studied in courses on Jonathan Edwards and Reformed theology

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The Nature of True Virtue is a theological and philosophical work by Jonathan Edwards that explores the essence of genuine Christian virtue within a Reformed theological framework.

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instanceOf philosophical work ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
addresses God-centered ethics ⓘ
distinction between true and natural virtue ⓘ
relationship between self-love and virtue ⓘ
author Jonathan Edwards ⓘ
century 18th century ⓘ
concerns God’s glory ⓘ
moral goodness ⓘ
ultimate end of creation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin American colonies ⓘ
focusesOn disinterested benevolence ⓘ
essence of genuine Christian virtue ⓘ
love to God ⓘ
relation between virtue and God’s glory ⓘ
hasGenre Christian ethics literature ⓘ
moral theology ⓘ
religious philosophy ⓘ
historicalSignificance important work in Reformed ethical thought ⓘ
key text in Jonathan Edwards studies ⓘ
influencedBy Puritan theology ⓘ
Reformed scholasticism ⓘ
biblical theology ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic Christian virtue ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Christian philosophy ⓘ
early modern philosophy ⓘ
relatedWork The End for Which God Created the World ⓘ
religiousContext Congregationalist tradition ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
studiedBy students of Christian ethics ⓘ
students of Jonathan Edwards ⓘ
students of Reformed theology ⓘ
students of philosophical theology ⓘ
theologicalPerspective Calvinist ⓘ
linked to: Calvinism
theologicalTradition Reformed theology ⓘ
usedIn courses on Christian ethics ⓘ
courses on Jonathan Edwards ⓘ
courses on Reformed theology ⓘ
courses on philosophical theology ⓘ
viewOfVirtue virtue as consent to being in general ⓘ
virtue as supreme love to God ⓘ

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