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
