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Review Essay: The Resurgence of Virtue in Recent Moral Theology

Journal of Moral Theology, 2014
While virtue was a significant player in Patristics and Medieval theology, its role after these periods diminished. There has, however, been increased emphasis paid to virtue leading up to Vatican II.
David Cloutier, William C. Mattison III
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Veritatis Splendor and the Persistence of the Law-Conscience Binary in Catholic Moral Theology

Journal of Moral Theology
This essay considers why the conflict between law and conscience in modern Catholic moral theology _Veritatis Splendor_ sought to overcome has nevertheless persisted in the three decades since its publication. Without the further development of a theory
Nicholas Ogle
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Reimagining Trust as Feminist Praxis: A Transnational Analysis of Gender and Public Confidence in Women's Organizations

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines trust in women's organizations as a gendered and contextually embedded dimension of institutional trust, drawing on data from 90,192 respondents across 60 countries using the 2017–2022 World Values Survey, the World Bank, and Varieties of Democracy.
Ruby Amanda Oboro‐Offerie
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The Luminous Excess of the Acting Person: Assessing the Impact of Pope John Paul II on American Catholic Moral Theology

Journal of Moral Theology, 2012
Pope St. John Paul II’s influence on the field of Catholic moral theology has been highly contested. By examining at two of the late pontiff’s major projects – Theology on the Body and Veritatis Splendor – this influence is seen to be centered around an ...
John S. Grabowski
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Tillich's Schellingian Styles

The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this essay I contend that, whatever one might say about F.W.J. Schelling's historical and conceptual influence on Paul Tillich's doctrines, the overall style of Tillich's project can helpfully be dubbed Schellingian to the extent it mixes together discourses, genres, and vocabularies into an ever‐expanding whole. To the extent that anything
Daniel Whistler
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Michal, contradicting values : understanding the moral dilemma faced by Saul's daughter

, 2009
Value conflicts due to cultural differences are an increasingly pressing issue in many societies. Because Old Testament texts hail from a very different milieu to our own they may provide new perspectives upon contemporary conflicts and, in this context,
Rowe, Jonathan Y.
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‘By the Very Rivalry’: On Some Necessary Tensions in Newman's Epistemological Formulations in the Idea of a University and the Grammar of Assent

The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Newman's educational writings can present an apparent contradiction or rupture, with the ‘intellectualist’ Idea of a University opposed to the ‘commonsensical’ Grammar of Assent. An appeal to the imagination—to imaginative and implicit reasoning—has sometimes been made in order to reconcile these apparent contradictions. While Newman's thought
Austin Walker
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Embodied Hermeneutics and the Challenge of Intercultural Understanding: Insights from Chinese Traditions

The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Efforts to understand unfamiliar philosophical and religious traditions are often constrained by hermeneutical limitations rooted in the dominance of Western conceptual frameworks. This paper advances embodied hermeneutics as a general model for intercultural understanding—one that grounds interpretation in lived and material expressions of ...
Victoria S. Harrison
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Studies in Scripture for Moral Theologians

Journal of Moral Theology, 2018
In this essay, I discuss some recent work within biblical studies that would be helpful for moral theologians. I have organized the essay around three major parts. I begin with the history of biblical scholarship. The essay’s second portion includes some
Jeffrey L. Morrow
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An Alien Word? Cosmic Salvation within a Rahnerian Framework

The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The possibility of life beyond our planet raises serious theological questions for Christians, particularly in the realm of soteriology. How would Jesus of Nazareth relate to such creatures? Is he the ‘universal’ saviour, in the cosmic sense? Or are there other incarnations of the Logos, the Word or Son of God?
Brandon R. Peterson
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