Church Podmatics
Church Podmatics is a cheerful conversation about theology in a cheerless age. On each episode we take a new or significant essay in theology and think it through from the perspective of Christian faith and ministry. Our hosts: The Rev Dr Andrew Errington (Sydney, Australia: Rector of Newtown-Erskineville Anglican Church)Matthew Mason (Salisbury, UK: Tutor in Christian Ethics at The Pastors Academy, Chaplain at Moorlands College, Theologian-in-Residence at Evangelicals Now)The Rev Dr Matt Wilcoxen (Sydney, Australia: Rector at St John's Darlinghurst)
Church Podmatics
On the Structure and Significance of Augustine’s Moral Grammar
In this episode we discuss Martin Westerholm’s recent article, 'On the Structure and Significance of Augustine’s Moral Grammar' (Published in Journal of Religious Ethics, Vol 49:Issue 4, December 2021) . According to Westerholm, there are three constellations of concepts that one must understand in order to grasp Augustine’s moral framework and the way that framework differs from both classical and modern moral visions. Along the way the article displays how certain influential appropriations of Augustine have occluded important elements of his distinct moral grammar.
Westerholm's article 'The nature and Destiny of Niebuhr's Augustine' is also referenced in passing in this episode. Full text is available online.