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A (Not So) Secular Saint, James K.A. Smith
A (Not So) Secular Saint, James K.A. Smith
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Review of John Stuart Mill: A Secular Life by Timothy Larsen
The Other, Derrida, James K.A. Smith
The Other, Derrida, James K.A. Smith
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Review of Benoît Peeters' Derrida: A Biography
Formation, Grace, And Pneumatology: Or, Where's The Spirit In Gregory's Augustine?, James K.A. Smith
Formation, Grace, And Pneumatology: Or, Where's The Spirit In Gregory's Augustine?, James K.A. Smith
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Eric Gregory's Politics and the Order of Love takes up an audacious project: enlisting Saint Augustine in order to “help imagine a better liberalism.” This article first provides a summary of Gregory's argument, focusing on his emphasis on love as a “motivation” for neighborly care, and hence democratic participation. This involves tracing the theme of motivation in the book, which is tied to his articulation of liberal perfectionism and an emphasis on civic virtue. In conclusion I raise the question of whether his project has ignored a key aspect of Augustine's account of love, namely, the role of the Holy …
Aquinas On The Vice Of Sloth: Three Interpretive Issues, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
Aquinas On The Vice Of Sloth: Three Interpretive Issues, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
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Defining the capital vice of sloth (acedia) is a difficult business in Thomas Aquinas and in the Christian tradition of thought from which he draws his account. In this article, I will raise three problems for interpreting Aquinas's account of sloth. They are all related, as are the resolutions to them I will offer. The three problems can be framed as questions: How, on Aquinas's account, can sloth consistently be categorized as, first, a capital vice and, second, a spiritual vice? These two questions lead to a third, namely, how is the condition of sloth possible, given Aquinas's moral psychology …