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- Unique as a broad collection of scholarly perspectives on a traditionally theological topic
- Brings together theologians, philosophers, and scholars of religion
- Enhances our understanding of virtue and vice in general, and of these three virtures in particular
- Chapter [9] is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Part of the book series: Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life (BSPR, volume 10)
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These essays consider the three traditional theological virtues—faith, hope, and love—alongside their opposites—doubt, despair, and hate, from a scholarly perspective. The volume includes contributions not just from philosophers of religion, but also from psychologists, sociologists, and film and literature scholars, to paint a complex and nuanced picture of these virtues, both of how we might understand them, and how we can hope to embody them ourselves. While these virtues make up a core part of the Christian tradition, the chapters here go far and wide in search of different cultural conceptions of these universal human concerns. Inquiries are made into these virtues within Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, and Islamic thought, alongside philosophers including Aristotle, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Levinas, and Murdoch. The resulting tapestry is often beautiful, sometimes horrific, but always thoroughly human. This text appeals to students and researchers working in these fields.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Love and Hate
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Front Matter
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Troy DuJardin earned his Ph.D in the Boston University Graduate Program in Religion, and served as Assistant Director of the Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religion from 2015 to 2020. He has also served as a writing fellow in the Boston University Core Curriculum, a teaching fellow in religious studies, and an instructor in philosophy.
M. David Eckel is Professor of Religion and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University. He has received the Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence (1998), and has served as Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Humanities (2002-5), as well as Assistant Dean and Director of the Core Curriculum. He also has served on the Visiting Committee of Harvard Divinity School.
M. David Eckel is Professor of Religion and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University. He has received the Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence (1998), and has served as Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Humanities (2002-5), as well as Assistant Dean and Director of the Core Curriculum. He also has served on the Visiting Committee of Harvard Divinity School.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Faith, Hope, and Love
Book Subtitle: The Theological Virtues and Their Opposites
Editors: Troy DuJardin, M. David Eckel
Series Title: Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95062-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95061-3Published: 24 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95064-4Published: 24 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-95062-0Published: 22 July 2022
Series ISSN: 2352-8206
Series E-ISSN: 2352-8214
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 252
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Christian Theology
Keywords
- theological virtues
- theology, philosophy, religious studies
- faith and doubt
- virtue ethics
- comparative religions
- philosophy of religion
- virtues and vices in philosophy of religion
- love and hate in philosophy of religion
- hope and despair in philosophy of religion
- personal virtues
- faith, hope, love and justice
- thomas aquinas and theological virtues