The form and content of the study of theology in the present, modern epoch are marked by a vast quantity and variety of the most diverse and, in part, the most divergent points of departure. The classical unity and perspicuity of the world of theological thought, so typical in earlier centuries, has dissolved with the plurality of the horizons and problems of modern thinking. The reality of the world, science, and theology appears no longer as a single orbis, but rather as an open and unbounded space. Indeed, precisely for the study of theology in modern universities, the catchphrase, the new...
The form and content of the study of theology in the present, modern epoch are marked by a vast quantity and variety of the most diverse and, in part,...
In recent years, there has been a remarkable resurgence of interest in classical conceptions of what it means for human beings to lead a good life. Although the primary focus of the return to classical thought has been Aristotle's account of virtue, the ethics of Aquinas has also received much attention. Our understanding of the integrity of Aquinas's thought has clearly benefited from the recovery of the ethics of virtue.Understood from either a natural or a supernatural perspective, the good life according to Aquinas involves the exercise not just of the moral virtues, but also of the...
In recent years, there has been a remarkable resurgence of interest in classical conceptions of what it means for human beings to lead a good life. Al...