Addiction and Virtue: Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice (Strategic

Description: What is the nature of addiction? Neither of the two dominant models (disease or choice) adequately accounts for the experience of those who are addicted or of those who are seeking to help them. In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, he formulates an alternative to the usual reductionistic models. Going further, Dunnington maintains that addiction is not just a problem facing individuals. Its pervasiveness sheds prophetic light on our cultural moment. Moving beyond issues of individual treatment, this groundbreaking study also outlines significant implications for ministry within the local church context.

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EAN: 9780830839018

UPC: 9780830839018

ISBN: 9780830839018

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Book Title: Addiction and Virtue : Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice

Number of Pages: 199 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Item Height: 0.7 in

Publication Year: 2011

Topic: Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior, Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery, Psychopathology / Addiction, Movements / Behaviorism, Christian Theology / Ethics

Genre: Religion, Psychology

Item Weight: 9.3 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Kent J. Dunnington

Book Series: Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology Ser.

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback