aretegenic
English
Etymology
Coined by Episcopalian theologian Ellen T. Charry in 1997 in "By the Renewing of Your Minds" →ISBN. From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ, “virtue”) and γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”).
Adjective
aretegenic
- Conducive to or producing virtue.
- 2004, Richard J. Vincent, Practicing Theology: The Transformational Purpose of Theology
- This aretegenic (virtue producing) function of theology was at the heart of theology prior to modernity.
- 199?,, Colin E. Gunton, in The Church as a School of Virtue?: Human Formation in Trinitarian Framework, speaking before the Heidelberger Ökumenisches Forum
- Good theology is aretegenic, productive of virtue.
- 2004, Richard J. Vincent, Practicing Theology: The Transformational Purpose of Theology
Translations
conducive to or producing virtue