Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, Professor, Philosophy
616-526-6418
rdeyoung@calvin.edu
Hiemenga Hall 345
Weekly Schedule
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Educational Background
PhD, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2000
MA, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 1995
B.A., Philosophy and Communication Arts & Sciences, Calvin College, 1993
Courses
- Fundamental Questions in Philosophy (153)
- History of Western Philosophy I (251)
- Plato and Aristotle (312)
- Aquinas (322)
- Ethical Theory (365)
- Philosophy Topics: The Seven Capital Vices (396)
- at Calvin Theological Seminary: The Seven Capital Vices in Contemporary Culture and the Christian Tradition (HTSH 387)
Research Interests
Seven Deadly Sins, Thomas Aquinas, Ethics, History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Books
Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies (Brazos, 2009).
read a review at the Church Connection blog
"Glittering Vices is a lucid, historically informed, and well-illustrated exploration of the seven deadly sins. DeYoung's book will unquestionably help teachers, students, and laypersons toward the Socratic and Christian goal of self-examination. This in an invaluable guide for anyone seeking self-understanding, spiritual growth, and philosophical insight."
–W. Jay Wood, Wheaton College
"Rebecca DeYoung gives us an in-depth, informing, and frequently fascinating look at the vices and why they glitter. For the believer, reading her words will become, in and of itself, an act of spiritual formation."
–Phyllis Tickle
Aquinas’s Ethics: Metaphysical Foundations, Theological Context, and Moral Theory (University of Notre Dame, 2009). Co-authored with Colleen McCluskey and Christina Van Dyke.
Overcoming Sin (FaithAlive Christian Resources, 2008).
The Seven Deadly Sins: A Survival Guide (FaithAlive Christian Resources, 2007).
Recent Publications/Presentations
"The Vice of Sloth: Some Historical Reflections on Laziness, Effort, and Resistance to the Demands of Love,” The Other Journal 10 (Fall 2007).
"Resistance to the Demands of Love: Aquinas on Acedia,” The Thomist 68.2 (April 2004).
"Aquinas’s Virtues of Acknowledged Dependence: A New Measure of Greatness,” Faith and Philosophy 21.2 (2004).
"Power Made Perfect in Weakness: Aquinas’s Transformation of the Virtue of Courage.” Medieval Philosophy and Theology 11.2 (2003).
(read these articles and more at Calvin's Virtual Library of Christian Philosophy)
Hobbies and Interests
Reading, running, playing the piano, camping with my family
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