Sermon on the Mount and Moral Theology - A Virtue Perspective

Informationen zum Autor William C. Mattison, III is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, with a joint appointment in the Alliance for Catholic Education. He spent ten years at The Catholic University of America, where he served as interim Dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies. He is the author of Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues (2008), along with numerous articles and edited volumes. Klappentext This book offers a virtue-centered account of moral theology that is rooted in the Sermon of the Mount. Zusammenfassung William C. Mattison! III demonstrates that virtue ethics is a key that unlocks the wisdom of the Sermon on the Mount. Yet far from merely placing the teaching of Aristotle in the mouth of Jesus! he shows how the Sermon presents an account of happiness and virtue transformed in the light of Christian faith. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The beatitudes and happiness: the Christological and Ecclesiological vision of Matthew 5:1-16; 2. A virtue ethics approach toward the fulfillment of the law in Matthew 5:17-48; 3. Intentionality, growth in virtue, and charity in Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18; 4. Seeking first the kingdom: temporal activities and relations with others in Matthew 6:19-7:12; 5. Hope and the life of discipleship in Matthew 7:13-29; 6. A virtue ethics approach to the Lord's Prayer: Matthew 6:9-15.

Product details

• Authors: III Mattison, William C. Mattison, William C. Mattison III
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107171480
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17148-0
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis