Daniel J. Harrington, SJ (1940–2014), was professor of New Testament at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He was the author of a number of books, including How Do Catholics Read the Bible? and, with James F. Keenan, Paul and Virtue Ethics. James F. Keenan, SJ,holds the Canisius Chair at Boston College and is director of the Jesuit Institute. He is the author or editor of sixteen books, including Moral Wisdom: Lessons and Texts from the Catholic Tradition and Ethics of the Word: Voices in the Catholic Church Today.

• Chapter 1 The Histories of Moral Theology and New Testament EthicsChapter 2 Methods: The New Testament and Moral TheologyChapter 3 The Kingdom of God as Horizon and Goal: Who Ought We to Become?Chapter 4 Discipleship as Context: Who Are We?Chapter 5 The Sermon on the Mount and Christian Virtue Ethics: How Do We Get There?Chapter 6 Love as the Primary ValueChapter 7 Sin as Failure to LoveChapter 8 Politics from a Marginal PerspectiveChapter 9 Justice and Social JusticeChapter 10 Embodiment and Community as the Context for Sexual EthicsChapter 11 Marriage and DivorceChapter 12 Celibacy, Homosexuality, and AbortionChapter 13 The Bible and Nature: Friends or Foes?

All too often, biblical exegesis and moral theology go their separate ways, without any deep commitment to dialogue between the two disciplines. For this reason in particular, one must hail this new book by Fr. Daniel Harrington and Fr. James Keenan as an important step forward in the development of contemporary Catholic theology.