Humility, Pride, and Christian Virtue Theory

Humility, Pride, and Christian Virtue Theory

by Dunnington, Kent

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This book proposes an account of humility that relies on the most radical Christian sayings about humility, especially those found in Augustine and the early monastic tradition. It argues that this was the view of humility that put Christian moral thought into decisive conflict with the best Greco-Roman moral thought.

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This book proposes an account of humility that relies on the most radical Christian sayings about humility, especially those found in Augustine and the early monastic tradition. It argues that this was the view of humility that put Christian moral thought into decisive conflict with the best Greco-Roman moral thought.

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  • Publication Date:2018.

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  • Description:1 online resource (188 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780192550514, 0192550519, 9780191859533, 0191859532
  • oclc:on1079008247
  • Dewey Decimal:241.4

Table of Contents

Cover; Humility, Pride, and Christian Virtue Theory; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Introduction: To Go Against Self; 1: Forgetting Christian Humility; INTRODUCTION; CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF HUMILITY; THE STANDARD ACCOUNT OF CHRISTIAN HUMILITY; QUESTIONING THE STANDARD ACCOUNT; CONCLUSION; 2: Remembering Christian Humility; INTRODUCTION; AUGUSTINE AND THE STANDARD ACCOUNT OF CHRISTIAN HUMILITY; AUGUSTINIAN HUMILITY; RECONSIDERING CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS; CONCLUSION; 3: Mundane Humility; INTRODUCTION; KANT'S MUNDANE HUMILITY; LOW CONCERN AND MUNDANE HUMILITY

EARLY CHRISTIAN REJECTION OF THE PROPER PRIDESCONCLUSION; 4: Radical Christian Humility; INTRODUCTION; THE ESSENCE OF PROPER PRIDE; "SELF" AND "IDENTITY"; LOW CONCERN AND THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY; AN ACCOUNT OF RADICAL CHRISTIAN HUMILITY; CONCLUSION; 5: Humility's Destiny; INTRODUCTION; CRUCIFIXION, EUDAIMONIA, AND BEATITUDE; HUMILITY, RESURRECTION, AND EXALTATION; TRINITY AND SELFHOOD; CONCLUSION; 6: Humility and its Discontents; INTRODUCTION; HUMILITY AND OPPRESSION; A DEVELOPMENTAL ACCOUNT OF HUMILITY; THE VICES OF HUMILITY; CONCLUSION; 7: Becoming Humble; INTRODUCTION; HUMILITY AND GRACE

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