Elizabeth Agnew Cochran

Protestant Virtue and Stoic Ethics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567671370
• Artikelnr.: 50403379

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Agnew Cochran is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at Duquesne University, USA