Hope and Christian Ethics

Informationen zum Autor David Elliot is Assistant Professor of Moral Theology and Ethics at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. He received his Ph.D. in Moral Theology from the University of Notre Dame, followed by a three-year postdoctoral fellowship as Research Associate in Theological Ethics at the University of Cambridge, where he was concurrently a Research Associate in ethics at the Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund's College, Cambridge. His work on hope was recently awarded the Essay and Book Prize from the Character Project of the Templeton Foundation for its contribution to the study of character. Klappentext This book describes how the theological virtue of hope contributes to happiness in this life and not just the next. Zusammenfassung This book describes how the theological virtue of hope contributes to happiness in this life and not just the next. Hope sustains from despair! provides transcendence to our lives and encourages us with the prospect of eternal beatitude. The book addresses students of Christian ethics and theology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Eudaimonia gap; 2. The theological virtue of hope in Aquinas; 3. Rejoicing in hope; 4. Presumption and moral reform; 5. Despair and consolation; 6. The problem of worldliness; 7. Hope and the Earthly City; Bibliography; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: David Elliot, David (Catholic University of America Elliot
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107156173
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15617-3
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: New Studies in Christian Ethics; New Studies in Christian Ethic; New Studies in Christian Ethics; New Studies in Christian Ethic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Religious ethics