Hope and Christian ethics /

Elliot, David, 1978-

Hope and Christian ethics / David Elliot. - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c2017 - xv, 264 pages : 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The eudaimonia gap -- The theological virtue of hope in Aquinas -- Rejoicing in hope -- Presumption and moral reform -- Despair and consolation -- The problem of worldliness -- Hope and the earthly city.

9781107156173 (hardback : alk. paper)

2017008240


Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.


Hope--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
Hope--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian ethics.

BV4638 / .E43 2017

234/.25