The Identity of Christian Morality (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies) - Hardcover

Mealey, Ann Marie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754660737 ISBN 13: 9780754660736

Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Ann Marie Mealey is Lecturer in Moral Theology at Leeds Trinity and All Saints, UK.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0754660737
• ISBN 13: 9780754660736
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
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