RT Book
T1 Spiritual traditions and the virtues: living between heaven and Earth
A1 Wynn, Mark 1963-
LA English
PP Oxford
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2020
ED First edition
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1735374679
AB Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues develops a philosophical appreciation of the spiritual life. The book shows how a certain conception of spiritual good, one that is rooted in Thomas Aquinas's account of infused moral virtue, can generate a distinctive vision of human life and the possibilities for spiritual fulfilment. Wynn examines the character of the goods to which spiritual traditions are directed; the structure of such traditions, including the connection between their practical and creedal commitments; the relationship between the various vocabularies that are used to describe, from the insider's perspective, progress in the spiritual life; the significance of tradition as an epistemic category; and the question of what it takes for a spiritual tradition to be handed on from one person to another. In his account of the virtues, Aquinas shows how our relations to the everyday world can be folded into our relationship to the divine or sacred reality otherwise conceived. In this sense, he offers a vision of how it is possible to live between heaven and earth. Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues considers how that vision can be extended across the central domains of human thought and experience, and how it can deepen and diversify our understanding of what it is for a human life to be lived well
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index
CN BL624
SN 9780198862949
SN 0198862946
K1 Tradition
K1 Spiritual Life
K1 Virtue
K1 Spirituality : Philosophy