How I Discovered That, by the Standards of Contemporary Academic Philosophy, Thomist Claims Must Be Problematic I was already fifty-five years old when I discovered that I had become a Thomistic Aristotelian. But I had first encountered Thomism thirty-eight years earlier, as an undergraduate, not in the form of moral philosophy,
While some effort has been expended in bringing the fields of moral theology into productive conversation with those of liturgical and sacramental theology, sustained reflection on the role of the sacraments in the Christian moral life continues to elude moral theologians, generally speaking. With this being the case, it is
In the last part (Part Two) of this series, we learned of Academic Vice President Shane Reese’s bold call (echoing President Kimball’s “Second Century Address”) for BYU faculty to embrace a “gospel methodology,” that is, to approach their various specialized areas of study from the standpoint of eternal truths. We
Background: Iris Murdoch Iris Murdoch was an atheist and a Platonist moral philosopher who taught at Oxford from 1948-1963 before retiring to spend the rest of her life writing racy novels. At first glance, she seems an unlikely candidate to offer a fresh vision of moral theology to Catholic thinkers.