Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues - Living Between Heaven and Earth

Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues provides a philosophical appreciation of the spiritual life, showing how a certain conception of spiritual well-being, rooted in Thomas Aquinas's account of the virtues, can generate a distinctive vision of human life, and the possibilities for spiritual fulfilment.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Philosophy as A Way of Life


• 2: Religious and Secular Conceptions of the Human Good


• 3: Metaphysics and Experience


• 4: Enacted Example in the Spiritual Life


• 5: The Epistemic Significance of Tradition


• 6: The Nature of Faith


• 7: Spiritual Goods and the Content of Religious Belief


• Concluding Remarks: Spiritual Traditions and Human Possibilities

About the author

Mark R. Wynn is the Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford. He was previously Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Leeds.

Summary

Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues provides a philosophical appreciation of the spiritual life, showing how a certain conception of spiritual well-being, rooted in Thomas Aquinas's account of the virtues, can generate a distinctive vision of human life, and the possibilities for spiritual fulfilment.

Additional text

Highly recommended for scholars, graduate students in philosophy or theology, and advanced undergraduates interested in religious studies.

Product details

• Authors: Mark R. Wynn, Mark R. (Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy Wynn, Wynn Mark R.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780198862949
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886294-9
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Philosophy, Christianity, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth