Habits in mind : : integrating theology, philosophy, and the cognitive science of virtue, emotion, and character formation / / edited by Gregory R. Peterson.

• Superior document: Philosophical Studies in Science and Religion, Volume 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Peterson, Gregory R., 1966-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophical studies in science and religion ; Volume 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (303 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.

The language of habit plays a central role in traditional accounts of the virtues, yet it has received only modest attention among contemporary scholars of philosophy, psychology, and religion. This volume explores the role of both “mere habits” and sophisticated habitus in the moral life. Beginning with an essay by Stanley Hauerwas and edited by Gregory R. Peterson, James A. Van Slyke, Michael L. Spezio, and Kevin S. Reimer, the volume explores the history of the virtues and habit in Christian thought, the contributions that psychology and neuroscience make to our understanding of habitus, freedom, and character formation, and the relation of habit and habitus to contemporary philosophical and theological accounts of character formation and the moral life. Contributors are: Joseph Bankard, Dennis Bielfeldt, Craig Boyd, Charlene Burns, Mark Graves, Brian Green, Stanley Hauerwas, Todd Junkins, Adam Martin, Darcia Narvaez, Gregory R. Peterson, Kevin S. Reimer, Lynn C. Reimer, Michael L. Spezio, Kevin Timpe, and George Tsakiridis.

Table of Contents

Habits and Virtues: Resources in History and Religion -- From Habit to Habitus in Science, Philosophy, and Religion / Gregory R. Peterson -- Habit Matters: The Bodily Character of the Virtues / Stanley Hauerwas -- Habitus in the Roman Catholic Tradition: Context and Challenges / Brian Patrick Green -- Virtue is Not in the Head: Contributions from the Late Medieval and Reformation Traditions for Understanding Virtue Extrinsically / Dennis Bielfeldt -- Habit as a Spiritual Discipline in Early Christianity / George Tsakiridis -- Psychology, Habit, and the Development of Character -- Disposition Formation and Early Moral Development / Todd Junkins and Darcia Narvaez -- Faith and Imitatio for the Understanding of Habitus / Michael L. Spezio -- stamina: Persistence and Character in Youth Mentor Partnerships / Kevin S. Reimer and Lynn C. Reimer -- The Limits of Habit? Situationism, Individualism, and Freedom -- Habit, Character, and the Situationist Challenge / Gregory R. Peterson -- Paying Attention to the Will: On the Neuroscience and Psychology of Self, Volition, and Character / Adam Martin -- Freedom as Sensitive to Reasons, Habits, and Character / Kevin Timpe -- From Habit to Virtue: Integrating Science, Philosophy, and Religion -- In the Image and Likeness: Theological Reflections on the Science of Habits / Charlene P.E. Burns -- Science, Humility, and the Galileo Affair / Craig A. Boyd -- Cultivating a Grateful Disposition: Increasing Moral Behavior and Personal Well-being / Joseph Bankard -- Habits, Tendencies, and Habitus: The Embodied Soul’s Dispositions of Mind, Body, and Person / Mark Graves.