Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Rowan Williams, University of Cambridge, UK Chapter 1 An Ignatian Approach to Reading the Spiritual Classics, Edward Howells, Heythrop College, UK Chapter 2 ‘A Clear and Perfect Estate': Mary Ward’s Vision of the Just Soul, Gemma Simmonds, Heythrop College, UK Chapter 3 Compassion and Competence in the Service of Others: A Jesuit Contribution to Catholic Learning, David Tuohy, Society of the Jesuits, Ireland Chapter 4 Faith, Reason, and Science: Towards a Renewed Christian Humanism?, Louis Caruana, Gregorian University, Rome Chapter 5 The Practical Concept of God, Terrance Walsh, Gregorian University, Rome Chapter 6 Philosophy, Theology, and Nature, Fiona Ellis, Heythrop College, Chapter 7 A Secular Age?, Anthony Carroll, Heythrop College, UK Chapter 8 Contemporary Jesuit Epistemological Interests, James Murphy, Loyola University, USA Chapter 9 Eastern Christianity and Jesuit Scholarship on Arabic and Islam: Modern History and Contemporary Theological Reflections, Anthony O’Mahony, Heythrop College, UK Chapter 10 Autonomy, Dignity, Human Rights: Correcting a Popular Error, Patrick Riordan, Heythrop College, UK Chapter 11 Liberal and Authoritarian Approaches to Raising Good Citizens, Stephen Law, Heythrop College, UK Chapter 12 Stewardship as Welcome and Respect for the Dignity of the Vulnerable: An Essay in Bioethics, Agneta Sutton, Heythrop College, UK Chapter 13 Dialogue in a Pluralist Context: Theological Ethics and the New Interest in Happiness, Nicholas Austin, Heythrop College, UK Bibliography Index

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Demonstrates how the integrating vision of the earliest Jesuits - thinking at the cusp of medieval and early modern Europe- finds new expression in the ‘postmodern’ conversations of today

About the Author

Anna Abram is Senior Lecturer in Christian Ethics at Heythrop College, UK. Peter Gallagher SJ is Head of Philosophy at Heythrop College, UK. Michael Kirwan is Lecturer in Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Heythrop College, UK.

Reviews

The Jesuit Constitutions, after dealing with spiritual formation, insist that "it will be necessary to provide for the edifice of learning, and of skill in employing it, so as to help make God our Creator and Lord better known and served." This is the vision inspiring the worldwise network of Jesuit schools and universities. Heythrop College, a distinguished example, has produced a remarkable collection of essays to honour this Jesuit tradition. The authors, philosophers and theologians, enter into dialogue with concerns as varied as education, science, nature, Islam, bioethics and secularism. Any enquiring mind will find much to relish in this volume.
*Brian O'Leary, Milltown Park, Dublin*