Struggling with Self-Love: A Thomistic Perspective on Anxious Attachment
Attachment Theory attends to how and why some individuals habitually struggle with self-love. This is what Thomists call deficient self-love. Yet Thomistic moral psychology lacks a robust account of deficient self-love. Bringing these relational insights from Attachment Theory into a Thomistic frame...
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| description | Attachment Theory attends to how and why some individuals habitually struggle with self-love. This is what Thomists call deficient self-love. Yet Thomistic moral psychology lacks a robust account of deficient self-love. Bringing these relational insights from Attachment Theory into a Thomistic framework helps identify the emotional pattern of deficient self-love and a newly named vice of "self-diminishment." Together, they contribute to a shared understanding of how to move from deficient self-love and self-diminishment to the Christian ideal of genuine self-love and self-sacrifice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f316e4d95e14ee984b3b93dbf6059922023-10-20T17:34:09ZengThe Journal of Moral Theology, Inc.Journal of Moral Theology2166-28512166-21182023-07-01122Struggling with Self-Love: A Thomistic Perspective on Anxious AttachmentSheryl OvermyerAttachment Theory attends to how and why some individuals habitually struggle with self-love. This is what Thomists call deficient self-love. Yet Thomistic moral psychology lacks a robust account of deficient self-love. Bringing these relational insights from Attachment Theory into a Thomistic framework helps identify the emotional pattern of deficient self-love and a newly named vice of "self-diminishment." Together, they contribute to a shared understanding of how to move from deficient self-love and self-diminishment to the Christian ideal of genuine self-love and self-sacrifice.https://doi.org/10.55476/001c.84390 |
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