Springsted, Eric O.

The act of faith : Christian faith and the moral self / Eric O. Springsted. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans, c2002. - xiii, 271 p.; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references

Contents: Reason and the reasons of the heart Introduction: the heart has its reasons The Lockean-Humean picture The spectator's view Shattering the mirror of nature Moral space The notion of moral space The center of value The concept of faith in the New Testament Faith and faith in Christ Paul John The Letter to the Hebrews Augustine Will and order: The moral self in Augustine's De Libero Arbitrio The word and the inner word Aquinas and Calvin Catholics and protestants: ancient and modern Aquinas on faith Calvin and "reformed epistemology" Summary Attention and the embodied self Nussbaum's enriched liberalism Simone Weil and the formation of attention Conclusion Conscience, faith and the knowledge of God Souls and life in the good Thinkin with assent: the "inner" act of faith Faith in God Conclusion

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Faith
Christian ethics
Faith--History of doctrines
Christian ethics--History

BT 771.3 / .S67 2002