Query: The moral disciple

title: An Introduction to Christian Ethics: Goals, Duties, and Virtues by Robin W. Lovin, and: The Moral Disciple: An Introduction to Christian Ethics by Kent A. Van Til (review)

title: The moral disciple: An introduction to Christian ethics [Book Review]
abstract: Review(s) of: The moral disciple: An introduction to Christian ethics, by Kent A. Van Til, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012) x 160 pp. $US18.00, ISBN 9780802866752.

title: The Moral Disciple: An Introduction to Christian Ethics

title: 'It was then I knew life' Political Critique and Moral Debate in Teresa Deevy's Temporal Powers (1932)
abstract: This article argues that Teresa Deevy's early plays for the Abbey Theatre deliberately intervened in the cultural politics of the Irish Free State. While the focus here is on Temporal Powers (1932) Deevy's first two Abbey productions, The Reapers (1930) and A Disciple (1931) are also considered. Taken together, this article demonstrates how these plays present a striking critique of the new state under the Cumann na nGaedhael administration. Set in 1927, during the Land Annuities crisis, Temporal Powers meditates on the relationship of poor tenant labourers to the land and society they inhabit. In it, Deevy explores themes such as eviction, homelessness, emigration, justice, religion, grief, and poverty. This article introduces this little known play, contextualises it, and discusses her treatment of key themes through an examination of characters, Shavian influences, dramatic structure and form.

title: Mary is a Model of Faith and Moral Life for the Contemporary Disciples of Christ
abstract: Observing the transformations taking place in the world, it is important to note the need for continuous reference in various areas of human life to Mary, whose example is always relevant. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to present Mary as a model of faith and moral life for the contemporary disciples of Christ. Mary with her example teaches one how to be a disciple of Christ in an authentic way, not superficial one. She is an example of understanding the Christian life as a commitment. Looking to Mary as an example, the individual learns to obey God in the path of faith and finds the values that lead him or her through the paths of the Christian moral life. Life permeated with the Marian spirit becomes an inspiration for the contemporary disciples of Christ to grow in faith, to do good and radically reject everything which is in contrary to the Christian ideal.

title: Zum Verhaltnis von Wissenschaft, Religion und Moral im Roman <Le Disciple> von Paul Bourget

title: Du traitement moral: Pinel disciple de Condillac
abstract: L'A. rappelle le role joue par Pinel dans les fondements de la psychiatrie moderne. Il analyse en particulier l'idee que les maladies mentales relevent d'une maladie morale et de la volonte, idee inspiree de Condillac dont cependant il se demarque

title: Transmitting the Sage's "Heart" (I) Unsealing Moral Autonomy Intellectual Intuition and Mou Zongsan's Reconstruction of the "Continuity of the Way" (Daotong)
abstract: Abstract:"Moral autonomy" in Mou Zongsan's work coalesces with the Mencian "heart mind" (xin Xin Humans are said to experience this alleged core of Confucianism as an intuitive consciousness of the value of their actions. This spontaneous moral awareness Mou calls by the Kantian term "intellectual intuition." Examining this crucial concept of Mou's thought, the present article argues that it conceals the purported content of Mou's philosophy. Escaping linguistic representation, it eventually frustrates explication. The validity of moral metaphysics hence rather than on its inexplicable content has to rely on the authority of its enunciator the Confucian teacher. "Intellectual intuition" thus is essential to Mou's restoration of the daotong the traditional view of a transmission of the Way from a master to his disciple.

title: The Elusive Disciple: Cross Cultural Perceptions of Discipleship
abstract: "Discipline is the root of discipleship." This statement is often heard in educational and parenting seminars. Most Western children, growing up with a binary thinking structure, learn very soon that doing what is right, choosing what is good, and following society's ethical norms will make them good citizens. Western Christianity, whose values influenced Western societies, is often presented in similar terms: You are a disciple of Christ if you accept biblical moral norms and live according to them. Orthopraxy should match orthodoxy. Christian missionaries took this approach to non Western cultures, and among some ethnic groups have been successful in producing new Christians. But even in those societies where Christianity is a majority, few Christians can be called disciples from a Western perspective. A lack of discipline and missing major moral values leads one to question the results of the missionary endeavor among "second" and "third" world countries. This is evident in most Asian societies where Christianity is a minority, but also in the Philippines and South Korea where Christianity is a majority or a large minority. Thus, tens or hundreds of years of Christian discipleship among non Western societies failed to produce the desired outcome. Under pressure from their local communities, Christian converts often returned to the traditional religion because of persecution or shame. In Lamin Sanneh's words,

title: Bird in a Human Lap: From Natural Observation to Moral Lesson
abstract: A literary criticism of novel "Daphnis and Chloe" by Longus is presented. Topics discussed include the experience of having birds such as swallows, martins, and swifts; analyzes the anecdote about Xenocrates, the disciple of Plato; and motif of the suppliant birdseeking refuge in a human lap, once used by Ovid as a literary device.