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Full-Text Articles in Ethics in Religion
Why Calvin? Naming A Seminary After A Theologian Of Consolation, Sam Neulsaem Ha
Why Calvin? Naming A Seminary After A Theologian Of Consolation, Sam Neulsaem Ha
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No abstract provided.
The Inevitability Of Sin, Kevin Timpe
The Inevitability Of Sin, Kevin Timpe
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Part of the traditional Christian doctrine of sin is the claim that, due to the effects of original sin, acts of sin are inevitable. Of course, our reflection on sinful actions is shaped by how we think about human freedom and divine providence more broadly. Some have argued that libertarians have a difficult time accounting for the inevitability of sin. This paper uses David Lewis’s work on counterfactuals and possible worlds to give an account of how the inevitability of sin can be understood. It then shows how both theological determinism and Molinism can give an account of sin’s inevitability …
Holding Close Both The Wonder And The Wounds, Kevin Timpe
Holding Close Both The Wonder And The Wounds, Kevin Timpe
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Brian Brock’s recent Wondrously Wounded is a welcome addition to the growing theology of disability literature. Despite its many virtues, I think Wondrously Wounded runs the risk of distorting the Church’s identity with regard to how it has responded to disability. Drawing on Hilde Lindemann’s work on ‘holding’ and ‘letting go’ of identities, I try to strengthen Brock’s call for the Church. Our collective work toward the realization of the gospel requires that together we hold the Church’s wounds, and not just its wonders, as part of the narrative we recount.
Guest Post: A Well-Read Post, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
Guest Post: A Well-Read Post, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
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No abstract provided.
Sin In Christian Thought, Kevin Timpe
Sin In Christian Thought, Kevin Timpe
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No abstract provided.
Sloth: Laziness About Love, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
Sloth: Laziness About Love, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
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No abstract provided.
Why Are You Angry?: Exploring The Deadly Sin Of Wrath, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
Why Are You Angry?: Exploring The Deadly Sin Of Wrath, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
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No abstract provided.
Vainglory: How To Share Your Virtue Without Showing Off, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
Vainglory: How To Share Your Virtue Without Showing Off, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
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No abstract provided.
The Roots Of Despair, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
The Roots Of Despair, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
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This paper is an exploration of the Thomistic vice of despair, one of two vices opposed to the theological virtue of hope. Aquinas’s conception of despair as a vice, and a theological vice in particular, distances him from contemporary use of the term “despair” to describe an emotional state. His account nonetheless yields a compelling psychological portrait of moral degeneration, which I explain via despair’s link to its “root,” the capital vice of sloth. Cases in which sloth and its offspring vices progress into full-fledged despair raise interesting issues about whether and how despair might be remediable. I conclude by …
Practicing Hope, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
Practicing Hope, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
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In this essay, I consider how the theological virtue of hope might be practiced. I will first explain Thomas Aquinas's account of this virtue, including its structural relation to the passion of hope, its opposing vices, and its relationship to the friendship of charity. Then, using narrative and character analysis from the film The Shawshank Redemption, I examine a range of hopeful and proto-hopeful practices concerning both the goods one hopes for and the power one relies on to attain those goods. In particular, I show how the film's picture of the role friends and friendship play in catalyzing …
Resistance To The Demands Of Love, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
Resistance To The Demands Of Love, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
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At its core, acedia is aversion to our relationship to God because of the transforming demands of his love. God wants to kick down the whole door to our hearts and flood us with his life; we want to keep the door partway shut so that a few lingering treasures remain untouched, hidden in the shadows.
Salutary Slander, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
Salutary Slander, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
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Review of The Virtues of our Vices, by Emrys Westacott
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 …
Fearless Speech, Courageous Eyes: A Theological Engagement With Freedom Of Expression, James K.A. Smith
Fearless Speech, Courageous Eyes: A Theological Engagement With Freedom Of Expression, James K.A. Smith
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No abstract provided.
The Vice Of Sloth: Some Historical Reflections On Laziness, Effort, And Resistance To The Demands Of Love, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
The Vice Of Sloth: Some Historical Reflections On Laziness, Effort, And Resistance To The Demands Of Love, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung
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No abstract provided.