Holy Spirit and Moral Action in Thomas Aquinas

The Holy Spirit and Moral Action in Thomas Aquinas is a detailed study of how, according to one of Christianity’s greatest visionary thinkers, God’s Holy Spirit is continuously at work in and through humanity’s moral activity. Jack Mahoney, SJ, documents, notably from Aquinas’s commentaries on scripture, how "the grace of the Holy Spirit" prompts and influences people’s minds, as well as their decisions to act, occasionally in unexpected ways. Through the gift of connatural wisdom, the Spirit empowers humans to appreciate God’s own wise and loving design for the whole of creation, and enables them to cooperate freely in fulfilling their unique part in it.

List of contents

1. Understanding the Holy Spirit
2. The "Prompting" of the Holy Spirit
3. "The Law of the Spirit of Life" (Rom. 8.2)
4. Moral Decision-Making in the Spirit
5. Constants of the Holy Spirit
6. All-Embracing Wisdom

About the author

Jack Mahoney, SJ, has written and spoken extensively on ethics and theology. He is currently based at the London Jesuit Centre.

Summary

This book is a detailed study of how, according to Thomas Aquinas and his works, God’s Holy Spirit is continuously at work in and through human moral activity.

Product details

• Authors: Sj Mahoney, Sj Jack Mahoney, Jack Mahoney SJ
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781978710443
• ISBN: 978-1-978710-44-3
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Religious ethics, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics & Moral Teaching