Christology and the Christian Life
Pulling pre-Vatican II moral theology out of its "crisis" is no easy task: a moral theology rooted in dry manuals, a negative, law-based approach focusing on sin rather than virtue, centered on priests in the confessional could no longer be sustained. How to revive it? Wadell offers sugges...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Journal of Moral Theology, Inc.
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Moral Theology |
| Online Access: | https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/11250-christology-and-the-christian-life |
| Summary: | Pulling pre-Vatican II moral theology out of its "crisis" is no easy task: a moral theology rooted in dry manuals, a negative, law-based approach focusing on sin rather than virtue, centered on priests in the confessional could no longer be sustained. How to revive it? Wadell offers suggestions: rooting moral theology in scripture, adopting a positive, virtue-based line; seeing the moral life as an initiation into the life of Christ and as an ongoing conversion process, nurtured and developed in a liturgical setting; and living life in mission for the Kingdom of God. Wadell argues, following Joseph Fuchs, that the moral life is, first and foremost a person, not a law, to follow. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-2851 2166-2118 |