In this resourceful and illuminating exploration of the biblical virtues, Benjamin W. Farley examines both the Old and the New Testament and applies their teachings on moral character to the Christian
In this resourceful and illuminating exploration of the biblical virtues, Benjamin W. Farley examines both the Old and the New Testament and applies their teachings on moral character to the Christian life today. In the process, Farley critically reviews the current philosophical and theological interest in virtue, engages the Aristotelian, Thomist, and modern views of virtue, incorporates and responds to feminist concerns, and discusses the importance of the biblical virtues for our pluralistic age.
Timothy George
—Beeson Divinity School
"Combining biblical wisdom and philosophical insight, Benjamin Farley has written a first-rate study of the ethics of character. This is a model of judicious, evangelical scholarship. In an age of moral confusion and unvirtuous sentimentality, this kind of serious engagement with Christian tradition is a great asset for the church."
Charles Partee
—Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
"Protestants especially, so focuses as they are on doctrinal truth, have often neglected character issues. Benjamin Farley has placed us in his debt with this valuable theological reflection based on Scripture and focused on the concept of virtue."
W. Fred Graham
—Michigan State University
"Farley examines the Bible from front to back and mines from various sections the deepest understanding of virtue contained in them.. This is what I call a 'wise' book. Farley has studied, reflected on, and examined positions other than his own and has helped himself to good material outside his own (Reformed) position. He carefully points out where agreement exists as well as where the biblical view — based on God's initiative — pushes rational consideration of human virtue further than reason can go on its own."
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Benjamin W. Farley is Younts Professor of Bible, Religion, and Philosophy Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina. His many books include The Providence of God in Reformed Perspective
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