Making Common Cause with Men and Women of Our Age: A Thomist Perspective
This paper argues that Aquinas and other scholastic theologians offer unexpected resources for a moral theology that is fully engaged with today’s pluralistic societies. In order to do so, it is necessary to bring Aquinas into a conversation with these diverse perspectives, rather than treating his...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 169-173 |
| Further subjects: | B
Pluralism
B Aquinas B Gaudium et Spes B scholastics B Catholicism B Moral Theology |
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| Summary: | This paper argues that Aquinas and other scholastic theologians offer unexpected resources for a moral theology that is fully engaged with today’s pluralistic societies. In order to do so, it is necessary to bring Aquinas into a conversation with these diverse perspectives, rather than treating his thought as a closed system, and to extend his insights through original, constructive analysis. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946811435380 |