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## [Moral Virtue, The Grace of God, and Discipleship](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/08/16/moral-virtue-the-grace-of-god-and-discipleship)
Published by [William C. Mattison III](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/william-c-mattison-iii)
Moral theology has traditionally explored how people act in the world (“moral”) in the context of their faith in God (“theology”). This volume purposely examines morality in the context of Christian belief. What difference does faith make in how a person lives his or her life? Surely a person of faith engages in certain distinctive activities, such as going to church, praying, and reading the Bibl...
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## [A Gesture in Common: The Joy of the Gospel in Undergraduate Education](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/08/01/a-gesture-in-common)
Published by [Holly Taylor Coolman](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/holly-taylor-coolman)
These are challenging days for those doing the work of undergraduate education, and perhaps especially so for those who mean to pursue that work in light of the Gospel. In the midst of economic challenges, we must ask again what the real purpose of a college education is. How should we think about the classical project of the liberal arts? What about ongoing challenges in making education availabl...
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## [The Dangerous Art of Becoming](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/08/01/the-dangerous-art-of-becoming)
Published by [Colleen Moore](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/colleen-moore)
I stopped writing cursive in the sixth grade. If I were to handwrite this sentence for you, you would likely find my penmanship immature, unrefined, and inefficient. Its unwieldy form and bubbly profile—adorned with loopty-loops and fancy curls—would sit fat, proud, and unapologetic upon the page, the way a toddler wears her protruding belly. Such is my cursive, hopelessly stuck in the grasp of my...
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## [The Pedagogy of Faith](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/08/01/the-pedagogy-of-faith)
Published by [Gerard F. Baumbach](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/gerard-f-baumbach)
Blessed be God!
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## [On Teaching Christianity](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/08/01/on-teaching-christianity)
Published by [John Cavadini](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/john-cavadini)
Did you ever wonder how the Apostle Paul might have been evangelized? He gives us a hint in a famous passage in 1 Corinthians 15:
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## [Thoughts on a Theology of Teaching: “You give them something to eat”](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/08/01/thoughts-on-a-theology-of-teaching-you-give-them-something-to-eat)
Published by [M. Joseph Pedersen, C.S.C.](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/m-joseph-pedersen-c-s-c)
When I found out that I got a job teaching high school theology, I began to ask all of the teachers I knew what advice they had for me. I heard all kinds of things about classroom management and lesson plan preparation. However, the one piece of advice that has stayed with me came from a professor at Notre Dame.
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