The English edition of Nova et Vetera is published quarterly and provides an international forum for theological and philosophical studies from a Thomistic perspective. The journal strives to follow the culturally engaged, ecclesial, broadly Thomistic, and dialogical perspective of the founder of the Swiss Nova et Vetera, Charles Journet. Journet worked at the intersection of theology, philosophy, and biblical studies, and we seek to do the same.

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Nova et Vetera, Fall 2018 (Vol. 16, No. 4)

ISSN 1542-7315

Commentary
Pope Francis and the Death Penalty: A Conditional Advance of Justice in the Law of Nations – Barrett Turner
Marriage, Sacramental Grace, and Contraception – Kevin Raedy

Articles
“He Fathers-Forth Whose Beauty Is Past Change,” but “Who Knows How?”: Evolution and Divine Exemplarity – Andrew Davison
The Study of Theology as a Foretaste of Heaven: The Influence of Albert the Great on Aquinas’s Understanding of Beatitudo Imperfecta – Jacob W. Wood
Understanding the Common Good – Steven A. Long
Life Is a Stage: Neoplatonic Participation and Imitation in Gregory of Nazianzus’s Oration 45 – Athanasius Murphy, O.P.
Veritatis Splendor and Amoris Laetitia: Neither Lamented nor Celebrated Discontinuity – Angel Perez-Lopez
Beauty, Transcendence, and the Inclusive Hierarchy of Creation – Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

Symposium: Humanae Vitae at 50, Veritatis Splendor at 25, Fides et Ratio at 20
Human Ecology and the Prophetic Value of Humanae Vitae – Michele M. Schumacher
The Splendor and Gift of the Christian Moral Life: Veritatis Splendor at Twenty-Five – Michael Dauphinais
Faith, Realism, and Universal Reason: MacIntyrean Reflections on Fides et Ratio – Mats Wahlberg

Symposium: Milbank and Pabst’s The Politics of Virtue
“There Is Another Kingdom”: On The Politics of Virtue – Tracey Rowland
Challenging the Terms of Liberalism: On The Politics of Virtue – D.C. Schindler
Rebuilding the City of God: Locating the Politics of Virtue within the Politics of Sin and Grace – Jacob W. Wood

Book Reviews
Servitore di Dio e dell’umanità: La biografia di Benedetto XVI by Elio Guerriero – Matthew C. Briel
General Principles of Sacramental Theology by Roger W. Nutt – John Froula
The Past as Pilgrimage: Narrative, Tradition and the Renewal of Catholic History by Christopher Shannon and Christopher Blum – David M. Emmons
Aristotle’s Ethics and Medieval Philosophy: Moral Goodness and Practical Wisdom by Anthony Celano – Matthew R. McWhorter