RT Book
T1 Passion and compassion in early Christianity
A1 Wessel, Susan
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/883315459
AB This book examines how the early Christian elite articulated and cultivated the affective dimensions of compassion in a Roman world that promoted emotional tranquillity as the path to human flourishing. Drawing upon a wide range of early Christians from both east and west, Wessel situates each author in the broader cultural and intellectual context. The reader is introduced to the diverse conditions in which Christians felt and were urged to feel compassion in exemplary ways, and in which warnings were sounded against the possibilities for distortion and exploitation. Wessel argues that the early Christians developed literary methods and rhetorical techniques to bring about appropriate emotional responses to human suffering. Their success in this regard marks the beginning of affective compassion as a Christian virtue. Comparison with early modern and contemporary philosophers and ethicists further demonstrates the intrinsic worth of the early Christian understanding of compassion.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 May 2016)
CN BR163
SN 9781316408841
K1 Jesus Christ : Example : History of doctrines : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Jesus Christ
K1 Church history, Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Church work : History of doctrines, Early church, ca. 30-600.
K1 Suffering : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines, Early church, ca. 30-600.
K1 Compassion : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines, Early church, ca. 30-600.
K1 Church work : History of doctrines : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Suffering : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Compassion : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Church History : Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Jesus Christ ; Example ; History of doctrines ; Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Church history ; Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Church work ; History of doctrines ; Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Suffering ; Religious aspects ; Christianity ; History of doctrines ; Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Compassion ; Religious aspects ; Christianity ; History of doctrines ; Early church, ca. 30-600
DO 10.1017/CBO9781316408841