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Foreword | p. xiii |
Preface | p. xv |
The Call of Discipleship | |
"Come, Follow Me" (Mark 1:17) | p. 1 |
Santiago's Calling | p. 2 |
Biblical Perspectives | p. 4 |
The Hebrew Story | p. 4 |
The Call to Follow Jesus | p. 6 |
Faithful Discipleship | p. 7 |
Called to Community | p. 9 |
A Framework for the Moral Life | p. 11 |
Theological and Authropological Underpinnings | p. 11 |
The Gift-Call-Response Dynamic of the Moral Life | p. 13 |
Ambiguous Dimension of the Call | p. 13 |
Responding to the Gift-Call | p. 15 |
The Call of the Poor | p. 17 |
A Community of Disciples | p. 18 |
Conclusion | p. 20 |
Key Points | p. 21 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 21 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | p. 22 |
The Christian Moral Life and Learning to See | |
"Master, I Want to See" (Mark 10:51) | p. 23 |
Human Beings as Masters of Illusion | p. 25 |
The Dangerous Seductions of Fantasy | p. 26 |
Obstacles to Correct Vision | p. 27 |
Fantasy and Fear | p. 28 |
The Fantasy of Consumerism | p. 30 |
Buddhism and Learning to See | p. 32 |
From Murdoch and Buddha to Jesus | p. 34 |
The Christian Moral Life and Learning How to See | p. 36 |
Sacred Stories | p. 37 |
Learning to See | p. 38 |
Parables-Being Shocked into New Ways of Seeing | p. 39 |
Re-imagining Jesus | p. 47 |
Conclusion | p. 49 |
Key Points | p. 50 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 50 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | p. 51 |
The Treasure We Seek-The Regin of God and the Moral Life | |
"The Kingdom of God Is at Hand" (Mark 1:15) | p. 52 |
Essential Characteristics of God's Reign | p. 54 |
God's Reign Has Arrived | p. 54 |
God's Reign Is Gift and Task | p. 56 |
A Reign of Justice and Inclusiveness | p. 58 |
The Eschatological Reign of God | p. 60 |
The Sermon on the Mount | p. 61 |
The Beatitudes: Blessings for Righteousness | p. 62 |
Guidance for Righteous Living | p. 63 |
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: An Example of Righteous Living | p. 65 |
The Virtue of Hope | p. 66 |
Analogical and Dialectical Imaginations | p. 69 |
Offering Hospitality to the Stranger | p. 71 |
Conclusion | p. 72 |
Key Points | p. 73 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 73 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | p. 74 |
Starting Over Again and Again: Sin and Conversion in the Christian Life | |
"Repent, and Believe in the Gospel" (Mark 1:15) | p. 75 |
Sin | p. 77 |
How Should We Talk about Sin? | p. 79 |
Some Initial Conclusions about Sin | p. 81 |
Categories of Sin | p. 87 |
Original Sin | p. 92 |
Conversion | p. 93 |
Conversion-What Does It Mean? | p. 94 |
Conversion-Why Does It Happen? | p. 96 |
Some Initial Conclusions about Conversion | p. 98 |
Faith | p. 101 |
What Does It Mean to Say, "I Believe"? | p. 102 |
Faith in the Christian Life | p. 103 |
Conclusion | p. 106 |
Key Points | p. 107 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 107 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | p. 107 |
The Virtues-How to Be Good at Being Human | |
"Make Every Effort to Supplement Your Faith with Virtue" (2 Peter 1:5) | p. 109 |
Goodness, Happiness, and the Virtues | p. 110 |
The Connection between Happiness, Goodness, and the Virtues | p. 111 |
Virtues | p. 115 |
Why Do We Need the Virtues? | p. 118 |
How We Acquire the Virtues | p. 120 |
The Cardinal Virtues | p. 124 |
Virtues in Other Traditions | p. 135 |
Virtues in the Christian Life | p. 137 |
Theological Virtues | p. 138 |
Infused Moral Virtues | p. 140 |
Jesus and the Christian Moral Life | p. 141 |
Conclusion | p. 142 |
Key Points | p. 143 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 143 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | p. 143 |
Conscience-Exploring a Gift Too Precious to Lose | |
"Your Conscience Bears Witness" (Romans 2:15) | p. 145 |
What It Means to Have a Conscience | p. 148 |
The Bible and Conscience | p. 148 |
Conscience in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas | p. 151 |
Contemporary Accounts of Conscience | p. 153 |
What Does This Tell Us about Conscience? | p. 155 |
What Shapes Our Conscience-For Better or Worse | p. 157 |
How Relationships and Communities Shape Our Conscience | p. 158 |
How Our Social and Cultural Contexts Shape Our Conscience | p. 159 |
The Development and Formation of Conscience | p. 163 |
Five Steps to Consider | p. 164 |
The Role of Prayer in the Formation of Conscience | p. 166 |
The Role of the Church in the Formation of Conscience | p. 168 |
Fostering Healthy Moral Communities | p. 172 |
Being of One Mind and Heart with Christ | p. 174 |
Conclusion | p. 176 |
Key Points | p. 177 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 177 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | p. 177 |
Love-The Only True Path to Life | |
"Whoever Does Not Love Remains in Death" (1 John 3:14) | p. 179 |
Why the Human Vocation Is a Vocation to Love | p. 181 |
Images of a God Who Is Love | p. 181 |
We're Neighbors Whether We Like It or Not! | p. 182 |
Putting Others at the Center of Our Lives | p. 184 |
Are We Called to Love Ourselves? | p. 185 |
How Love Works | p. 186 |
What Are We Doing When We Love? | p. 186 |
What Does Loving Well Require? | p. 189 |
Different Kinds of Love | p. 194 |
Agape | p. 195 |
Eros | p. 197 |
Friendship | p. 198 |
Extending the Circle of Love | p. 200 |
The Zakat | p. 201 |
Love for All of God's Creation | p. 202 |
Conclusion | p. 204 |
Key Points | p. 205 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 205 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | p. 205 |
The Paschal Mystery and the Moral Life | |
"If We Die with Christ, We Live with Him" (Romans 6:8) | p. 206 |
The Paschal Mystery in the New Testament | p. 207 |
Sacrifice as an Act of Love Freely Offered | p. 209 |
A Story of Redemptive Love | p. 210 |
The Problem of Servitude | p. 211 |
Patient Endurance | p. 213 |
Love and Suffering | p. 214 |
The Cross of Compassion | p. 216 |
Compassion in Buddhism | p. 217 |
The Problem of Apathy | p. 219 |
Transformative Love of the Resurrection | p. 221 |
Conclusion | p. 224 |
Key Points | p. 224 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 225 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | p. 225 |
The Spirit and Moral Discernment | |
"Do Not Quench the Spirit" (1 Thessalonians 5:19) | p. 226 |
Manifestations of the Spirit in the Bible | p. 228 |
The Spirit and Moral Discernment | p. 229 |
Ethical Models | p. 230 |
The Gifts of the Spirit | p. 233 |
Connatural Knowledge | p. 233 |
The Gift of Wisdom | p. 235 |
Wisdom as Tasting Knowledge in Sufism | p. 235 |
The Law of the Spirit | p. 237 |
Community and Moral Discernment | p. 239 |
Prayer and Moral Discernment | p. 241 |
Conclusion | p. 244 |
Key Points | p. 244 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 245 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | p. 245 |
The Mission of Public Discipleship | |
"Go and Make Disciples of All Nations" (Matthew 28:16-20) | p. 246 |
Tension and Ambivalence | p. 247 |
Biblical Perspectives | p. 247 |
Theological Perspectives | p. 248 |
The Value of Public Life for Discipleship | p. 251 |
The Dichotomy between Private and Public Life | p. 253 |
A Public Church | p. 254 |
A Vision of the Good Life | p. 255 |
Virtue of Solidarity | p. 257 |
Love and Justice | p. 258 |
The Meaning of Justice | p. 259 |
Participation and Collaboration | p. 260 |
Conclusion | p. 261 |
Key Points | p. 264 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 264 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Study | p. 264 |
Notes | p. 265 |
Bibliography | p. 287 |
Index | p. 299 |
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