Via Media Philosophy: Holiness Unto Truth; Intersections Between Wesleyan and Roman Catholic Voices Book

Part I via media philosophy vii

Introduction A Pilgrimage through Holiness Unto Truth vii

Chapter 1 Christian Philosophy after Fides et Ratio Christopher Anadale 1

Chapter 2 The "Catholic" Continental Philosophers: Nancy and Vattimo on Incarnation and Christianity Christina Smerick 16

Chapter 3 Inspiration for an Anti-Catholic Mob? Al Truesdale John Wesley 28

Part II Contrasting Voices 43

Chapter 4 Sin, Irrationality and the Role of Reason in Sanctification Timothy Crutcher 43

Chapter 5 Reason, Affectivity, Holy Habits, and Christian Philosophy Gregory B. Sadler 54

Chapter 6 The Past, Present, and Future of Wesleyan and Catholic Views on Free Will, Grace, and Justification Alan Vincelette 69

Chapter 7 "Grace and Nature" in Two Traditions: An Analysis of the Anthropological Thought of Karl Rahner John Wesley Nathan Crawford 87

Chapter 8 On Whether God Has A Free Will Brint Montgomery 101

Chapter 9 Augustine and the Fall into Passivity Mark Cullum 114

Part III Social Issues 125

Chapter 10 Reviving the Catholic Notion of Gelassenheit for Environmental Responsibility within the Wesleyan Holiness Movement Sharon Rich Harvey 125

Chapter 11 "We Are All Responsible": Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Visions of Restorative Justice Robert Henning 140

Part IV Contemporary Perspectives 159

Chapter 12 Wesley's Methodist Movement: What Might It Have to Offer to Contemporary Roman Catholics? Dennis M. Doyle 159

Chapter 13 Wesley's Epistemology in Contemporary Perspective Scott Crothers & Joe Cunningham 171

Chapter 14 Performing the Truth: Wesley in conversation with von Balthasar D. Stephen Long 186

Selected Bibliography 199

Contributors 217

Index 221