VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2021

FRIENDSHIP, COMMUNITY, AND THE MORAL LIFE

EDITED BY JASON KING AND M. THERESE LYSAUGHT

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EDITOR EMERITUS AND UNIVERSITY LIAISON David M. McCarthy, Mount St. Mary’s University

EDITOR Jason King, Saint Vincent College

SENIOR EDITOR William J. Collinge, Mount St. Mary’s University

ASSOCIATE EDITOR M. Therese Lysaught, Loyola University Chicago

MANAGING EDITOR Kathy Criasia, Mount St. Mary’s University

BOOK REVIEW EDITORS Kent Lasnoski, Wyoming Catholic College Mari Rapela Heidt, Notre Dame of Maryland University

EDITORIAL BOARD Jana M. Bennett, University of Dayton Mara Brecht, St. Norbert College Jim Caccamo, St. Joseph’s University Meghan Clark, St. John’s University David Cloutier, The Catholic University of America Christopher Denny, St. John’s University Mary M. Doyle Roche, College of the Holy Cross Matthew J. Gaudet, Santa Clara University Kelly Johnson, University of Dayton Andrew Kim, Marquette University Warren Kinghorn, Duke University Ramon Luzarraga, Benedictine University, Mesa William C. Mattison III, University of Notre Dame Christopher McMahon, Saint Vincent College Matthew Shadle, Marymount University Joel Shuman, Kings College Christopher P. Vogt, St. John’s University Paul Wadell, St. Norbert College

J OURNAL OF M ORAL T HEOLOGY V OLUME 10, I SSUE 1 J ANUARY 2021

C ONTENTS

The Evolution of Human Dignity in Catholic Morality Bernard Brady...... 1

Gregory of Nyssa’s “Reverse Contagion” and Roberto Esposito’s “Immunity”: Which Way Forward in the Aftermath of the Pan- demic? Carlo Calleja ...... 26

An Augustinian Correction to a Faulty Option: The Politics of Salt and Light Anthony Crescio ...... 46

“The Perspective of the Acting Person” and Moral Action: Reading Veritatis Splendor no. 78 with Servais Pinckaers, OP Matthew Kuhnar ...... 73

Round Table Discussion: On the Work of Paul J. Wadell Thanks Be to God for Paul J. Wadell: Essays in Honor of a Friend and His Work Tobias Winright...... 102

Stories of Friendship: The Generous Contributions of Paul Wadell Charles R. Pinches ...... 108

A Consideration of Teaching: Friendship, and Boundaries in Catholic Higher Education Bridget Burke Ravizza and Mara Brecht ...... 124

Spiritual Rescue Darin Davis ...... 149

Jesus Is Not Just My Homeboy: A Friendship Christology Justin Bronson Barringer ...... 158

Reciprocity within Community: Ancient and Contemporary Challenges to and Opportunities for Civic Friendship Anne-Marie Ellithorpe ...... 176

The Place of Friendship in Christian Ethics – A Response Written in Gratitude Paul J. Wadell ...... 197

Book Reviews Thomas C. Behr, and : Luigi Taparelli and the Origins of Modern Catholic Social Thought ...... Michael Krom 215

Charles C. Camosy, Resisting Throwaway Culture: How a Con- sistent Life Ethic Can Unite a Fractured People ...... Alessandro Rovati 216

Daniel P. Castillo, An Ecological Theology of Liberation: Salvation and Political Ecology ...... Xavier M. Montecel 219

Dennis M. Doyle, The in a Changing World: A Vat- ican II-Inspired Approach ...... Martin Madar 221

Joshua Dubler and Vincent W. Lloyd, Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice, and the Abolition of Prisons ...... Joshua R. Snyder 222

Daniel K. Finn, ed. Moral Agency within Social Structures and Cul- ture ...... Kevin Ahern 224

Reinhard Huetter, Bound for Beatitude: A Thomistic Study in Escha- tology and Ethics ...... William Mattison 226

James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky, Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality ...... Frederiek Depoortere 228

Maureen Junker-Kenny, Approaches to Theological Ethics: Sources, Traditions, Visions ...... Mariele Courtois 229

Nicholas Kahm, Aquinas on Emotion’s Participation in Reason ...... Andrew Kim 231

Jason King and Julie Hanlon Rubio, eds., Catholic Perspectives on Sex, Love, and Families ...... Conor M. Kelly 233

Rebecca Langlands, Exemplary Ethics in Ancient ...... Anthony Crescio 234

Jerry L. Martin, ed., Theology Without Walls: The Transreligious Im- perative ...... Daniele Clausnitzer 236

Eli S. McCarthy, ed., A Just Peace Ethic Primer: Building Sustaina- ble Peace and Breaking Cycles of Violence ...... Wesley Sutermeister 237

Mary E. McGann, RSCJ, The Meal That Reconnects: Eucharistic Eating and the Global Food Crisis ...... Lucas Briola 239

Marcus Mescher, The Ethics of Encounter: Christian Neighbor Love as a Practice of Solidarity ...... Vincent Miller 241

Joseph Ogbonnaya and Lucas Briola, eds., Everything Is Intercon- nected: Towards a Globalization with a Human Face and an In- tegral Ecology ...... Randall S. Rosenberg 243

Matthew Petrusek and Jonathan Rothchild, eds., Value and Vulnera- bility: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity ...... Peter Feldmeier 244

D. C. Schindler, Freedom from Reality: The Diabolical Character of Modern Liberty ...... C. Foss 246