Moral Character, Reformed Theology, and Jonathan Edwards
Reformed theology is often thought to be antipathetic to virtue theory. However, Jonathan Edwards is a counterexample to this way of thinking. In this article, I offer an account of Edwards’s moral thought as a case study of Reformed theology that is also a species of virtue theory, focusing on what...
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Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
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Sage
[2017]
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Studies in Christian ethics
Año: 2017, Volumen: 30, Número: 3, Páginas: 262-277 |
Clasificaciones IxTheo: | KAH Edad Moderna KDD Iglesia evangélica NBA Dogmática NCB Ética individual |
Otras palabras clave: | B
Holy Spirit
B Character B infused grace B Jonathan Edwards B Virtue Theory B Reformed Theology |
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Sumario: | Reformed theology is often thought to be antipathetic to virtue theory. However, Jonathan Edwards is a counterexample to this way of thinking. In this article, I offer an account of Edwards’s moral thought as a case study of Reformed theology that is also a species of virtue theory, focusing on what he says about the formation of character. I argue that key doctrinal commitments drive his moral theology, and generate some interesting problems for his ethics. Although his work is not without shortcomings, Edwards is a thinker whose moral theology might be usefully repaired and retrieved by contemporary theologians in the Reformed tradition for whom ‘duties are founded on doctrines’. |
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ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946817701042 |