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Glittering Vices
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Author : Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
language : en
Publisher: Brazos Press
Release Date : 2020-06-02
Glittering Vices written by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung and has been published by Brazos Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-02 with Religion categories.
Drawing on centuries of wisdom from the Christian ethical tradition, this book takes readers on a journey of self-examination, exploring why our hearts are captivated by glittery but false substitutes for true human goodness and happiness. The first edition sold 35,000 copies and was a C. S. Lewis Book Prize award winner. Now updated and revised throughout, the second edition includes a new chapter on grace and growth through the spiritual disciplines. Questions for discussion and study are included at the end of each chapter.
Glittering Vices
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Author : Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
language : en
Publisher: Brazos Press
Release Date : 2020-06-02
Glittering Vices written by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung and has been published by Brazos Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-02 with Religion categories.
Drawing on centuries of wisdom from the Christian ethical tradition, this book takes readers on a journey of self-examination, exploring why our hearts are captivated by glittery but false substitutes for true human goodness and happiness. The first edition sold 35,000 copies and was a C. S. Lewis Book Prize award winner. Now updated and revised throughout, the second edition includes a new chapter on grace and growth through the spiritual disciplines. Questions for discussion and study are included at the end of each chapter.
Vainglory
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Author : Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2014-12-03
Vainglory written by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-03 with Philosophy categories.
Vainglory-- a keen desire for attention and approval. Although contemporary culture has largely forgotten about vainglory, it was on the original list of seven capital vices and is perhaps more dangerous than ever today. DeYoung tells the story of this vice, moving from its ancient origins to its modern expressions. She defines vainglory, gives examples from popular culture, and discusses other vices associated with it such as hypocrisy and boasting. She then explores personal spiritual practices that can help us resist it and community practices that can help us handle glory well.
Deadly Vices
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Author : Gabriele Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 2006-06-08
Deadly Vices written by Gabriele Taylor and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-08 with Philosophy categories.
Gabriele Taylor presents a philosophical investigation of the 'ordinary' vices traditionally seen as 'death to the soul': sloth, envy, avarice, pride, anger, lust, and gluttony. This complements recent work by moral philosophers on virtue, and opens up the neglected topic of the vices for further study. Whilst in a mild form the vices may be ordinary and common failings, Deadly Vices makes the case that for those wholly in their grip they are fatally destructive, preventingthe flourishing of the self and of a worthwhile life. An agent therefore has a powerful reason to avoid such states and dispositions and rather to cultivate those virtues that counteract a deadly vice.In dealing with individual vices, their impact on the self, and their interrelation, Deadly Vices offers a unified account of the vices that not only encompasses the healing virtues but also engages with issues in the philosophy of mind as well as in moral philosophy, and shows the connection between them. Literary examples are used to highlight central features of individual vices and set them in context.
Sinning Like A Christian
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Author : William H. Willimon
language : en
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Release Date : 2013
Sinning Like A Christian written by William H. Willimon and has been published by Abingdon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Religion categories.
An unflinching look at the meaning and substance of sin.
An Introduction To The Desert Fathers
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Author : John Wortley
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-06-06
An Introduction To The Desert Fathers written by John Wortley and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-06 with History categories.
An accessible guide to the lives and teaching of the earliest Christian monks, largely using their own words.
Humility Pride And Christian Virtue Theory
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Author : Kent Dunnington
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Studies in Analytic The
Release Date : 2019-02-19
Humility Pride And Christian Virtue Theory written by Kent Dunnington and has been published by Oxford Studies in Analytic The this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-19 with Religion categories.
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 decisive conflict with the best Greco-Roman moral thought. This radical Christian account of humility has been forgotten amidst contemporary efforts to clarify and retrieve the virtue of humility for secular life. Kent Dunnington shows how humility was repurposed during the early-modern era-particularly in the thought of Hobbes, Hume, and Kant-to better serve the economic and social needs of the emerging modern state. This repurposed humility insisted on a role for proper pride alongside humility, as a necessary constituent of self-esteem and a necessary motive of consistent moral action over time. Contemporary philosophical accounts of humility continue this emphasis on proper pride as a counterbalance to humility. By contrast, radical Christian humility proscribes pride altogether. Dunnington demonstrates how such a radical view need not give rise to vices of humility such as servility and pusillanimity, nor need such a view fall prey to feminist critiques of humility. But the view of humility set forth makes little sense abstracted from a specific set of doctrinal commitments peculiar to Christianity. This study argues that this is a strength rather than a weakness of the account since it displays how Christianity matters for the shape of the moral life.
Aquinas S Ethics
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Author : Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Aquinas S Ethics written by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Philosophy categories.
This work places Thomas Aquinas's moral theory in its full philosophical and theological context in a way that makes Aquinas accessible to students and interested general readers.
The Seven Deadly Sins
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Author : Graham Tomlin
language : en
Publisher: Lion Pub
Release Date : 2008-03-01
The Seven Deadly Sins written by Graham Tomlin and has been published by Lion Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-01 with Religion categories.
Explores the seven deadly sins as they appear in today's culture, focusing on specific behaviors, how society makes each one an attractive option, and possible solutions.
Practices Of Love
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Author : Kyle David Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Brazos Press
Release Date : 2017-08-22
Practices Of Love written by Kyle David Bennett and has been published by Brazos Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-22 with Religion categories.
Spiritual disciplines are often viewed primarily as a means to draw us closer to God. While these practices do deepen and enrich our "vertical" relationship with God, Kyle David Bennett argues that they were originally designed to positively impact our "horizontal" relationships--with neighbors, strangers, enemies, friends, family, animals, and even the earth. Bennett explains that this "horizontal" dimension has often been overlooked or forgotten in contemporary discussions of the spiritual disciplines. This book offers an alternative way of understanding the classic spiritual disciplines that makes them relevant, doable, and meaningful for everyday Christians. Bennett shows how the disciplines are remedial practices that correct the malformed ways we do everyday things, such as think, eat, talk, own, work, and rest. Through personal anecdotes, engagement with Scripture, and vivid cultural references, he invites us to practice the spiritual disciplines wholesale and shows how changing the way we do basic human activities can bring healing, renewal, and transformation to our day-to-day lives and the world around us.