Humility
Georgetown University Press (Verlag)
978-1-64712-376-5 (ISBN)
History demonstrates that when the virtue of humility is cast aside, excessive individualism follows. A person who lacks humility is at risk of developing a deceptive sense of certitude and at worst denies basic human rights, respect, and dignity to anyone they identify as the enemy.
Humility, a cultural history and biography of the idea of humility, argues that the frightening alternative to humility has been the death of civility. In this book, Bellitto explores humility in Greco-Roman history, philosophy, and literature; in the ancient and medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures and sermons; in the Enlightenment; and in contemporary discussions of education in virtue and citizenship. The author encourages readers to recover and reclaim this lost virtue by developing a new perspective on humility as an alternative to the diseases of hubris, arrogance, and narcissism in society.
This book offers a fresh perspective on this lost virtue for readers interested in finding a path to renewed civility.
Dr. Christopher M. Bellitto is professor of history at Kean University in New Jersey, where he teaches courses in ancient and medieval history. With a focus on church history and reform, he has twice won grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has been a visiting scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary and a Fulbright specialist at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Dr. Bellitto serves as series editor in chief of Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition and academic editor at large for Paulist Press. He also frequently offers public lectures and comments in the media on church history and contemporary Catholicism.
Acknowledgments
Prologue The Problem and the PotentialChapter One: Ancient Notions of HumilityChapter Two: Humility in a Biblical KeyChapter Three: A Medieval Golden AgeChapter Four: The Paradox of Learned IgnoranceChapter Five: Modernity Forgets—and Starts to RememberEpilogue Recovering a Lost Virtue
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.08.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Washington, DC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 295 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64712-376-3 / 1647123763 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64712-376-5 / 9781647123765 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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