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Author Sullivan, Ezra, author.

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

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Thomistic ressourcement series ; volume 16
Thomistic ressourcement series ; volume 16.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Habit.
Habit.
Habit (Philosophy)
Habit (Philosophy)
Will -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Will -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Psychology -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Psychology -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Theological anthropology -- Christianity.
Theological anthropology -- Christianity.
Christian ethics.
Christian ethics.
Psychobiology.
Psychobiology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Giertych, Wojciech, 1951- writer of foreword.
Other Form: Print version: Sullivan, Ezra. Habits and holiness. Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2021] 9780813233291 (DLC) 2020054776 (OCoLC)1233021555
ISBN 9780813233307 (electronic book)
0813233305 (electronic book)