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Paul and Virtue Ethics : building bridges between New Testament studies and moral theology / Daniel J. Harrington and James F. Keenan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010.Description: xiii, 225 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780742599598 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780742599611 (electronic)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 241 23 HAR
Contents:
PART I. THE SHAPE OF CHRISTIAN VIRTUE ETHICS -- 1. Virtue Ethics and Fundamental Moral Theology -- The Nature of Virtue Ethics -- Responding to Criticisms regarding Virtue Ethics -- Virtue Ethics on Tomorrow's Landscape -- 2. The Shape of Paul's Christian Virtue Ethics -- Paul's Christian Virtue Ethics: Philippians 3:10---11 -- Who Was Paul? -- Paul's Conversion and Call -- Paul's Jewish Eschatological Consciousness -- What Did Paul Hope For? -- 3. The Human Condition before and after Christ: Pauline Perspectives -- Life before and after Christ: Romans 7:24---8:2 -- Sin, Death, and the Law -- The Lament of the Enslaved -- New Life in Christ Jesus and in the Holy Spirit -- 4. Conversion and the Human Condition: Theological Perspectives -- Artistic Representations -- The Absolute Priority of God's Love and Action -- The Absolute Priority of Jesus Christ -- The Response to Love -- 5. The Many Contexts of Paul's Ethical Teachings -- The Christian Theological Context: Romans 12:9---16 -- Indicative and Imperative -- The Last Judgment -- Other Influences -- 6. Experience and Conscience in Theology Today -- An Illustration -- An Application -- Conscience -- The Voice of Conscience -- Formation of the Conscience -- PART II. THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES: PAUL AND THOMAS AQUINAS -- 7. Faith: Pauline Perspectives -- The Three Theological Virtues: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4 -- Faith as a Pauline Virtue -- 8. Faith: Theological Perspectives -- Thomas Aquinas -- Summa Theologiae -- Thomas in the Summa on Faith -- The Assent of Faith -- 9. Love: Pauline Perspectives -- Faith Working through Love -- Love in Biblical Perspective -- Love as a Pauline Virtue -- 10. Charity: Theological Perspectives -- Thomas in the Summa on Charity -- 11. Hope: Pauline Perspectives -- What Paul Hoped For -- Hope in Biblical Perspective -- Hope as a Pauline Virtue -- 12. Hope: Theological Perspectives -- Thomas in the Summa on Hope -- Applying the Insights of Thomas (and Paul) -- PART III. OTHER VIRTUES AND CHRISTIAN LIFE -- 13. Virtues and Vices: Pauline Perspectives -- Lists of Vices and Virtues: Galatians 5:19-23 -- More Lists -- Extrabiblical Examples -- Deuteropauline Lists of Virtues -- A Deuteropauline Household Code -- Godliness as a Christian Virtue -- 14. Virtues and Vices: Theological Perspectives -- The Specificity of Christian Theological Ethics -- Pauline Virtues beyond Faith, Hope, and Charity -- 15. Ethics in a Communal Setting: Pauline Perspectives -- An Egregious Offense: 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 -- Paul's Letters as Social and Pastoral Communications -- A Communal Crisis of Conscience -- Discerning the Spirit in Community -- The Strong and the Weak at Rome -- 16. Ethics in a Communal Setting: Theological Perspectives -- Humility as a Biblical Virtue -- Augustine and Thomas Aquinas on Humility -- Contemporary Emphasis on Humility -- 17. Communal Ethics and the Eucharist -- The Lord's Supper: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 -- Christians and Pagan Worship: 1 Corinthians 10 -- A Scandal Pertaining to the Eucharist: 1 Corinthians 11 -- 18. Eucharist and Virtue -- The Shift to Relational Self-Understanding -- Worship as the Embodied Practice of Fundamental Moral Theology -- The Moral Practices of the Liturgy of the Word -- The Moral Practices of the Eucharist -- PART IV. THE VIRTUES AND SOCIAL AND SEXUAL ISSUES -- 19. Social Ethics: Pauline Perspectives -- Stay As You Are: 1 Corinthians 7:21-24 -- Problems for Philemon and Paul -- Church and State -- Social Institutions within the Church -- Deuteropauline Household Codes -- 20. Social Ethics: Theological Perspectives -- Seven Points for Consideration -- A Closer Look at Hospitality -- 21. Relationships and Sexual Ethics: Pauline Perspectives -- Marriage as the Usual Pattern: 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 -- Other Teachings in 1 Corinthians 7 -- "No Longer Male and Female"? -- Sexual Immorality/Fornication -- Gender Roles -- Incest -- Prostitution -- Homosexuality -- Paul's Sexual Ethic -- 22. Relationships and Sexual Ethics: Theological Perspectives -- Chastity -- More Virtues for Human Relationships -- Developing a Relational Sexual Ethics out of These Cardinal Virtues -- EPILOGUE: PAUL, DIETRICH, MARTIN, AND BERNHARD -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) -- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) -- Bernhard Haring (1912-1998).

"A Sheed & Ward book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. THE SHAPE OF CHRISTIAN VIRTUE ETHICS -- 1. Virtue Ethics and Fundamental Moral Theology -- The Nature of Virtue Ethics -- Responding to Criticisms regarding Virtue Ethics -- Virtue Ethics on Tomorrow's Landscape -- 2. The Shape of Paul's Christian Virtue Ethics -- Paul's Christian Virtue Ethics: Philippians 3:10---11 -- Who Was Paul? -- Paul's Conversion and Call -- Paul's Jewish Eschatological Consciousness -- What Did Paul Hope For? -- 3. The Human Condition before and after Christ: Pauline Perspectives -- Life before and after Christ: Romans 7:24---8:2 -- Sin, Death, and the Law -- The Lament of the Enslaved -- New Life in Christ Jesus and in the Holy Spirit -- 4. Conversion and the Human Condition: Theological Perspectives -- Artistic Representations -- The Absolute Priority of God's Love and Action -- The Absolute Priority of Jesus Christ -- The Response to Love -- 5. The Many Contexts of Paul's Ethical Teachings -- The Christian Theological Context: Romans 12:9---16 -- Indicative and Imperative -- The Last Judgment -- Other Influences -- 6. Experience and Conscience in Theology Today -- An Illustration -- An Application -- Conscience -- The Voice of Conscience -- Formation of the Conscience -- PART II. THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES: PAUL AND THOMAS AQUINAS -- 7. Faith: Pauline Perspectives -- The Three Theological Virtues: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4 -- Faith as a Pauline Virtue -- 8. Faith: Theological Perspectives -- Thomas Aquinas -- Summa Theologiae -- Thomas in the Summa on Faith -- The Assent of Faith -- 9. Love: Pauline Perspectives -- Faith Working through Love -- Love in Biblical Perspective -- Love as a Pauline Virtue -- 10. Charity: Theological Perspectives -- Thomas in the Summa on Charity -- 11. Hope: Pauline Perspectives -- What Paul Hoped For -- Hope in Biblical Perspective -- Hope as a Pauline Virtue -- 12. Hope: Theological Perspectives -- Thomas in the Summa on Hope -- Applying the Insights of Thomas (and Paul) -- PART III. OTHER VIRTUES AND CHRISTIAN LIFE -- 13. Virtues and Vices: Pauline Perspectives -- Lists of Vices and Virtues: Galatians 5:19-23 -- More Lists -- Extrabiblical Examples -- Deuteropauline Lists of Virtues -- A Deuteropauline Household Code -- Godliness as a Christian Virtue -- 14. Virtues and Vices: Theological Perspectives -- The Specificity of Christian Theological Ethics -- Pauline Virtues beyond Faith, Hope, and Charity -- 15. Ethics in a Communal Setting: Pauline Perspectives -- An Egregious Offense: 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 -- Paul's Letters as Social and Pastoral Communications -- A Communal Crisis of Conscience -- Discerning the Spirit in Community -- The Strong and the Weak at Rome -- 16. Ethics in a Communal Setting: Theological Perspectives -- Humility as a Biblical Virtue -- Augustine and Thomas Aquinas on Humility -- Contemporary Emphasis on Humility -- 17. Communal Ethics and the Eucharist -- The Lord's Supper: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 -- Christians and Pagan Worship: 1 Corinthians 10 -- A Scandal Pertaining to the Eucharist: 1 Corinthians 11 -- 18. Eucharist and Virtue -- The Shift to Relational Self-Understanding -- Worship as the Embodied Practice of Fundamental Moral Theology -- The Moral Practices of the Liturgy of the Word -- The Moral Practices of the Eucharist -- PART IV. THE VIRTUES AND SOCIAL AND SEXUAL ISSUES -- 19. Social Ethics: Pauline Perspectives -- Stay As You Are: 1 Corinthians 7:21-24 -- Problems for Philemon and Paul -- Church and State -- Social Institutions within the Church -- Deuteropauline Household Codes -- 20. Social Ethics: Theological Perspectives -- Seven Points for Consideration -- A Closer Look at Hospitality -- 21. Relationships and Sexual Ethics: Pauline Perspectives -- Marriage as the Usual Pattern: 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 -- Other Teachings in 1 Corinthians 7 -- "No Longer Male and Female"? -- Sexual Immorality/Fornication -- Gender Roles -- Incest -- Prostitution -- Homosexuality -- Paul's Sexual Ethic -- 22. Relationships and Sexual Ethics: Theological Perspectives -- Chastity -- More Virtues for Human Relationships -- Developing a Relational Sexual Ethics out of These Cardinal Virtues -- EPILOGUE: PAUL, DIETRICH, MARTIN, AND BERNHARD -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) -- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) -- Bernhard Haring (1912-1998).

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