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Philosophical Virtues and Psychological Strengths brings Catholic philosophical and theological moral thought into direct dialogue with the psychological sciences and aims to establish the basis for developing a common framework of understanding. This volume's thirteen essays illustrate philosophical psychology in a realist mode; the authors have been guided by Pope John Paul II's encyclical letter Fides et ratio and by the virtue theory of St. Thomas Aquinas. In these pages, they identify those elements of the Catholic tradition that remain indispensable for sustaining a credible dialogue between Christian doctrine and secular psychology.…mehr

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Philosophical Virtues and Psychological Strengths brings Catholic philosophical and theological moral thought into direct dialogue with the psychological sciences and aims to establish the basis for developing a common framework of understanding. This volume's thirteen essays illustrate philosophical psychology in a realist mode; the authors have been guided by Pope John Paul II's encyclical letter Fides et ratio and by the virtue theory of St. Thomas Aquinas. In these pages, they identify those elements of the Catholic tradition that remain indispensable for sustaining a credible dialogue between Christian doctrine and secular psychology.
Autorenporträt
Paul Vitz is professor and senior scholar at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences, Arlington, Virginia. He was professor of psychology at New York University for thirty-nine years. His works are focused on the integration of Christian theology and psychology, breaking from the secular humanism, and post-modern relativism prevalent today.