Rebecca DeYoung
Rebecca DeYoung (Ph.D.) has enjoyed teaching ethics and the history of ancient and medieval philosophy at Calvin College for over 20 years. Her research focuses on the seven deadly sins, and virtue ethics, as well as Thomas Aquinas’s work on the virtues. Her books include Glittering Vices, Vainglory, and a co-authored volume entitled Aquinas’s Ethics. Recent essays about vices and virtues—appear in Virtues and Their Vices, Being Good, and Cambridge Critical Guide to Aquinas’s De Malo, and the journals Res Philosophica, ACPQ, the Thomist, and Faith and Philosophy. Awards for her work include the Book and Essay Prize from the Character Project and the C.S. Lewis prize for Glittering Vices. She speaks widely, including opportunities to teach in prison.
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How We Got the Seven Deadly Sins
Rebecca DeYoung, Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College, describes how the concept of the “Seven...Read More
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Seven Deadly Sins – Seriously?
"Gluttony, Lust, Wrath, Greed, (Dejection), Envy, Sloth, (Vainglory), Pride are the seven deadly sins," says...Read More
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Spiritual (Re)Formation
A Case Study in Cultivating Christlikeness, Rhythms of Discipleship: Dying & Rising and Graced Disciplines:...Read More
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Unmasking the Vice of Vainglory
Vain means anything empty things, fakery, while Glory means goodness being manifested. Vainglory is fake...Read More
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The Roots of Vainglory
"The Roots of Vainglory are as follows, Pride: glory-worthy selves, Hybrid cases, Fear: glory-needy selves.,"...Read More
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Questions & Answers on Vainglory
"Glorying “in vain”: secular and sacred glory seekers, imaginary audiences," says Rebecca DeYoung in this...Read More
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Envy: The Enemy of Love
"Envy is sorrow over another’s good as excelling my own and thus referred as the...Read More
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Avoiding the Triple Threat of Money, Sex, and Power in Washington – Part 1
The first half of lecture by Dr. Rebecca DeYoung on the main threats in Washington...Read More
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Avoiding the Triple Threat of Money, Sex, and Power in Washington – Part 2
The second half of lecture by Dr. Rebecca DeYoung on the main threats in Washington...Read More
