19 Books like Introducing Moral Theology

Back to Virtue

by Peter Kreeft • 1986

Modern ethics is broken. The cure is ancient: the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes.

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🏛️ Virtue Ethics 📜 Moral Theology 🐍 Seven Deadly Sins 🕊️ Beatitudes ⚖️ Cardinal Virtues

Back to Virtue 96%

Modern ethics is broken. The cure is ancient: the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes.

by Peter Kreeft 1986

4.29

861 ratings

🏛️ Virtue Ethics 📜 Moral Theology 🐍 Seven Deadly Sins 🕊️ Beatitudes ⚖️ Cardinal Virtues

Practical Theology

by Peter Kreeft • 2014

The most abstract theologian in history left us the most practical guide to joy.

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🏛️ Thomistic Theology ⛪ Catholic Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Direction 💡 Faith And Reason ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Practical Theology 96%

The most abstract theologian in history left us the most practical guide to joy.

by Peter Kreeft 2014

4.52

210 ratings

🏛️ Thomistic Theology ⛪ Catholic Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Direction 💡 Faith And Reason ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Happiness and Contemplation

by Josef Pieper • 1957

We were made for contemplation: everything else, from work to politics, is just preparation.

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🏛️ Thomism 🙏 Christian Contemplation 📖 Philosophical Theology ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🏺 Ancient Wisdom

Happiness and Contemplation 95%

We were made for contemplation: everything else, from work to politics, is just preparation.

by Josef Pieper 1957

4.45

248 ratings

🏛️ Thomism 🙏 Christian Contemplation 📖 Philosophical Theology ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🏺 Ancient Wisdom

On the Shoulders of Hobbits

by Louis A. Markos • 2012

The seven classical and theological virtues, taught not by lecture but by hobbit, faun, and wizard.

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🏛️ Virtue Ethics 🐉 Fantasy And Faith 🌱 Moral Formation ✝️ Christian Imagination 🗺️ Heroic Journey

On the Shoulders of Hobbits 94%

The seven classical and theological virtues, taught not by lecture but by hobbit, faun, and wizard.

by Louis A. Markos 2012

4.34

713 ratings

🏛️ Virtue Ethics 🐉 Fantasy And Faith 🌱 Moral Formation ✝️ Christian Imagination 🗺️ Heroic Journey

Graven Images

by Dietrich von Hildebrand • 1957

Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.

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🧠 Moral Philosophy ✝️ Catholic Moral Theology 🛡️ Honor Codes 🎭 Self-Deception 🔍 Phenomenology

Graven Images 94%

Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.

by Dietrich von Hildebrand 1957

4.17

12 ratings

🧠 Moral Philosophy ✝️ Catholic Moral Theology 🛡️ Honor Codes 🎭 Self-Deception 🔍 Phenomenology

Who Am I to Judge?

by Edward Sri • 2016

The classical answer to moral relativism: a life of virtue that makes your reason unanswerable.

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🌀 Moral Relativism ⚖️ Virtue Ethics ✝️ Catholic Apologetics 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Personalism 🏙️ Cultural Critique

Who Am I to Judge? 94%

The classical answer to moral relativism: a life of virtue that makes your reason unanswerable.

by Edward Sri 2016

4.31

551 ratings

🌀 Moral Relativism ⚖️ Virtue Ethics ✝️ Catholic Apologetics 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Personalism 🏙️ Cultural Critique

Life Worth Living

by Miroslav Volf • 2023

Chasing happiness misses the point. The deeper question: what makes a life actually matter.

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2k+

🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help 🌿 The Good Life 💀 Mortality And Meaning 🪷 Suffering And Growth 📜 Wisdom Traditions

Life Worth Living 94%

Chasing happiness misses the point. The deeper question: what makes a life actually matter.

by Miroslav Volf 2023

3.68

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help 🌿 The Good Life 💀 Mortality And Meaning 🪷 Suffering And Growth 📜 Wisdom Traditions

Natural Goodness

by Philippa Foot • 2001

Moral defect works like a slow deer: your species' nature sets the standard.

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💭 Moral Philosophy 🛡️ Virtue Ethics 🔍 Moral Realism 🏛️ Neo-Aristotelianism 🧭 Practical Reason

Natural Goodness 94%

Moral defect works like a slow deer: your species' nature sets the standard.

by Philippa Foot 2001

3.94

442 ratings

💭 Moral Philosophy 🛡️ Virtue Ethics 🔍 Moral Realism 🏛️ Neo-Aristotelianism 🧭 Practical Reason

Confronting Christianity

by Rebecca McLaughlin • 2019

Why Christianity is more diverse, more scientific, and more feminist than its critics claim.

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7k+

🧬 Christian Apologetics 🌍 Global Christianity 🔬 Faith And Science 📊 Religion And Flourishing 💒 Christian Sexual Ethics

Confronting Christianity 94%

Why Christianity is more diverse, more scientific, and more feminist than its critics claim.

by Rebecca McLaughlin 2019

4.29

7k+ ratings

🧬 Christian Apologetics 🌍 Global Christianity 🔬 Faith And Science 📊 Religion And Flourishing 💒 Christian Sexual Ethics

Case for Life

by Scott Klusendorf • 2009

One question decides the abortion debate. The science, philosophy, and gracious tactics to ask it.

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🕊️ Christian Ethics 👶 Personhood Debates 💝 Sanctity Of Life ⚖️ Natural Law Ethics 💬 Gracious Persuasion

Case for Life 94%

One question decides the abortion debate. The science, philosophy, and gracious tactics to ask it.

by Scott Klusendorf 2009

4.55

488 ratings

🕊️ Christian Ethics 👶 Personhood Debates 💝 Sanctity Of Life ⚖️ Natural Law Ethics 💬 Gracious Persuasion

The Spirit of Our Politics

by Michael Wear • 2024

Politics is a soul problem, not a strategy problem. The case for spiritual formation as the fix.

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🧘 Spiritual Formation 🏛️ Public Discipleship 👑 Kingdom Ethics 🌱 Virtue Formation 🧭 Polarization

The Spirit of Our Politics 94%

Politics is a soul problem, not a strategy problem. The case for spiritual formation as the fix.

by Michael Wear 2024

4.19

290 ratings

🧘 Spiritual Formation 🏛️ Public Discipleship 👑 Kingdom Ethics 🌱 Virtue Formation 🧭 Polarization

The Intellectual Life

by Antonin Sertillanges • 1921

Thinking as a sacred calling: the 1921 guide to the virtues, solitude, and discipline it demands.

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🧠 Life Of The Mind ✝️ Catholic Intellectual Tradition 📜 Thomism 🎯 Intellectual Discipline 🎨 Creative Habit

The Intellectual Life 94%

Thinking as a sacred calling: the 1921 guide to the virtues, solitude, and discipline it demands.

by Antonin Sertillanges 1921

4.41

3k+ ratings

🧠 Life Of The Mind ✝️ Catholic Intellectual Tradition 📜 Thomism 🎯 Intellectual Discipline 🎨 Creative Habit

The Consequences of Ideas

by R.C. Sproul • 1988

Philosophy's stark choice: Kant's closed door or Aquinas's open one. Fallout, from Thales to Sartre.

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2k+

📜 History Of Philosophy ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🤝 Faith And Reason 🌍 Worldview Analysis 🏛️ Western Thought

The Consequences of Ideas 94%

Philosophy's stark choice: Kant's closed door or Aquinas's open one. Fallout, from Thales to Sartre.

by R.C. Sproul 1988

4.18

2k+ ratings

📜 History Of Philosophy ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🤝 Faith And Reason 🌍 Worldview Analysis 🏛️ Western Thought

Awake, Not Woke

by Noelle Mering • 2021

Woke ideology is a rival faith: it reduces the person to desire and injury alone.

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🧭 Political Theology 🏛️ Catholic Social Teaching ⚖️ Woke Critique 💍 Sexual Ethics 📜 Natural Law

Awake, Not Woke 94%

Woke ideology is a rival faith: it reduces the person to desire and injury alone.

by Noelle Mering 2021

4.30

676 ratings

🧭 Political Theology 🏛️ Catholic Social Teaching ⚖️ Woke Critique 💍 Sexual Ethics 📜 Natural Law

St. Thomas Aquinas

by G.K. Chesterton • 1923

A friar's proof: the senses are holy, common sense leads to truth, Aristotle walks with saints.

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📜 Thomism 🏛️ Scholasticism 🤝 Faith And Reason 🔬 Natural Theology 🇬🇷 Aristotelian Philosophy

St. Thomas Aquinas 94%

A friar's proof: the senses are holy, common sense leads to truth, Aristotle walks with saints.

by G.K. Chesterton 1923

4.01

12k+ ratings

📜 Thomism 🏛️ Scholasticism 🤝 Faith And Reason 🔬 Natural Theology 🇬🇷 Aristotelian Philosophy

Vibrant Paradoxes

by Robert Barron • 2016

Catholicism is a religion of sharp edges, not rounded corners. The friction is the point.

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🛡️ Catholic Apologetics 🧠 Faith And Reason 🧬 Theology Of The Body 🔥 New Evangelization 🏛️ Classical Theism

Vibrant Paradoxes 93%

Catholicism is a religion of sharp edges, not rounded corners. The friction is the point.

by Robert Barron 2016

4.49

365 ratings

🛡️ Catholic Apologetics 🧠 Faith And Reason 🧬 Theology Of The Body 🔥 New Evangelization 🏛️ Classical Theism

Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God

by Paul Copan • 2010

A path to theology that worships, prays, and loves the poor, not just reads books.

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3k+

🏛️ Theological Method 🌱 Spiritual Formation ⚖️ Faith And Reason 🙏 Contemplative Theology ✝️ Theology Of The Cross

Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God Summary

Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God 93%

A path to theology that worships, prays, and loves the poor, not just reads books.

by Paul Copan 2010

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Theological Method 🌱 Spiritual Formation ⚖️ Faith And Reason 🙏 Contemplative Theology ✝️ Theology Of The Cross

A Mind at Peace

by Christopher O. Blum • 2017

Phones are designed to hook you. The real cure is an ancient set of virtues.

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🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 📚 Thomistic Philosophy 📱 Digital Distraction 🕊️ Interior Peace ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

A Mind at Peace 93%

Phones are designed to hook you. The real cure is an ancient set of virtues.

by Christopher O. Blum 2017

4.12

164 ratings

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 📚 Thomistic Philosophy 📱 Digital Distraction 🕊️ Interior Peace ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit

by Christopher J.H. Wright • 2017

Nine qualities, one fruit: the character the Spirit grows when you let go of the checklist.

4.18

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🌱 Spiritual Formation 🕊️ Christian Virtues 🔥 Holy Spirit ✨ Gospel Transformation 📜 Pauline Theology

Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit Summary

Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit 93%

Nine qualities, one fruit: the character the Spirit grows when you let go of the checklist.

by Christopher J.H. Wright 2017

4.18

663 ratings

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🕊️ Christian Virtues 🔥 Holy Spirit ✨ Gospel Transformation 📜 Pauline Theology

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