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Humility, Pride, and Christian Virtue Theory proposes an account of humility that relies on the most radical Christian sayings about humility, especially those found in Augustine and the early monastic tradition. It argues that this was the view of humility that put Christian moral thought into deci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dunnington, Kent, 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in analytic theology.
Subjects:
Virtue.
Christian ethics.
Humility.
Pride and vanity > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Theological virtues.
Philosophy and religion.
Virtues.
Vertus.
Humilité.
Vertus théologales.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
Virtues
Pride and vanity > Religious aspects > Christianity
Christian ethics
Humility
Philosophy and religion
Theological virtues
Virtue
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : to go against self
  • Forgetting Christian humility
  • Remembering Christian humility
  • Mundane humility
  • Radical Christian humility
  • Humility's destiny
  • Humility and its discontents
  • Becoming humble
  • Conclusion : the task of Christian virtue theory.