Addiction and virtue : beyond the models of disease and choice / Kent Dunnington.
Material type:
TextSeries: Strategic initiatives in evangelical theologyPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2011.Description: 197 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780830839018
- 0830839011
- 259/.429 22
- BV 4598.7.D86 2011
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opera (Magaz.)
|
Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Temporary Library | BV 4598.7.D86 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0030202428 |
Browsing Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino shelves, Shelving location: Temporary Library Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
|
|
|
|
|
No cover image available |
|
||
| BV 823.P58 2015 Jesus and the Last Supper / | BV 4408.T35.E88R 2016 Histoire de Taizé / | BV 4501.3.M26 2003 Mother Maria Skobtsova : essential writings / | BV 4598.7.D86 2011 Addiction and virtue : beyond the models of disease and choice / | BV 4637.F66 Stages of faith : the psychology of human development and the quest for meaning / | BV 5082.L67 1968 The mystical theology of the eastern Church / | BX 56.B75.P23 2017 In modo acerbo e sommario : attualità della proposta teologica di Dietrich Bonhoeffer / |
Include bibliografia e indici.
Addiction and disease : science, philosophy and theology -- Addiction and incontinence : resources in Aristotle -- Addiction and habit : resources in Aquinas -- Addiction and intemperance : sensory pleasures -- Addiction and modernity : the addict as unwitting prophet -- Addiction and sin : testing an ancient doctrine -- Addiction and worship : caritas and its counterfeits -- Addiction and the church : the gospel and the hope of recovery.
What is the nature of addiction? Neither of the two dominant models (disease or choice) adequately accounts for the experience of those who are addicted or of those who are seeking to help them. In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, he formulates an alternative to the usual reductionistic models. Going further, Dunnington maintains that addiction is not just a problem facing individuals. Its pervasiveness sheds prophetic light on our cultural moment. Moving beyond issues of individual treatment, this groundbreaking study also outlines significant implications for ministry within the local church context.