Ethics and Spirituality: Readings on Moral Theology No. 17 (Readings in Moral Theology)
By Unknown Author.
Description
The reintegration of spirituality with ethics is a fairly recent phenomenon. In 1954 Bernard Häring s The Law of Christ defined moral life as the imitation of Christ and thereby signaled a shift from rules to a more holistic model of Christian discipleship. Vatican II, where Häring served as a peritus, invited Catholics to reimagine morality in terms of a scripturally informed, spiritual and practical engagement with the modern world, guided by the promptings of a well-formed conscience.Spirituality emerged as a distinct academic discipline in the later twentieth century. In its C...
ISBN(s)
0809148730, 9780809148738
