Philosophy for Theologians

Fr. Benedict Ashley, OP, is a graduate of the Universities of Chicago and Notre Dame, with doctorates in philosophy and political science, and the post-doctoral degree of Master of Sacred Theology. He is emeritus professor of Moral Theology at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis and adjunct professor at the Center for Bioethics, St. Louis University. He is a senior fellow of the Pope John Center of Medical Ethics.

Course Number 028

Part I: Introduction

• Lesson 1: Theology Needs Reasoned Reflection on Human Experience
• Lesson 2: Choosing an Epistemological Approach to Human Experience
• Lesson 3: The Intellectual Ambiguities of Contemporary Culture

Part II: The Theoretical Disciplines

• Lesson 4: The Liberal, Hermeneutic Arts of Learning and Communication
• Lesson 5: Critique of the Foundations of Contemporary Natural Science
• Lesson 6: Critique of Contemporary Understanding of the Human Person

Part III: The Practical Disciplines and the Unity of Human Knowledge

• Lesson 7: Critique of Contemporary Ethics and Politics
• Lesson 8: Critique of Contemporary Technology and Economy
• Lesson 9: The Historical and Ontological Unification of Modern Knowledge

Part IV: Examples of Philosophical Theology

• Lesson 10: Monistic and Creational World Views
• Lesson 11: Personhood and Incarnation
• Lesson 12: Christian Community and Organized Religion