Call to Happiness - Eudaimonism in English Puritan Thought

In The Call to Happiness, Nathaniel A. Warne examines Christian eudaimonism within the writings of sixteenth and seventeenth century English Puritans, arguing that the idea of divine callings (vocations) as a command from God can sit comfortably alongside eudaimonism without rendering the Puritans as "divine command theorists."

List of contents

Chapter 1: Puritanism and the 'Haunting Fear'
Chapter 2: Nature, Ends, and Happiness
Chapter 3: Reason, Theoria, and Praxis
Chapter 4: A 'Kind of Life': Rationality, Virtue, and Moral Development
Chapter 5: 'Imposed on Man:' Personhood, Command and Calling
Chapter 6: 'Common Good:' Community and the Political
Chapter 7: Community, Friendship, and Law
Chapter 8: Puritan Ethics and a Tradition of Happiness

About the author

Nathaniel A. Warne is a minister in the Episcopal Diocese of northern Indiana.

Summary

In The Call to Happiness, Nathaniel A. Warne examines Christian eudaimonism within the writings of sixteenth and seventeenth century English Puritans, arguing that the idea of divine callings (vocations) as a command from God can sit comfortably alongside eudaimonism without rendering the Puritans as “divine command theorists.”

Product details

• Authors: Nathaniel A. Warne, Warne Nathaniel A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781978700246
• ISBN: 978-1-978700-24-6
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / History, Christianity, History of Religion, Religious ethics, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics & Moral Teaching