| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) |
| Contents |
An ethic of receptive human virtues -- Love as necessary and volitional : Edwards's account of true virtue in God -- Charity as a human virtue : the moral accountability of a necessary nature -- Humility as a human virtue : imaging God's mercy through creaturely capacities -- Virtuous repentance : apprehending and approving God's moral excellence -- Justice and partial loves : the natural goodness of incomplete virtues -- Conclusion: Virtues, accountability, and dependence : Edwards's significance for contemporary Christian ethics |
| Summary |
"An examination of the writings on virtues and ethics of eighteenth-century Puritan Jonathan Edwards"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2007 under title: Revelations of love and operations of grace : Jonathan Edwards' human virtues |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
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| SUBJECT |
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
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Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 fast |
| Subject |
Virtues.
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Christian ethics -- United States
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Christian ethics -- Puritan authors.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- General.
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Christian ethics -- Puritan authors
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Christian ethics
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Virtues
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Christianity.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010020624 |
| ISBN |
9780271050591 |
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0271050594 |
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9780271055312 |
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0271055316 |
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027104845X |
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9780271048451 |
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0271050543 |
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9780271050546 |
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9780271073798 |
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0271073799 |
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0271053615 |
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9780271053615 |
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