Humility, Pride, and Christian Virtue Theory

This book 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.

List of contents

• Introduction: To Go Against Self


• 1: Forgetting Christian Humility


• 2: Remembering Christian Humility


• 3: Mundane Humility


• 4: Radical Christian Humility


• 5: Humility's Destiny


• 6: Humility and its Discontents


• 7: Becoming Humble


• Conclusion: The Task of Christian Virtue Theory


• References

About the author

Kent Dunnington is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Biola University. He is the author of Addiction and Virtue: Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice (2011) and the editor of The Uncertain Center: Essays of Arthur C. McGill (2015).

Summary

This book 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.

Product details

• Authors: Kent Dunnington, Kent (Associate Professor of Philosoph Dunnington, Kent (Associate Professor of Philosophy Dunnington, Kent (Biola University) Dunnington
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780198818397
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881839-7
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology; Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology; Oxford Studies in Analytic The
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works