Catholic Theology of Post-Conflict Restorative Justice: The Doctrine of Hypostatic Union as Viable Inspiration
Catholic Social Teaching needs to acknowledge the promise of the “hypostatic union” as a theological analogue in the Church’s theology of reconciliation. From the doctrine of the hypostatic union, humans can recognize that God encounters humans and beckons them on towards full reconciliation without...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Journal of Moral Theology, Inc.
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Moral Theology |
| Online Access: | https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/11318-catholic-theology-of-post-conflict-restorative-justice-the-doctrine-of-hypostatic-union-as-viable-inspiration |
| Summary: | Catholic Social Teaching needs to acknowledge the promise of the “hypostatic union” as a theological analogue in the Church’s theology of reconciliation. From the doctrine of the hypostatic union, humans can recognize that God encounters humans and beckons them on towards full reconciliation without destroying what defines them as humans. Rather, God unites them with himself. That “mode of being” should be Christians’ critical contribution to the public as inspired from their distinctive ethics. This theology of restorative justice must be relational, full of dependence, kenosis and “paradox.” The presence of “paradox” in this theology is not necessarily a moral failure, because tension arising from competing wills will always be with us. It is not regrettable, so long as they do not wander off the telos (God’s reign in the world). |
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| ISSN: | 2166-2851 2166-2118 |