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Perfection in Death
Patrick M. Clark
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Description for Perfection in Death
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813227979
SKU
V9780813227979
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About Patrick M. Clark
Patrick M. Clark is assistant professor of theology at the University of Scranton, USA.
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