The Moral Significance of Religious Affections: A Reformed Perspective on Emotions and Moral Formation

Drawing on the work of Jonathan Edwards, this essay explores two dimensions of Reformed thought central to considering the emotions’ moral significance. First, Reformed theology’s singular understanding of virtue and holiness as love to God and neighbor gives rise to a distinctive account of the emo...

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Main Author: Cochran, Elizabeth Agnew 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2015
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 150-162
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDD Protestant Church
NCA Ethics
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B religious affection
B Jonathan Edwards
B Protestant Theology
B Virtue
B Will
B Emotion
B Freedom
B Moral Agency
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Parallel Edition:Electronic