Spirituality and Its Discontents: Practices in Jonathan Edwards's Charity and Its Fruits
The contemporary interest in spiritual experience has some theological and ethical ambiguity. To what extent does it reflect genuine engagement with the sacred, to what extent is it dabbling in experience without adequate interpretation or moral commitment? Jonathan Edwards faced similar challenges...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2003, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 253-276 |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B Religious Experience B Jonathan B Edwards B Virtue |
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| Summary: | The contemporary interest in spiritual experience has some theological and ethical ambiguity. To what extent does it reflect genuine engagement with the sacred, to what extent is it dabbling in experience without adequate interpretation or moral commitment? Jonathan Edwards faced similar challenges in his sermons on 1 Cor 13, Charity and Its Fruits. Alasdair MacIntyre and Pierre Hadot have explored the constitutive role of practices in forming of virtues and transmitting a way of life. Their writings help show the continuing relevance of the spiritual practices that Edwards advocated, particularly self-examination, healing by contraries, and solidarity. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1467-9795.00137 |