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by: Servais Pinckaers
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 241
EAN: 9780813208183
ISBN: 0813208181
Label: Catholic University of America Press
Manufacturer: Catholic University of America Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 489
Publication Date: 1995-06
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Sales Rank: 374380
Studio: Catholic University of America Press
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Recognized worldwide as one of the most important books in the field of moral theology, this book returns Christian ethics to its sources: the Gospel and the Holy Spirit.
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Rating: - Needed contribution to Post Vatican II Moral Theology
Fr. Pinckaers book presents a lifetime of research into Catholic Moral Theology from the Patristic era to the present, especially focusing on the atmospher after Trent, and the problems posed by the Protestant Reformation, and Modern Philosophy.
Pinckaers shows us that many manuals of moral theology, while presenting orthodox doctrine, present the wrong reasons for that doctrine. Many books while claiming to follow St. Thomas and his brilliant Virtue Theory, actually are closer to Kant ... Read More
Rating: - Renewal of Christian Ethics
Fr. Pinckaers' book is a wonderful overview of Christian ethics, calling for a renewal in the methodology of moral theologians. I've found it to be good, though laborious, spiritual reading. He gives an overview of Christian ethics, followed by a history of the study of moral theology from the age of the Patristics. He also covers Ockham's nominalism and how it destroyed the traditional Christian attitude towards morality. Finally, he studies the virtues, freedom and natural law in the tradition ... Read More
Rating: - Christian philosophical/theological excellence!
I must concurr with another reviewer that this book is truly excellent in explaining authentic Christian ethics. I am 29 years old and a 2003 graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio) and can attest to the splendor of this wonderful presentation. If ethics and morality even slightly interest you, then buy this book!!
Rating: - Morality as Freedom for Excellence
Have you ever been to a class on Morality or Ethics at a Church or School, and you were basically told a bunch of "do's and don'ts?" Fr. Pinckaers finally revealed to me why so many leave the Church and why so many are bored with Morality. He traces for us a brief history of Ethics and Morality and shows how people like William of Ockham and Immanuel Kant destroyed morality by focusing on the Commandments of God instead of the Virtues of God. God is now viewed in modern society as a mere law giver, ... Read More
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