The Psychology of Habit Formation and Christian Moral Wisdom on Virtue Formation
In this paper, I provide an overview of the Christian moral wisdom with respect to virtue formation and character cultivation. I focus in particular on some warnings issued by the great teachers on these topics with respect to the motivations one ought to have in the Christian life. I then discuss...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain
2023
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TheoLogica
Year: 2023, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 148-167 |
RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality NCA Ethics ZD Psychology |
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Summary: | In this paper, I provide an overview of the Christian moral wisdom with respect to virtue formation and character cultivation. I focus in particular on some warnings issued by the great teachers on these topics with respect to the motivations one ought to have in the Christian life. I then discuss some findings of contemporary psychology on habit formation which seem to be at odds with the warnings in Christian moral wisdom. I argue that while there is surface discord between the contemporary psychology of habit formation and Christian moral wisdom, there is in fact a deep concord between them. |
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ISSN: | 2593-0265 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: TheoLogica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14428/thl.v7i1.64333 |