Identity of Christian Morality
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Author_Ann Marie Mealey
autonomy
Autonomy School
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Catholic Magisterium
Catholic Moral Theology
Christian Conscience
Christian Ethics
Christian Search
Christian self-identity
Contemporary Society
Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae
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ethics
Good Life
hermeneutical theory
Hermeneutik Und Ideologiekritik
Love Commandment
Moral Theology
moral theology renewal
Paul Ricoeur philosophy
Postconciliar Church
Ricoeur's Hermeneutical
Ricoeur's Hermeneutical Approach
Ricoeur's Interpretation
Ricoeur's Understanding
Ricoeur's View
Ricoeur's Work
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Ricoeurian Approach
Ricoeurian hermeneutics in Christian ethics
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Ricoeur’s Interpretation
Ricoeur’s Understanding
Ricoeur’s View
Ricoeur’s Work
Roman Catholic Ethics
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Second Vatican Council ethics
Spiritual Practices
Stanley Hauerwas
theological debate autonomy faith
theology
Van Gerwen
Vice Versa
view
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- ISBN 9781032179926
- Weight: 294g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Ann Marie Mealey is Lecturer in Moral Theology at Leeds Trinity and All Saints, UK.
