Orthodox Christian Ethics (ETHC 5001)
Term: Academic Year 2014-2015 Fall
Faculty
There is not currently a faculty member for this course
Schedule
Tue, 6:40 PM - 9:00 PM (9/2/2014 - 12/19/2014) Location: MAIN LIBRY READ
Tue, 6:40 PM - 9:00 PM (9/2/2014 - 9/3/2014) Location: MAIN CLASS 114
Description
Christian moral theology is concerned with virtue not as an end in itself, but as an indispensable, challenging, and rewarding dimension of the Good Life, the Life in Christ. As such, a proper aim of Christian ethics is happiness, or rather blessedness; thus, St. Seraphim of Sarov's famous dictum: The goal of the Christian life is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit. Taking our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the Panaghia as our primary ethical models, the class considers the meaning and shape of 'right action' within the matrix of Uncreated Grace.