William C. Mattison, III is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, with a joint appointment in the Alliance for Catholic Education. He spent ten years at The Catholic University of America, where he served as interim Dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies. He is the author of Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues (2008), along with numerous articles and edited volumes.
Introduction; 1. The beatitudes and happiness: the Christological and Ecclesiological vision of Matthew 5:1
16; 2. A virtue ethics approach toward the fulfillment of the law in Matthew 5:17
48; 3. Intentionality, growth in virtue, and charity in Matthew 6:1
6, 16
18; 4. Seeking first the kingdom: temporal activities and relations with others in Matthew 6:19
7:12; 5. Hope and the life of discipleship in Matthew 7:13
29; 6. A virtue ethics approach to the Lord's Prayer: Matthew 6:9
15.
