This course will take a close look at the philosophical and theological meanings of human action in each of the three writers.
Course texts include Blondel’s Action, the Summa Theologiae by Thomas Aquinas, and von Balthasar’s Theo-Drama.
Selected Texts
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae I-II.
Maurice Blondel, Action (1983): Essay on a Critique of Life and a Science of Practice.
Hans Urs von Balthasar, Theo-Drama, vols. II and III.
Faculty
David S. Crawford
Dean
Associate Professor of Moral Theology and Family Law
Dr. Crawford’s teaching spans the areas of moral theology and philosophical ethics, the theological and philosophical anthropology of marriage and family, and legal and political philosophy. His publications address human action, natural law, homosexuality, “gender identity,” and the anthropological implications of modern civil law.
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