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Nov 16, 2021 · On the Christian understanding of the matter, the eucharistic elements belong to a narrative arc, running from the Last Supper, to the passion, to the eucharist itself, and thence to the eschaton—where Christ is, in some relevant sense, present at each point in the arc, so holding the narrative together.
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Mar 14, 2023 · June O'Connor's essay, “On Doing Religious Ethics,” expands the metadisciplinary frame of reference by raising questions about “the task of religious ethics as a whole,” which she tackles by describing the nature of the ethical task and then identifying what characteristics render that task a form of religious ethics (1979, 81–82). She writes: “To describe the nature of the ethical ...
Sep 27, 2006 · From the beginning of the Abrahamic faiths and of Greek philosophy, religion and morality have been closely intertwined in Western thought. This is true whether we go back within Greek philosophy or within Christianity and Judaism and Islam. This entry proceeds chronologically, seeking to describe the main options as they have occurred ...
truth – meaning – religion – Davidson – interpretation. This collection of papers originated in a series of email exchanges in 2014 about the role of philosophy in understanding and explaining religious phenomena.1 Participants in those exchanges were by and large dissatisfied with what has traditionally been called “philosophy of ...
Nov 7, 2017 · RELIGION. &. Truth, Meaning, and the Study of Religion. T erry F. Godlove. Hofstra University. Terry .F .Godlove@hofstra.edu. Abstract. This paper focuses on two contrasting approaches to the ...
Jan 16, 2024 · Christian ethics must not be absorbed into the rest of theology, because it alone recognizes the full weight of the Christian's moral agency and decision making. I take, as a recent and sophisticated example, a trilogy of texts by Oliver O'Donovan titled Ethics as Theology. There, O'Donovan assigns a foundational role in ethics to ...
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Jun 20, 2022 · All religions make moral claims that are considered binding on their adherents: claims about what moral beliefs to hold, what moral values to pursue, and what forms of moral character and conduct to cultivate. This chapter provides the conceptual tools needed to understand how religious traditions validate moral claims.
