ambassadors to lying cosmographer.
