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Perfection in Death - The Christological Dimension of Courage in Aquinas (Hardcover)
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Perfection in Death - The Christological Dimension of Courage in Aquinas (Hardcover)
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Perfection in Death brings together topics-Christian martyrdom,
virtue ethics, the "ethics of the end of life"-that have each seen
a flowering of academic interest in the past two decades. Patrick
M. Clark shows that these topics are in fact closely connected by
examining one of the pre-eminent masters of Christian ethics,
Thomas Aquinas. Perfection in Death compares and contrasts the
relationship between conceptions of courage and death in the
thought of Aquinas and his ancient philosophical sources. At the
center of this investigation is Aquinas' identification of
martyrdom as the paradigmatic act of courage as well as "the
greatest proof of the perfection of charity." Such a portrayal of
"perfection in death" bears some resemblance to the ancient
tradition of "noble death", but departs from it in decisive ways.
Clark argues that this departure can only be fully understood in
light of an accompanying transformation of the metaphysical and
anthropological framework underlying ancient theories of virtue.
Perfection in Death aims to provide a new, theological account of
this paradigm shift in light of contemporary Thomistic scholarship.
Perfection in Death concludes with the relevance of the change in
framework manifested by Aquinas's thought to recent and future
trajectories in Catholic moral theology. In particular, treating
Christ as moral exemplar has been proposed by scholars seeking a
theological approach to the virtues that is more closely linked to
Christology. Clark critically examines the promise and limitations
of exemplarist models of virtue for moral theology.
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