Jesus and Virtue Ethics Building Bridges between New Testament Studies and Moral Theology

by Harrington, SJ, Daniel,; Keenan, SJ, James F.,

• ISBN13: 9781580511254
• ISBN10: 1580511252
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-16
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

Answering the call of the Second Vatican Council for moral theology to draw more fully on the teaching of Holy Scripture, the authors examine the virtues that both flow from Scripture and provide a lens by which to interpret Scripture. By remaining true to both the New Testament's emphasis on the human response to God's gracious activity in Jesus Christ and to the ethical needs and desires of Christians in the twenty-first century, the authors address key topics such as discipleship, the Sermon on the Mount, love, sin, politics, justice, sexuality, marriage, divorce, bioethics, and ecology.

Author Biography

Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., is professor of New Testament at Weston Jesuit School of Theology.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Histories of Moral Theology and New Testament Ethics	p. 1
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 1
Biblical Perspectives	p. 8
Methods: The New Testament and Moral Theology	p. 17
Biblical Perspectives	p. 17
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 23
The Kingdom of God as Horizon and Goal: Who Ought We to Become?	p. 35
Biblical Perspectives	p. 35
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 40
Discipleship as Context: Who Are We?	p. 49
Biblical Perspectives	p. 49
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 53
The Sermon on the Mount and Christian Virtue Ethics: How Do We Get There?	p. 61
Biblical Perspectives	p. 61
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 67
Love as the Primary Virtue	p. 77
Biblical Perspectives	p. 77
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 82
Sin as Failure to Love	p. 91
Biblical Perspectives	p. 91
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 97
Politics from a Marginal Perspective	p. 105
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 105
Biblical Perspectives	p. 111
Justice and Social Justice	p. 121
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 121
Biblical Perspectives	p. 126
Embodiment and Community as the Context for Sexual Ethics	p. 135
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 135
Biblical Perspectives	p. 141
Marriage and Divorce	p. 149
Biblical Perspectives	p. 149
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 154
Celibacy, Homosexuality, and Abortion	p. 163
Biblical Perspectives	p. 163
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 169
The Bible and Nature: Friends or Foes?	p. 183
Biblical Perspectives	p. 183
Moral Theological Reflections	p. 188
Final Thoughts	p. 197
Glossary	p. 199
Index	p. 209
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