CFP: Faith, Hope and Love. Thomas Aquinas on living by the infused virtues

Questions to be discussed
How does Aquinas elaborate his thoughts on the theological virtues? To what extent can developments in his views on the theological virtues be traced? How do his views on the theological virtues compare to those on the moral ones? What do we learn here about the relationship between the philosophy of ethics and (moral) theology, between nature and grace, and between theology and spirituality? And also: why is it useful to think about Faith, Hope and Love as virtues, even though they are gifts of God, and man can easily lose them on account of sinful behavior? Can Christ serve as an example of virtuous life? Did he possess theological virtues? Why does Aquinas think that Justice is the prime moral virtue, and Love the greatest among the theological ones? And what does all this entail for modern theological anthropology?

Apart from keynote lectures (by Eleonore Stump, Anna Williams, Paul Waddell, Bruno Niederbacher and Paul van Tongeren) and shorter lectures, papers will be presented during parallel sessions.

Paper sessions:
We welcome proposals for papers concerning the above and comparable questions.
Papers should be written in English, German or French, and their presentation should nog exceed 25 minutes..

All proposals must be submitted before April 1, 2013.
Please send a short abstract (approx. 400 words) of your proposed paper to:

Thomas Instituut te Utrecht
c/o prof.dr. Henk Schoot (Director Thomas Instituut te Utrecht)
PO box 80101
3508 TC Utrecht
The Netherlands

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