Determining the Good and Human Culpability
Catholic Catechesis on Overcoming the Anxiety of Sin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21363519 |
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| Authors | Daniel J Goodey (0000-0003-0421-7138, The Open University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 1112 |
| Pages | 462-484 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Blackfriars (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4289 • E-ISSN: 1741-2005 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/nbfr.12835 |
| OpenAlex | W4366814179 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This article focuses on the implications of modernity for human culpability and moral responsibility. Although the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation is most often approached theologically and pastorally, this article is intended as an answer to Pope Benedict XVI's call to explore catechesis through new lenses by adopting a psychological therapeutic approach. As such, this article will examine how the rejection of religious ascription to God for defining and determining the good and re-ascribing it to humanity leads to a rupture and the psychological conditions of anxiety, depression, and melancholia. The article will go on to argue for a Lacanian reading of Thomas Aquinas’ definition of the good and how the Thomistic understanding provides a more comprehensive approach to determining culpability and overcoming the associated fear which leads to anxiety, depression, and melancholia
Anxiety · Catechesis · Conceptualization · Criminology · Culpability · Epistemology · Humanity · Modernity · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Theology · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Highly cited | No |
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