THE THEOLOGY OF AUGUSTINES CONFESSIONS
Rigby Paul
Oprawa:
TWARDA
Wydawca:
Cambridge University Press
Data premiery:
2015-02-26
ISBN:
9781107094925
Opis produktu
Paul Rigby is a professor in the Faculty of Human Sciences at Saint Paul University. He is the author of Original Sin in Augustines Confessions.This study of Augustines Confessions presents his testimony of conversion as an antidote to modern cultures tendency toward disbelief.Engaging with contemporary philosophers and psychologists antagonistic to religion this study of Augustines Confessions reveals the sophistication of his response to timeless problems such as free will predestination and innocent suffering. Paul Rigby demonstrates the value of Augustines testimony of conversion for those struggling with theistic incredulity and religious narcissism.Engaging with contemporary philosophers and psychologists antagonistic to religion this study of Augustines Confessions reveals the sophistication of his response to timeless problems such as free will predestination and innocent suffering. Paul Rigby demonstrates the value of Augustines testimony of conversion for those struggling with theistic incredulity and religious narcissism.This study of the Confessions engages with contemporary philosophers and psychologists antagonistic to religion and demonstrates the enduring value of Augustines journey for those struggling with theistic incredulity and religious narcissism. Paul Rigby draws on current Augustinian scholarship and the works of Paul Ricur to crossexamine Augustines testimony. This analysis reveals the sophistication of Augustines confessional text which anticipates the analytical mindset of his critics. Augustine presents a coherent defensible response to three ageold problems: free will and grace: goodness innocent suffering and radical evil: and freedom and predestination. The Theology of Augustines Confessions moves beyond commentary and allows presentday readers to understand the Confessions as its original readers experienced it bridging the divide introduced by Kant Hegel Freud Nietzsche Heidegger and their descendants.Introduction: 1. Confessio: 2. Fatherhood: from neurotic phantasm to compassionate symbol: 3. Narcissism and narratives vital lie: 4. Evil suffering and dualistic wisdom: 5. Original sin: an ineluctable triple hatred: 6. Original sin and the human tragic: 7. The platitudes of ethical monotheism: 8. Inscrutable wisdom: 9. Lyrical voice: 10. The life of a bishop: reinventing Platos celestial clock Confessions 1113: 11. Resurrection and the restless heart.Data Publikacji: 2015-02-26
Wymiary: 228 mm 152 mm 25 mm 610 gr
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