Introducing moral theology true happiness and the virtues
As college students develop their identities and construct their worldviews, they commonly wrestle with fundamental questions such as "Why be moral?" Taking into account feedback he has received from students and colleagues, William Mattison has crafted Introducing Moral Theology, a masterful basic...
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Grand Rapids, Michigan :
Brazos Press,
2008.
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- Morality, happiness, and the "Good life": how do I live my life, and why do I live that way?
- Intentions, good acts, and human freedom
- Why virtues? the moral life as more than actions
- The virtue of temperance: living a passionate moral life
- The virtue of prudence: knowing the truth and living it
- Alcohol and American college life: test case one
- The virtue of justice and justice in waging war
- Using the atom bomb in World War II: test case two
- The virtue of fortitude and the unity of the virtues
- A transition: actions, practices, and big-picture beliefs about the way things are
- The virtue of faith: answering big-picture questions
- Sin: corruption of human happiness
- The virtue of hope: eternity in this life and the next
- Jesus Christ: incarnation and life in Christ
- The virtue of charity: the form of the Christian life
- Grace: the gift of the Holy Spirit for the virtuous life
- Chastity and nonmarital sex: test case three
- Euthanasia: test case four
- Epilogue: praying for virtues.