{"product_id":"conscience","title":"Conscience","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003eTranslated and edited by Matthew K. Minerd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConscience: Four Thomistic Treatments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s2\"\u003e presents a series of distinct essays \u003c\/span\u003eby the Thomistic scholars Benoît-Henri Merkelbach, Reginald Beaudouin, and Michel Labourdette. Expertly compiled and translated by Matthew K. Minerd, these essays confront the difficulty of assessing the proper \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elocus\u003c\/i\u003e of conscience in moral theo­logy—a difficulty as palpable today as when debates over casuistry and probabilism raged. Introduced by Minerd’s own expansive overview of conscience, the volume comprises Merkelbach’s “Where Should We Place the Treatise on Conscience in Moral Theology?” (1923) and “Treatise on Conscience in General” (1946); Labour­dette’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eComments on Conscience\u003c\/i\u003e (1940s); and Beaudouin’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDe Conscientia \u003c\/i\u003e(1911).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThe seventh volume in the Thomist Tradition series, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConscience: Four Thomistic Treatments\u003c\/i\u003e offers a technically rigorous, deeply insightful examination of a crucial aspect of moral theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenoît-Henri Merkelbach, O.P., \u003c\/b\u003e(1871–1942) was professor of moral theology at the Dom­inican \u003ci\u003estudium\u003c\/i\u003e in Louvain and the Angelicum in Rome. His \u003ci\u003eSumma theologiae moralis\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the most extensive pre-Second Vatican Council Thomist manual of moral theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Labourdette, O.P.,\u003c\/b\u003e (1908–1990) was professor of moral theology at the Dom­inican \u003ci\u003estudium\u003c\/i\u003e of St. Maximin in Toulouse, editor of the \u003ci\u003eRevue thomiste\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of many theological studies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReginald Beaudouin, O.P.,\u003c\/b\u003e (1842–1907) was regent of studies for the Paris Dominicans and socius of the Master General of the Order. He influenced many luminaries of twentieth-century Thomism, including Ambroise Gardeil, Pierre Mandonnet, M.-B. Schwalm, and Antonin Sertillanges.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew K. Minerd\u003c\/b\u003e is a Ruthenian Catholic, husband, and father, serving as professor of philo­sophy and moral theology at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; E-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e 386pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Immediately following purchase, an .epub file and a .mobi (Kindle) file are available for download.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685950231\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"p1\"\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eConscience: Four Thomistic Treatments\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe retrieval of these Dominican moral masters on the topic of conscience marks a watershed moment. It is high time to face the question of how to integrate virtue ethics and casuistry, and these masters offer important directions. In translating and introducing these works, Matthew Minerd has outdone himself again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–Matthew Levering,\u003c\/strong\u003e James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eConscience\u003cem\u003e is easily one of the most important texts on the conscience written in English. Minerd's scholarship brings together central Thomistic developments and synthesizes the resulting theory in a rigorous and eminently plausible way. The volume represents both the best starting point for those seeking to understand the conscience and a central contribution to senior scholars of this area. It is required reading for moral philosophers and theologians thinking about the mechanics of moral knowledge.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–Brian Besong,\u003c\/strong\u003e Associate Professor of Philosophy, Saint Francis University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53100034359663,"sku":"978-1685950231","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-book","offer_id":53100034392431,"sku":"978-1685950232","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--605.jpg?v=1781124701","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/conscience","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}