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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457032503321

Autore

Long Steven A

Titolo

Natura pura [[electronic resource] ] : on the recovery of nature in the doctrine of grace / / Steven A. Long

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8232-3701-X

0-8232-3107-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 282 p. )

Collana

Moral philosophy and moral theology

Disciplina

233/.5

Soggetti

Grace (Theology) - History of doctrines

Nature - History of doctrines

Philosophical theology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- On the loss, and the recovery, of nature as a theonomic principle : reflections on the nature/grace controversy -- A criticism of nature as vacuole for grace -- On the impropriety of treating theology's handmaiden like an analytic -- Why natura pura is not the theological stalking horse for secularist minimalism or pelagianism -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Cardinal Ratzinger and Pope Benedict XVI.

Sommario/riassunto

From speculative theology to the exegesis of Aquinas, to contemporary North American philosophy and Catholic social and ethical thought, to the thought of Benedict XVI, this work argues the crucial importance of the proportionate natural end within the context of grace and supernatural beatitude.