Joseph Wawrykow

Moved by God to Act

Theology

“Aikin's accomplishment is most impressive. Conversant with certain influential contemporary discussions of Christian moral agency, Aikin also knows his Aquinas very well, making intelligent use of Aquinas on grace and the Holy Spirit to depict more fully the working of God in the Christian moral life, both individually and communally. God's acting is not at the expense of human agency; God's intimate involvement in human acting, depicted in its ecclesial setting, is genuinely empowering. Aikin's project is ecumenical and charitable in the best sense, and his careful, thoughtful, uplifting analyses show convincingly how Aquinas and Hauerwas and Huetter, can be mutually enriching.”