The Pinckaers Reader: Renewing Thomistic Moral Theology
"These essays speak of the sound and substantial contribution  the thought of Servais Pinckaers has made to the renewal of moral theology  called for by Vatican II. In the microcosm of this Reader he shows how the  New Law of the Gospel is the necessary rediscovery--at once traditional and  of the future--that gives fresh heart and insight to Christian morality. As  Father Pinckaers looks at Thomistic method, at beatitude and Christian  anthropology, moral agency, passions and virtue, law and grace, he  integrates morality and spirituality in a way that will guide the teacher  of moral theology and suggest new paths for the speculative  theologian."--Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago"The work of Servais Pinckaers is essential for the renewal of moral  theology. Pinckaers quite simply avoids the unhappy alternatives  represented by recent debates in Catholic moral theology by a profound  recovery of Aquinas' understanding of beatitude and the virtues. Pinckaers'  work, moreover, is as important for Protestant theological ethics as it is  for Catholic moral theology.  This collection of essays wonderfully  represents the heart of his work in a manner that provides us with a  constructive alternative for the future. We are in debt to John Berkman and  Craig Steven Titus for making Pinckaers' work available."--Stanley  Hauerwas, Duke University"Virtue ethics--the interloper in the morass of modern moral philosophy and  acceptable even now only to a minority among Catholic moralists--is here  given a strong voice. At last in English, we have a representative sample  of the work of the greatest exponent of this tradition, drawing on deep  knowledge of the theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas and on the whole Catholic  Christian inheritance."--Fergus Kerr, O.P., Aquinas Institute, Blackfriars,  Oxford    "The Pinckaers Readercontains the most important contributions by  this great Dominican and shows his expertise on Thomas Aquinas. Pinckaers'  influential work not only gives way to a better understanding of Thomistic  ethics but also contributes constituents for the postconciliar renewal of  moral theology. This text is essential for all those who are searching for  basic knowledge in the field of Christian ethics."--Eberhard Schockenhoff,  Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg