Emotions in the Christian Tradition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
What, then, is the biblical response?
Sinclair B. Ferguson • The Whole Christ
This school of thought says that intellect is of the mind and emotions are of the body. We are born with our capacity for grief and anger and despair in place, whereas we learn reasoning through the society in which we live. This kind of thinking, while no longer exerting a strong influence in the field of psychology, nonetheless deeply affects the
... See moreDerren Brown • Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
Christian theologians added a nifty twist to this classical conception: Happiness was not merely the product of a life of virtue but the reward for a life of virtue, and that reward was not necessarily to be expected in this lifetime.