Christocentric Exemplarism and the Imitation of Jesus

This article examines the version of Christocentric exemplarism recently proposed by theologian Patrick Clark, whose Thomistic virtue ethics incorporates features of Linda Zagzebski's exemplarist moral theory. This article suggests that Clark and similar approaches to Christocentric virtue ethi...

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Main Author: Pope, Stephen J. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2020
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2020, Volume: 101, Issue: 1093, Pages: 301-310
Further subjects:B Jesus
B Emulation
B Copy
B Admiration
B Christian
B Virtue
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Summary:This article examines the version of Christocentric exemplarism recently proposed by theologian Patrick Clark, whose Thomistic virtue ethics incorporates features of Linda Zagzebski's exemplarist moral theory. This article suggests that Clark and similar approaches to Christocentric virtue ethics would be better situated to appropriate Zagzebski's insights into exemplarity if it gave more prominence to the imitation of Jesus.
ISSN:1741-2005
Contains:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/nbfr.12412