Mark R Wynn

Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues

Living Between Heaven and Earth

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 137mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780198862949
• ISBN-10: 0198862946
• Artikelnr.: 59471276

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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