a new reading of Jonathan Edwards's ethics Cochran, Elizabeth Agnew 1977- creator text bibliography Electronic books. pau University Park, Pa Pennsylvania State University Press c2011 2011 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xii, 203 p.) "An examination of the writings on virtues and ethics of eighteenth-century Puritan Jonathan Edwards"--Provided by publisher. An ethic of receptive human virtues -- Love as necessary and volitional : Edwards's account of true virtue in God -- Charity as a human virtue : the moral accountability of a necessary nature -- Humility as a human virtue : imaging God's mercy through creaturely capacities -- Virtuous repentance : apprehending and approving God's moral excellence -- Justice and partial loves : the natural goodness of incomplete virtues -- Conclusion: Virtues, accountability, and dependence : Edwards's significance for contemporary Christian ethics. Elizabeth Agnew Cochran. Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2007 under title: Revelations of love and operations of grace : Jonathan Edwards' human virtues. Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-193) and index. n-us--- Edwards, Jonathan 1703-1758 Virtues Christian ethics United States Christian ethics Puritan authors RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics BV4630 .C62 2011eb 241/.0458092 Cochran, Elizabeth Agnew, 1977- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011 (DLC) 2010020624 (OCoLC)634739579 9780271050591 (electronic bk.) 0271050594 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=438353 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=438353 N$T 120312 20200709055501.0 ocn779850774