Protestant Virtue And Stoic Ethics (T&T Clark Enquiries In Theological Ethics) - 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
• | Publisher: T&T Clark
• | Publication Date: Jun 27, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Religion
• | ISBN-10: 0567689166
• | ISBN-13: 9780567689160