Christianity, Magnanimity, and Statesmanship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6399022 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carson Holloway (0000-0003-2844-7800, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 581-604 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500050531 |
| OpenAlex | W2103960225 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article investigates whether Aristotelian magnanimity is compatible with Christianity. According to Aristotle, this virtue is displayed in claiming and deserving great honors and accompanied by a disdain for others, all of which looks remarkably like the Christian sin of pride. This article argues that in spite of these apparent difficulties Aristotelian magnanimity is compatible with Christian morality, that the deserving Christian may, without prejudice to the virtue of humility, claim great honors, recognize his own superiority, and look down on others. The article concludes with an account of the contemporary political importance of these issues. Responding to scholarship that argues that Christianity's undermining of magnanimity is responsible for modernity's lack of great statesmanship, it is contended on the contrary that in the modern world Christianity alone can make magnanimous statesmanship possible
Aesthetics · Christianity · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humility · Modernity · Morality · Political science · Pride · Scholarship · Sociology · Theology · Virtue · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2023 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |