Caritas : neighbourly love and the early modern self / Katie Barclay.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (240 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191904677 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Neighborhoods -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century | Neighborhoods -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century | Neighborliness -- Scotland -- History | Sociology, Urban -- Scotland -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198868132DDC classification: 307.3362094110903 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Caritas, a form of grace that turned our love for our neighbour into a spiritual practice, was expected of all early modern Christians, and corresponded with a set of ethical rules for living that displayed one's love in the everyday. Caritas was not just a willingness to behave morally, to keep the peace, and to uphold social order however, but was expected to be felt as a strong passion, like that of a parent to a child. This book explores the importance of caritas to early modern communities, introducing the concept of the 'emotional ethic' to explain how neighbourly love become not only a code for moral living but a part of felt experience.| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Caritas, a form of grace that turned our love for our neighbour into a spiritual practice, was expected of all early modern Christians, and corresponded with a set of ethical rules for living that displayed one's love in the everyday. Caritas was not just a willingness to behave morally, to keep the peace, and to uphold social order however, but was expected to be felt as a strong passion, like that of a parent to a child. This book explores the importance of caritas to early modern communities, introducing the concept of the 'emotional ethic' to explain how neighbourly love become not only a code for moral living but a part of felt experience.
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