The Sermon on the Mount and moral theology: a virtue perspective
This book offers a virtue-centered account of moral theology that is rooted in the Sermon of the Mount
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Mattison, William C.$lIII, 1971-, The Sermon on the Mount and moral theology : a virtue perspective] (2020) (Ridlehoover, Charles Nathan)
[Rezension von: Mattison, William C.$lIII, 1971-, The Sermon on the Mount and moral theology : a virtue perspective] (2020) (Ridlehoover, Charles Nathan) |
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Bergpredigt
/ Christian ethics
/ Virtue ethics
B Bergpredigt / Christian ethics / Virtue ethics / Ethics |
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| Summary: | This book offers a virtue-centered account of moral theology that is rooted in the Sermon of the Mount Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Contextualizing This Book -- II. Organization of This Book -- III. Methodology of This Book -- A. Which Virtue Ethics? -- B. Authoritative Voices on the Sermon -- C. A Word on Alignments -- 1 The Beatitudes and Happiness: The Christological and Ecclesiological Vision of Matthew 5:1-16 -- I. The Beatitudes Are About Happiness -- II. The Beatitudes: The Relation They Posit Between Qualifying Condition and Reward -- A. Defining ''Intrinsic Relation'' and Ascribing It to the Beatitudes -- B. Examining Particular Beatitudes -- 1. ''Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit, For Theirs Is the Kingdom of Heaven'' -- 2. ''Blessed Are They Who Mourn, For They Will Be Comforted'' -- 3. ''Blessed Are the Meek, For They Will Inherit the Land'' -- 4. ''Blessed Are They Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness, For They Will Be Satisfied'' -- 5. ''Blessed Are the Merciful, For They Will Be Shown Mercy'' -- 6. ''Blessed Are the Clean of Heart, For They Will See God'' -- 7. ''Blessed Are the Peacemakers, For They Will Be Called Children of God'' -- III. Ramifications of the Intrinsic Relationship Between the Activities of the Qualifying Conditions and the Activities of Happiness Attained -- A. Eschatology and Ethics: ''When'' Do the Beatitudes' Rewards Occur? -- B. Why a ''Set'' of Beatitudes? -- 1. Traditional Explanations of the Set of Beatitudes -- 2. Contribution to Explanations of the Beatitudes as a Set: Increasing Continuity of Activity -- 3. Further Contribution to Explanations of the Beatitudes as a Set: Alignment with Virtues -- Transition: Happiness, Suffering, and Jesus Christ -- IV. Salt and Light: a Christological Ecclesiology -- Conclusion 2 A Virtue Ethics Approach toward the Fulfillment of the Law in Matthew 5:17-48 -- I. ''Fulfilling'' the Law -- A. ''Fulfilling'' the Law: Surveys of Possible Interpretations -- B. Jesus's Moral Teaching as Fulfillment of the Law -- 1. First and Second Antitheses: Overview of Fulfill -- 2. Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Antitheses - Fulfillment Despite Different Material Content -- a. Fifth Antithesis - Prescribing Limits and Enjoining Greater Perfection -- b. Fourth Antithesis - The New Law and Prudence -- c. Third Antithesis - Morality in a New Era -- d. Sixth Antithesis - Restoring the True Meaning -- C. Fulfillment of the Ceremonial Law -- 1. Recent Debates over Christian ''Supersessionism'' -- 2. Refining the Question -- 3. The New Law as Fulfillment of the Old Ceremonial Law -- II. Grouping the Antitheses -- A. Grouping the Antitheses: The Moral Significance -- B. Grouping the Antitheses: The Ceremonial Significance -- III. Jesus Christ and the New Law -- Conclusion -- 3 Intentionality, Growth in Virtue, and Charity in Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 -- I. ''To Be Seen By Others'': Intentionality and Human Action -- A. The Importance of the End in Human Action - ''They Have Received Their Reward'' -- 1. Thomistic Action Theory and the Further End of Human Action -- 2. Reward in Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 -- Excursus: Uneasiness with Reward in Biblical Scholarship -- B. The Importance of the Object in Human Action - ''Do Not Be Like the Hypocrites'' -- II. Guidance on Growth in Virtue -- A. Intentional Action, Development of Habits, and Character Formation -- B. Metaphors and Audience -- Conclusion -- 4 Seeking First the Kingdom: Temporal Goods and Relations with Others in Matthew 6:19-7:12 -- I. The Nature and Function of the Last End in Mt 6:19-24 -- II. A God of Provident Gratuity: Mt 6:25-34 A. The Last End: Our Heavenly Father -- B. Faith in Our Heavenly Father and Temporal Goods: Avoiding Worry -- III. Relations with Others in Mt 7:1-11 -- A. Relations with Our Brothers in Mt 7:1-5 -- B. Relations with Outsiders in Mt 7:6 -- C. Relations with God in Mt 7:7-11 -- Conclusion -- 5 Hope and the Life of Discipleship in Matthew 7:13-29 -- I. Continuity of Activity between this Life and Our Eternal Destiny: The Virtue of Hope -- A. The Challenge of Living this Life Toward Eternal Life -- B. The Importance of Hope for Activity in this Life -- II. Lacking Continuity Between this Life and Eternal Happiness: The Vice of Presumption -- A. The Thomistic Tradition on Presumption -- B. Failure to Attain the Eternal Life in Mt 7:13-27: Guidance from Biblical Scholarship -- Conclusion -- 6 A Virtue Ethics Approach to the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:7-15 -- I. Four Consistencies (and a Lacuna) in the History of Commentary on the Lord's Prayer -- A. Commenting on the Petitions -- B. Numbering the Petitions -- C. Grouping the Petitions -- D. Aligning the Petitions with Other Groupings -- E. A Lacuna: Aligning the Petitions with the Theological and Cardinal Virtues -- II. The Lord's Prayer and the Virtues: an Illuminating Convergence -- A. Seven Petitions and Seven Virtues -- 1. ''Hallowed Be Thy Name'': Faith -- 2. ''Thy Kingdom Come'': Hope -- 3. ''Thy Will Be Done'': Love -- 4. ''Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread'': Prudence -- 5. ''Forgive Us Our Trespasses'': Justice -- 6. ''Lead Us Not Into Temptation'': Temperance -- 7. ''Deliver Us from Evil'': Fortitude -- B. Reading the Lord's Prayer in the Conjunction with the Virtues: Implications for Virtue and the Christian Life -- 1. Ordering of the Petitions and Virtues -- 2. Grouping the Petitions and Virtues 3. The Primacy of Infused Virtue in the Petitions -- 4. The Relationship Between Happiness Virtue in the Petitions -- Name Index -- Term Index -- Scripture Index |
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| ISBN: | 1316774759 |