Dangerous Passions, Deadly Sins - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dangerous Passions, Deadly Sins write by Dennis L. Okholm. This book was released on 2014. Dangerous Passions, Deadly Sins available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Dangerous Passions, Deadly Sins
Dangerous Passions, Deadly Sins - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dangerous Passions, Deadly Sins write by Dennis Okholm. This book was released on 2014-07-15. Dangerous Passions, Deadly Sins available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume unpacks the psychological insights found in the writings of three early monks--Evagrius Ponticus (fourth century), John Cassian (fifth century), and Gregory the Great (sixth century)--to help us appreciate the relevance of these monastic writers and apply their wisdom to our own spiritual and psychological well-being. The book addresses each of the seven deadly sins, offering practical guidance from the early monastic tradition for overcoming these dangerous passions. As Dennis Okholm introduces key monastic figures, literature, and thought of the early church, he relates early Christian writings to modern studies in psychology. He shows how ancient monks often anticipated the insights of contemporary psychology and sociology, exploring, for example, how their discussions of gluttony compare with current discussions regarding eating disorders. This book will appeal to readers interested in spirituality, early monastic resources, and ancient wisdom for human flourishing, as well as students of spirituality and spiritual formation.
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Seven Deadly Sins write by Kevin M. Clarke. This book was released on 2018-05-18. The Seven Deadly Sins available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gluttony -- Lust -- Greed -- Anger -- Sloth -- Envy and sadness -- Vainglory and pride.
Aquinas's Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance
Aquinas's Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aquinas's Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance write by Matthew Levering. This book was released on 2019-11-30. Aquinas's Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Aquinas’s Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance, Matthew Levering argues that Catholic ethics make sense only in light of the biblical worldview that Jesus has inaugurated the kingdom of God by pouring out his spirit. Jesus has made it possible for us to know and obey God’s law for human flourishing as individuals and communities. He has reoriented our lives toward the goal of beatific communion with him in charity, which affects the exercise of the moral virtues that pertain to human flourishing. Without the context of the inaugurated kingdom, Catholic ethics as traditionally conceived will seem like an effort to find a middle ground between legalistic rigorism and relativistic laxism, which is especially the case with the virtue of temperance, the focus of Levering’s book. After an opening chapter on the eschatological/biblical character of Catholic ethics, the ensuing chapters engage Aquinas’s theology of temperance in the Summa theologiae, which identifies and examines a number of virtues associated with temperance. Levering demonstrates that the theology of temperance is profoundly biblical, and that Aquinas’s theology of temperance relies for its intelligibility upon Christ’s inauguration of the kingdom of God as the graced fulfillment of our created nature. The book develops new vistas for scholars and students interested in moral theology.
Glittering Vices
Glittering Vices - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Glittering Vices write by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung. This book was released on 2020-06-02. Glittering Vices available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on centuries of wisdom from the Christian ethical tradition, this book takes readers on a journey of self-examination, exploring why our hearts are captivated by glittery but false substitutes for true human goodness and happiness. The first edition sold 35,000 copies and was a C. S. Lewis Book Prize award winner. Now updated and revised throughout, the second edition includes a new chapter on grace and growth through the spiritual disciplines. Questions for discussion and study are included at the end of each chapter.
