Beyond virtue ethics : a contemporary ethic of ancient spiritual struggle /

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"This book develops a contemporary model of spiritual struggle aimed at perpetual ascent to and in God. Spiritual struggle in this project, which ultimately shifts the emphasis from virtue's acquisition to its pursuit, is defined as the exertion of effort in all conceivable dimensions-phys...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meawad, Stephen M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2023]
Series:Moral traditions series.
Subjects:
Christian ethics > Catholic authors.
Spiritual life > Catholic Church.
Ethics.
Virtues.
Virtue.
Morale chrétienne > Auteurs catholiques.
Vie spirituelle > Église catholique.
Morale.
Vertus.
ethics (philosophy)
RELIGION / Ethics
Christian ethics > Catholic authors
Ethics
Spiritual life > Catholic Church
Virtue
Virtues
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Ethics, Anthropology, and Patristics
  • Which Virtue Ethics? Which Problems?
  • A Case for Spiritual Struggle
  • Onward and Upward : The Perpetual Godwardness of Spiritual Struggle
  • Asceticism as Godward Spiritual Struggle Applied to the Body
  • Sacred Reading as Godward Spiritual Struggle Applied to Scripture
  • Conclusion: Embodied Ethics and Inevitable Tensions

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