Protestant Virtue and Stoic Ethics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780567689160)

The Stoics are known to have been a decisive influence on early Christian moral thought, but the import of this influence for contemporary Christian ethics has been underexplored. Elizabeth Agnew Cochran argues that attention to the Stoics enriches a Christian understanding of the virtues, illuminating precisely how historical Protestant theology gives rise to a distinctive virtue ethic. Through examining the dialogue between Roman Stoic ethics and the work of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards, Cochran illuminates key theological convictions that provide a foundation for a contemporary Protestant virtue ethic, consistent with theological beliefs characteristic of the historical Reformed tradition.

Author: Elizabeth Agnew Cochran
ISBN-10: 0567689166
ISBN-13: 9780567689160
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 06/27/2019
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d