Health as a virtue :
Dobson, Melanie L.,
Health as a virtue : Thomas Aquinas and the practice of habits of health / Melanie L. Dobson. - 1 online resource.
Part 1. Thomas Aquinas and habits of health. Introduction : a story of habits learned -- Habit and health in Aristotelian thought -- Habit in Aquinas -- Health as a habit in Aquinas -- Body, soul, and the healthy life -- Passionately longing for health -- The action of habits of health -- What is health for? : the ends of habits of health -- Part 2. Habits of health in Christian community. Clergy health initiative -- Word made flesh -- Conclusion : habits of health and the church.
How are we to care for our bodies and our health as part of faithful Christian living? Melanie Dobson excavates from Thomas Aquinas an answer for how contemporary Christians might live well in the midst of a very sick culture. Through a close reading of Aquinas's 'Treatise on Habit', Dobson reveals that the moral practice of habit does indeed include health. Thomas's keen understanding of the human person and of human longings supports the book's argument for a practice of health that directs us deep into the heart of God.Field research with clergy and missionaries offers concrete examples of.
9780718843403 0718843401
77F37BD1-8B1B-46E8-9E04-3C6D14C4B97C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1cg4pvm JSTOR
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. --Selections. English. Summa theologica.
Theology--Health aspects.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Health -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Theology -- Health aspects.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. Summa theologica. Selections. English.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Spiritual Warfare
Electronic books.
B765.T54
261.5/61
Health as a virtue : Thomas Aquinas and the practice of habits of health / Melanie L. Dobson. - 1 online resource.
Part 1. Thomas Aquinas and habits of health. Introduction : a story of habits learned -- Habit and health in Aristotelian thought -- Habit in Aquinas -- Health as a habit in Aquinas -- Body, soul, and the healthy life -- Passionately longing for health -- The action of habits of health -- What is health for? : the ends of habits of health -- Part 2. Habits of health in Christian community. Clergy health initiative -- Word made flesh -- Conclusion : habits of health and the church.
How are we to care for our bodies and our health as part of faithful Christian living? Melanie Dobson excavates from Thomas Aquinas an answer for how contemporary Christians might live well in the midst of a very sick culture. Through a close reading of Aquinas's 'Treatise on Habit', Dobson reveals that the moral practice of habit does indeed include health. Thomas's keen understanding of the human person and of human longings supports the book's argument for a practice of health that directs us deep into the heart of God.Field research with clergy and missionaries offers concrete examples of.
9780718843403 0718843401
77F37BD1-8B1B-46E8-9E04-3C6D14C4B97C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1cg4pvm JSTOR
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. --Selections. English. Summa theologica.
Theology--Health aspects.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Health -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Theology -- Health aspects.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. Summa theologica. Selections. English.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Spiritual Warfare
Electronic books.
B765.T54
261.5/61
