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Putting on Virtue
Jennifer A. Herdt
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Description for Putting on Virtue
Paperback. Augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan Rome were nothing more than splendid vices. This title reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern Christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 652.
Augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan Rome were nothing more than splendid vices. This critique reinvented itself as a suspicion of acquired virtue as such, and true Christian virtue has, ever since, been set against a false, hypocritical virtue alleged merely to conceal pride. "Putting On Virtue" reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern Christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. Jennifer A. Herdt develops her claims through an argument of broad historical sweep, which brings together the Aristotelian tradition, as taken up by Thomas Aquinas, with the early modern ... Read more
Augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan Rome were nothing more than splendid vices. This critique reinvented itself as a suspicion of acquired virtue as such, and true Christian virtue has, ever since, been set against a false, hypocritical virtue alleged merely to conceal pride. "Putting On Virtue" reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern Christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. Jennifer A. Herdt develops her claims through an argument of broad historical sweep, which brings together the Aristotelian tradition, as taken up by Thomas Aquinas, with the early modern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226327198
SKU
V9780226327198
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About Jennifer A. Herdt
Jennifer A. Herdt is the Stark Professor of Christian Ethics at Yale University.
Reviews for Putting on Virtue
"This first-rate work deserves wide reading.... By demonstrating a keen command of theological and philosophical issues, it easily finds a place among the finest works on theological ethics. Essential." (Choice)"