LEADER 03954nam 22004931 450 001 9910136655103321 005 20200514202323.0 010 $a0-567-66032-X 010 $a0-567-66975-0 010 $a0-567-65701-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9780567669759 035 $a(CKB)3710000000907499 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4717401 035 $a(OCoLC)1226471158 035 $a(UkLoBP)bpp09260247 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09260247 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000907499 100 $a20161216d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe seductiveness of virtue $eAbraham Joshua Heschel and John Paul II on morality and personal fulfillment /$fJohn J. Fitzgerald 210 1$aLondon :$cBloomsbury T&T Clark,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (233 pages) 225 1 $aT&T Clark Theology 311 $a0-567-68247-1 311 $a0-567-65700-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tThe question --$tAuthors --$tPrimary sources --$tAssumptions --$tOverview of chapters --$g1.$tThe Meaning of Our Question --$tHappiness --$tMeaning --$tFreedom --$tPersonal fulfillment --$tGood and evil --$tDoing --$g2.$tHeschel and the "Joys of the Mitsvah" --$tThe search for meaning as universal and worthwhile --$t"The problem of needs" --$t"A commitment to Jewish law" --$t"The difficulties of moral living" --$g3.$tJohn Paul II and the Good We Must Do to Have Eternal Life --$tThe search for meaning as universal and worthwhile --$t"If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments" --$t"If you wish to be perfect... sell your possessions... then come, follow me" --$t"With God all things are possible" --$g4.$t"Seeking What is True and Good": A Comparison and Contextualization --$tSimilarities and differences --$tThe historical context: The influence of Aristotle, Maimonides, Aquinas, and Kant --$tThe contemporary context: The work of the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Peter Singer, and present-day psychology --$tEvaluating Heschel and John Paul II in light of these contexts --$tConclusion: In defense of interworldview and interdisciplinary dialogue on our question. 330 $a"John J. Fitzgerald addresses here one of life's enduring questions - how to achieve personal fulfillment and more specifically whether we can do so through ethical conduct. He focuses on two significant twentieth-century theologians - Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Pope John Paul II - seeing both as fitting dialogue partners, given the former's influence on the Second Vatican Council's deliberations on the Jews, and the latter's groundbreaking overtures to the Jews in the wake of his experiences in Poland before and during World War II. Fitzgerald demonstrates that Heschel and John Paul II both suggest that doing good generally leads us to growth in various components of personal fulfillment, such as happiness, meaning in life, and freedom from selfish desires. There are, however, some key differences between the two theologians - John Paul II emphasizes more strongly the relationship between acting well and attaining eternal life, whereas Heschel wrestles more openly with the possibility that religious commitment ultimately involves anxiety and sadness. By examining historical and contemporary analyses, including the work of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the philosopher Peter Singer, and some present-day psychologists, Fitzgerald builds a narrative that shows the promise and limits of Heschel's and John Paul II's views."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aT & T Clark theology. 606 $aVirtue 615 0$aVirtue. 676 $a296.8332092 700 $aFitzgerald$b John J.$0193106 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136655103321 996 $aThe seductiveness of virtue$92747616 997 $aUNINA