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Reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern Christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. This book traces a path from suspicion of virtue to its secular inversion, from confession of dependence to assertion of independence.

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"Jennifer Herdt's book is, far and away, the best recent work in Christian ethics that we have." - John R. Bowlin, Princeton Theological Seminary"

Putting on Virtue The Legacy of the Splendid

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    Publisher: University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 12/12/2008 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780226327242, 978-0226327242
    ISBN10: 0226327248
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern Christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. This book traces a path from suspicion of virtue to its secular inversion, from confession of dependence to assertion of independence.

    Trade Review
    "Jennifer Herdt's book is, far and away, the best recent work in Christian ethics that we have." - John R. Bowlin, Princeton Theological Seminary"

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