Loading…

Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues is unavailable, but you can change that!

An expert in moral and philosophical psychology, Robert C. Roberts here develops an original, up-to-date understanding of human emotions in relation to spirituality and as a basic part of Christian moral character. With an eye on pertinent Biblical texts, Roberts explores emotions as nonsensory perceptions that arise from personal caring and concern. His study culminates with an in-depth...

this. Similarly, we can try to feel joy or anger or hope, but we will not do so until the experience comes together; and it doesn’t always do so. So I am not saying that just any emotion is subject to just anybody’s will under just any circumstances, but rather that some emotions are subject to some people’s will under some circumstances. And this seems to be presupposed by the New Testament practice of commanding emotions. C. S. Lewis somewhere advises that if you want to become a Christian, but
Page 29