Protestant Virtue and Stoic Ethics

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.>

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• Authors: Elizabeth Agnew Cochran, Elizabeth Agnew (Duquesne University Cochran
• Assisted by: Brian Brock (Editor), Susan F. Parsons (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780567689160
• ISBN: 978-0-567-68916-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics; T&t Clark Enquiries in Theolog; T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics; T&t Clark Enquiries in Theolog
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Religious ethics, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches