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Habits and holiness : ethics, theology, and biopsychology / Ezra Sullivan ; foreword by Wojciech Giertych.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Thomistic ressourcement series ; v. 16.Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2021]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813233307
  • 0813233305
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Habits and holiness.DDC classification:
  • 241 23
LOC classification:
  • B765.T54 S798 2021
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction: Are habits necessary? -- Dispositions derived from human nature -- Dispositions derived from individual nature -- Experience and habituation -- Freedom and habituation -- Positive habits and virtues -- Negative habits and vices -- Grace, flourishing, and the grades of virtue -- Theological virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit -- Elements of habit change -- Forming habits for life -- Conclusion: The habitual readiness to flourish.
Summary: "This comprehensive exploration of Thomas Aquinas's theology of habit takes habits in general as a prism for understanding human action and its influences and provides a unique synthesis of Thomistic virtue theory, modern science of habits, and best practices for eliminating bad habits and living good habits"-- Provided by publisher
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2910461

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: Are habits necessary? -- Dispositions derived from human nature -- Dispositions derived from individual nature -- Experience and habituation -- Freedom and habituation -- Positive habits and virtues -- Negative habits and vices -- Grace, flourishing, and the grades of virtue -- Theological virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit -- Elements of habit change -- Forming habits for life -- Conclusion: The habitual readiness to flourish.

"This comprehensive exploration of Thomas Aquinas's theology of habit takes habits in general as a prism for understanding human action and its influences and provides a unique synthesis of Thomistic virtue theory, modern science of habits, and best practices for eliminating bad habits and living good habits"-- Provided by publisher

Print version record.