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The Stoics are known to have been a decisive influence on early Christian moral thought, but the import of this influence for contemporary Christian ethics has been underexplored. Elizabeth Agnew Cochran argues that attention to the Stoics enriches a Christian understanding of the virtues, illuminating precisely how historical Protestant theology gives rise to a distinctive virtue ethic. Through examining the dialogue between Roman Stoic ethics and the work of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards, Cochran illuminates key theological convictions that provide a foundation for a contemporary Protestant virtue ethic, consistent with theological beliefs characteristic of the historical Reformed tradition.
Contents
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Protestant Virtue Ethics and the Retrieval of the Stoics
Chapter 2
A Roman Stoic Ethic of Assent
Chapter 3
The Primacy of Faith in a Protestant Virtue Ethic
Chapter 4
Conversion, Transformation and Christian Progress: Protestant Soteriology and the Formation of Moral Character
Chapter 5
Providence, Necessity and the Human Will: Moral Agency in Historical Protestant Ethics
Conclusion: Future Prospects for Protestant Virtue Ethics
Bibliography
Index
