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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...

that might initially be thought to work this way—for example, pathos or epithumia—is in fact a counterpart concept. So we will have to look at what the New Testament says about the things we would be inclined to call emotions—joy, gratitude, anger, fear, hope, peace—and then craft a concept that suits these things. In the New Testament, the mental states that we call emotions appear to have the following properties: 1. They are very important. To have the right kind of joy, gratitude, hope, peace,
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