Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
Biographic Data
| ID | 5988855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca Konyndyk |
| FAMILY NAME | DeYoung |
| SIGNATURE | DEYOUNG R K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Calvin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sloth
This chapter shows how contemporary conceptions of sloth as laziness diverge from acedia, a vice that Desert Fathers Evagrius of Pontus and John Cassian defined as a lack of enduring commitment to one’s religious vocation. Thomas Aquinas likewise understood sloth as threatening one’s relationship with God, defining it as a sorrowful aversion to our participation in the divine nature (caritas, the virtue of charity). Slothful people typically resi…
Aquinas's Ethics
By Knowledge and by Love
Resistance to the Demands of Love
The Thomist 68 (2004): 173-204 RESISTANCE TO THE DEMANDS OF LOVE: AQUINAS ON THE VICE OF ACEDIA REBECCA KONYNDYK DEYOUNG Calvin College Grand Rapids, Michigan THE LIST OF the seven capital vices1 includes sloth, envy, avarice, vainglory, gluttony, lust, and anger. While many of the seven vices are more complex than they appear at first glance, one stands out as more obscure and out of place than all the others, at least for a contemporary audienc…
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Resistance to the Demands of Love
The Thomist 68 (2004): 173-204 RESISTANCE TO THE DEMANDS OF LOVE: AQUINAS ON THE VICE OF ACEDIA REBECCA KONYNDYK DEYOUNG Calvin College Grand Rapids, Michigan THE LIST OF the seven capital vices1 includes sloth, envy, avarice, vainglory, gluttony, lust, and anger. While many of the seven vices are more complex than they appear at first glance, one stands out as more obscure and out of place than all the others, at least for a contemporary audienc…
By Knowledge and by Love
Aquinas's Ethics
Sloth
This chapter shows how contemporary conceptions of sloth as laziness diverge from acedia, a vice that Desert Fathers Evagrius of Pontus and John Cassian defined as a lack of enduring commitment to one’s religious vocation. Thomas Aquinas likewise understood sloth as threatening one’s relationship with God, defining it as a sorrowful aversion to our participation in the divine nature (caritas, the virtue of charity). Slothful people typically resi…
Medieval Philosophy and Theology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sloth (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)