Rongo Univesity Library

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-227) and indexes.

Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- The moral virtues and Christian faith -- Issues in philosophy and theology -- Virtues and the Gospel -- Realist moral theology -- Human psychology and Gospel grace -- Habitus, character, and growth -- Habitus and Christian kenosis -- Habitus and personality -- Development of habitus -- What is a moral virtue? -- Moral virtue and the goal of Christian life -- The nature of moral virtue -- Virtue and human capacities -- Christian faith and disordered emotions -- Prudence and the moral virtues -- Communio and the moral life -- Prudence and the moral virtues -- The role of prudence -- Prudence and divine providence -- What causes the moral virtues to develop? -- Moral virtue and the theological life -- Virtues in nature -- Acquired virtue -- Infused virtue -- How to distinguish infused from acquired virtue -- Dynamics of infused virtues -- Characteristics of the virtues -- Distinctiveness of Christian teaching -- The mean of virtue -- Connection of the virtues -- Equality of the virtues -- After veritatis splendor : the moral virtues and Catholic moral thought -- Miraculous herrings -- The casuist eclipse -- The Thomist influence on magisterial teaching -- Allergy to imposed moral obligation -- Classical teaching on the Christian virtues.

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