Habits and Holiness : Ethics, Theology, and Biopsychology /

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"This comprehensive exploration of Thomas Aquinas's theology of habit takes habits in general as a prism for understanding human action and its influences and provides a unique synthesis of Thomistic virtue theory, modern science of habits, and best practices for eliminating bad habits and...

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Main Author: Sullivan, Ezra (Author)
Other Authors: Giertych, Wojciech, 1951- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274.
Will > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Theological anthropology > Christianity.
Psychology > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Psychobiology.
Habit (Philosophy)
Habit.
Christian ethics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Are habits necessary?
  • Dispositions derived from human nature
  • Dispositions derived from individual nature
  • Experience and habituation
  • Freedom and habituation
  • Positive habits and virtues
  • Negative habits and vices
  • Grace, flourishing, and the grades of virtue
  • Theological virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit
  • Elements of habit change
  • Forming habits for life
  • Conclusion: The habitual readiness to flourish.

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