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Habits and holiness : ethics, theology, and biopsychology / Ezra Sullivan ; foreword by Wojciech Giertych.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Thomistic ressourcement series ; volume 16Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813233307
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • B765 .H335 2021
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Dispositions derived from human nature -- Dispositions derived from individual nature -- Experience and habituation -- Freedom and habituation -- Positive habits and virtues -- Negative habits and vices -- Grace, flourishing, and the grades of virtue -- Theological virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit -- Elements of habit change -- Forming habits for life -- Conclusion: The habitual readiness to flourish.
Subject: "This comprehensive exploration of Thomas Aquinas's theology of habit takes habits in general as a prism for understanding human action and its influences and provides a unique synthesis of Thomistic virtue theory, modern science of habits, and best practices for eliminating bad habits and living good habits"--
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Are habits necessary? -- Dispositions derived from human nature -- Dispositions derived from individual nature -- Experience and habituation -- Freedom and habituation -- Positive habits and virtues -- Negative habits and vices -- Grace, flourishing, and the grades of virtue -- Theological virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit -- Elements of habit change -- Forming habits for life -- Conclusion: The habitual readiness to flourish.

"This comprehensive exploration of Thomas Aquinas's theology of habit takes habits in general as a prism for understanding human action and its influences and provides a unique synthesis of Thomistic virtue theory, modern science of habits, and best practices for eliminating bad habits and living good habits"--

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