{"product_id":"morality-catholic-view-9781890318567","title":"Morality: Catholic View","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMorality: Catholic View\u003c\/strong\u003e by Sherwin, Michael O.P.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781890318567.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“As Alasdair MacIntyre notes in the preface, the work of Pinckaers attracted strong\nand fully justified notice in this country with the publication in English of his The\nSources of Christian Ethics. As Pinckaers himself notes in the text, excellently translated\nby Michael Sherwin, the interest should in no way be limited to Roman\nCatholics. Morality recasts the earlier book in an argument that is both lower and\nupper case ‘catholic,’ and is accessible to readers and teachers outside the limited\ncircle of moral theologians and academic ethicists. Pinckaers contends that\nChristian morality is not first of all about obligations but about happiness, understanding\nthat the happiness of union with God is our natural destiny made possible\nby grace. The Sermon on the Mount is at the center of an approach to morality\nthat turns on the distinction between ‘freedom for excellence’ and ‘freedom of\nindifference,’ the former understood as human flourishing and the latter as a ‘neutral’\ncapacity to choose between controversies. The proposal of Morality is thoroughly\nChrist-centered, humanistic, and faithful to the magisterial teaching of the\nChurch. Warmly recommended.”\nFirst Things\n\n“If you want to have the experience of reflecting on Catholic morality as though\nyou were reading about it for the first time, treat yourself to Father Servais\nPinckaers’ Morality: The Catholic View. He has recovered the classical view of the\nmoral life as the quest for happiness and has presented it with disarming simplicity.\nBringing us back to the Sermon on the Mount and Romans 12–15, the writings\nof Augustine and Aquinas, and the theme of natural law, he has freed those texts\nfrom the layers of legalism which has hidden their liberating, spiritual powers for\nmoral living. By distinguishing freedom of indifference from freedom for excellence,\nhe has restored a wise vision of freedom. No one has shown better the role\nof virtues as building blocks for morality. Catechists need to read this book.”\nRev. Alfred McBride, O.Praem., Professor of Homilectics and Catechetics at Blessed\nPope John XXIII Seminary, Weston, Massachusetts\n\n“Father Pinckaers has given us a masterful exposition of Christian living. The clarity\nand brevity of his presentation – captured well by the translator – make this book\nideal for classroom and parish use.\n“Readers will find the historical and systematic observations very informative.”\nRomanus Cessario, St. John’s Seminary, Brighton, Massachusetts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"St. Augustines Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44954554171445,"sku":"ByrdShop_1890318566","price":410.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781890318567_b587c5cf-0967-4f01-ba66-4c2eb97126fb.jpg?v=1778877796","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/morality-catholic-view-9781890318567","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}