Habits in Mind: Integrating Theology, Philosophy, and the Cognitive Science of Virtue, Emotion, and Character Formation

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Part 1: Habits & Virtues: Resources in History and Religion

Introduction: From Habit to Habitus in Science, Philosophy, and Religion

1 Habit Matters: The Bodily Character of the Virtues

2 Habitus in the Roman Catholic Tradition: Context and Challenges

3 Virtue is Not in the Head: Contributions from the Late Medieval and Reformation Traditions for Understanding Virtue Extrinsically

4 Habit as a Spiritual Discipline in Early Christianity

Part 2: Psychology, Habit, and the Development of Character

5 Disposition Formation and Early Moral Development

6 Faith and Imitatio for the Understanding of Habitus

7 STAMINA: Persistence and Character in Youth Mentor Partnerships

Part 3: The Limits of Habit? Situationism, Individualism, and Freedom

8 Habit, Character, and the Situationist Challenge

9 Paying Attention to the Will: On the Neuroscience and Psychology of Self, Volition, and Character

10 Freedom as Sensitive to Reasons, Habits, and Character

Part 4: From Habit to Virtue: Integrating Science, Philosophy, and Religion

11 In the Image and Likeness: Theological Reflections on the Science of Habits

12 Science, Humility, and the Galileo Affair

13 Cultivating a Grateful Disposition: Increasing Moral Behavior and Personal Well-being

14 Habits, Tendencies, and Habitus: The Embodied Soul’s Dispositions of Mind, Body, and Person

Index