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      The Identity of Christian Morality
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      The Identity of Christian Morality

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      The Identity of Christian Morality book

      The Identity of Christian Morality

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      The Identity of Christian Morality book

      ByAnn Marie Mealey
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2009
      eBook Published 14 March 2016
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315556888
      Pages 196
      eBook ISBN 9781315556888
      Subjects Humanities
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      Mealey, A.M. (2009). The Identity of Christian Morality (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315556888

      ABSTRACT

      This book argues that moral theology has yet to embrace the recommendations of the Second Vatican Council concerning the ways in which it is to be renewed. One of the reasons for this is the lack of consensus between theologians regarding the nature, content and uniqueness of Christian morality. After highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the so-called autonomy and faith ethic schools of thought, Mealey argues that there is little dividing them and that, in some instances, both schools are simply defending one aspect of a hermeneutical dialectic. In an attempt to move away from the divisions between proponents of the faith-ethic and autonomy positions, Mealey enlists the help of the hermeneutical theory of Paul Ricoeur. She argues that many of the disagreements arising from the Christian proprium debate can be overcome if scholars look to the possibilities opened up by Ricoeur's hermeneutics of interpretation. Mealey also argues that the uniqueness of Christian morality is more adequately explained in terms of a specific identity (self) that is constantly subject to change and revision in light of many, often conflicting, moral sources. She advocates a move away from attempts to explain the uniqueness of Christian morality in terms of one specific, unchanging context, motivation, norm, divine command or value. By embracing the possibilities opened up by Ricoeurian hermeneutics, Mealey explains how concepts such as revelation, tradition, orthodoxy and moral conscience may be understood in a hermeneutical way without being deemed sectarian or unorthodox.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |12 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 1|28 pages

      The Emergence of the Christian Proprium Debate

      chapter 2|20 pages

      Ricoeurian Hermeneutics and the Responsible Christian Self

      chapter 3|28 pages

      Christian Ethics and the Gospels: A Ricoeurian Approach

      chapter 4|24 pages

      Christian Identity: A Quest for Goodness and Holiness

      chapter 5|26 pages

      Toward a Hermeneutic of Christian Identity: The Role of Tradition

      chapter 6|30 pages

      The Limits of a Ricoeurian Approach to Christian Ethics

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