The Sources of Christian Ethics

Contents......Page 8
Foreword to the English Edition......Page 10
Introduction......Page 18
1. What Is Christian Ethics? The Search for a Definition......Page 24
2. Overview of Christian Ethics: Some Basic Questions......Page 37
PART ONE: ETHICS, HUMAN AND CHRISTIAN......Page 68
3. The Human Aspect of Christian Ethics......Page 70
4. Christian Ethics: Its Distinctive Character......Page 118
5. Christian Ethics according to St. Paul......Page 127
6. The Sermon on the Mount and Christian Ethics......Page 157
7. Is St. Thomas's Moral Teaching Christian?......Page 191
Introduction: The Advantage of a History of Moral Theology or Christian Ethics, and the Difficulties Involved......Page 214
8. The Patristic Period......Page 218
9. Moral Theology in the Period of High Scholasticism......Page 239
10. Moral Theology in the Late Middle Ages: The Nominalist Revolution......Page 263
11. Moral Theology in the Modern Era of the Manuals......Page 277
12. Catholic Moral Theology and Protestant Ethics......Page 303
13. Moral Theology Today......Page 321
PART THREE: FREEDOM AND NATURAL LAW......Page 348
14. Freedom of Indifference: The Origin of Obligational Moral Theory......Page 350
15. Freedom for Excellence......Page 377
16. Human Freedom according to St. Thomas Aquinas......Page 402
17. Natural Inclinations at the Source of Freedom and Morality......Page 423
Conclusion......Page 480
Select Bibliography......Page 492
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