Protestant Virtue and Stoic Ethics

von Elizabeth Agnew Cochran

228 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Stoics are known to have been a decisive influence on early Christian moral thought, but the import of this influence for contemporary Christian ethics has been underexplored. Elizabeth Agnew Cochran argues that attention to the Stoics enriches a Christian understanding of the virtues, illuminating precisely how historical Protestant theology gives rise to a distinctive virtue ethic. Through examining the dialogue between Roman Stoic ethics and the work of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards, Cochran illuminates key theological convictions that provide a foundation for a contemporary Protestant virtue ethic, consistent with theological beliefs characteristic of the historical Reformed tradition.

• Reihe: Continnuum-3PL
• ISBN: 9780567689160
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.06.2019
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC