Protestant Virtue and Stoic Ethics
Author | : Elizabeth Agnew Cochran |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2017-12-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780567671370 |
ISBN-13 | : 0567671372 |
Rating | : 4/5 (372 Downloads) |
Download or read book Protestant Virtue and Stoic Ethics written by Elizabeth Agnew Cochran and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.