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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Главный автор: Cadenhead, Raphael (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2013
В: Studies in Christian ethics
Год: 2013, Том: 26, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 281-299
Другие ключевые слова:B Gregory of Nyssa
B Virtue
B Practice
B Alastair MacIntyre
B Asceticism
B Body
B Benedictine Rule
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Итог: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 shall argue that Gregory’s vision of ascetical bodily practice complicates MacIntyre’s contemporary appropriation of virtue ethics. It does so by underscoring the diachronic, developmental character of personal ethical maturation—a theme which finds no expression in MacIntyre’s otherwise sophisticated account of ‘narrative’.
ISSN:0953-9468
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0953946813484406