Addiction and Virtue
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Addiction and Virtue

Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice

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eBook - ePub

Addiction and Virtue

Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice

About this book

What is the nature of addiction?

Neither of the two dominant models (disease or choice) adequately accounts for the experience of those who are addicted or of those who are seeking to help them. In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, he formulates an alternative to the usual reductionistic models.

Going further, Dunnington maintains that addiction is not just a problem facing individuals. Its pervasiveness sheds prophetic light on our cultural moment. Moving beyond issues of individual treatment, this groundbreaking study also outlines significant implications for ministry within the local church context.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1. Addiction and Disease: Science, Philosophy and Theology
  7. 2. Addiction and Incontinence: Resources in Aristotle
  8. 3. Addiction and Habit: Resources in Aquinas
  9. 4. Addiction and Intemperance: Sensory Pleasures and Moral Goods
  10. 5. Addiction and Modernity: The Addict as Unwitting Prophet
  11. 6. Addiction and Sin: Testing an Ancient Doctrine
  12. 7. Addiction and Worship: Caritas and Its Counterfeits
  13. 8. Addiction and the Church: The Gospel and the Hope of Recovery
  14. Notes
  15. Index
  16. Praise for Addiction and Virtue
  17. About the Author
  18. Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology
  19. Like this book?
  20. Copyright