Corporeality and Askesis: Ethics and Bodily Practice in Gregory of Nyssa’s Theological Anthropology
This article seeks to extend and refine Alastair MacIntyre’s moral theory of virtue ethics, by probing behind the Benedictine Rule—so fulsomely invoked at the end of After Virtue—to the ascetical theology of the noted, Eastern, ‘Cappadocian’ theologian of the fourth century: Gregory of Nyssa. I shal...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 281-299 |
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Gregory of Nyssa
B Virtue B Practice B Alastair MacIntyre B Asceticism B Body B Benedictine Rule |
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