Expositions of the Psalms 1-32 (Vol. 1)

Expositions of the Psalms 1-32 (Vol. 1)
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Publisher : New City Press
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : 9781565481404
ISBN-13 : 1565481402
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Synopsis Expositions of the Psalms 1-32 (Vol. 1) by : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)

"As the psalms are a microcosm of the Old Testament, so the Expositions of the Psalms can be seen as a microcosm of Augustinian thought. In the Book of Psalms are to be found the history of the people of Israel, the theology and spirituality of the Old Covenant, and a treasury of human experience expressed in prayer and poetry. So too does the work of expounding the psalms recapitulate and focus the experiences of Augustine's personal life, his theological reflections and his pastoral concerns as Bishop of Hippo."--Publisher's website.

Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 1

Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 1
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 0812242106
ISBN-13 : 9780812242102
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 1 by : Jason BeDuhn

Jason David BeDuhn reconstructs Augustine's decade-long adherence to Manichaeism, apostasy from it, and subsequent conversion to Nicene Christianity.

Jonathan Edwards and the Trinitarian Shape of Beauty

Jonathan Edwards and the Trinitarian Shape of Beauty
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 9781329185142
ISBN-13 : 1329185145
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Synopsis Jonathan Edwards and the Trinitarian Shape of Beauty by : John Cunningham

This dissertation is a theological analysis of the trinitarian shape of Jonathan Edwards' aesthetics of beauty. The contributions of this dissertation lie chiefly in three areas. The primary aim of this study is to advance the burgeoning field of the study of Jonathan Edwards by elucidating his views of beauty. In so doing, I present him as a rich source for the theological engagement of beauty, which could serve not only the field of Edwards studies, but also that of theological aesthetics more broadly.

Companions in the Between

Companions in the Between
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9780227177501
ISBN-13 : 0227177509
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Synopsis Companions in the Between by : Renée Köhler-Ryan

The contemporary philosopher William Desmond has many companions in thought, and one of the most important of these is Augustine. In lucid prose that draws on the riches of a vibrant philosophical-theological tradition, Renée Köhler-Ryan explores Desmond’s metaxological philosophy. She brings together philosophy, theology and literature to elaborate on the conversation that Desmond’s philosophical work in discovering how humans are constantly ‘between’ sustains with a tradition of thinkers that also includes Plato, Thomas Aquinas and Shakespeare. Whether considering how our elemental wonder at creation brings us closer to God, or how our most intimate revelations about being human happen in the interior space of prayer, reading Desmond with Augustine illuminates a porous and interdisciplinary space of inquiry. With a foreword from Desmond himself, Companions in the Between is a unique contribution to the growing body of scholarship on his thought. Köhler-Ryan’s analysis will entice any reader who wants to know more about how contemporary philosophy can contest a space where philosophers are formulaically expected to shy away from divine transcendence.

Augustine’s Problem

Augustine’s Problem
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781498224956
ISBN-13 : 1498224954
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Augustine’s Problem by : Jeff Nicoll

Augustine's Problem provides a new approach to St. Augustine's life and doctrine, hypothesizing that his problem was not sexual addiction but sexual impotence. For Augustine, the problem with sex was not the seductive nature of women, but the unpredictability of desire, which can induce an unwanted erection or fail to provide one when even the mind would choose to have sex. He extends his personal incapacity to a general impotence of the will--we can never, without grace, choose any good. Just as the impotent man cannot work on his impotence, we cannot work on our salvation; only God can make a difference and predestines a tiny elect. The disobedience of the Garden is transferred to the disobedience of the male member, guaranteeing that the sin of Eden is transferred, in conception, as original sin. The most controversial elements of Augustine's theology are all linked to the theme of impotence, as expressed in his writings, from the Confessions to the anti-Pelagian works written at the end of his life.

Christian Kinship

Christian Kinship
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9780567699817
ISBN-13 : 0567699811
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Christian Kinship by : David A. Torrance

Ideas of kinship play a significant role in structuring everyday life, and yet kinship has been neglected in Christian ethics, moral philosophy and bioethics. Attention has been paid in these disciplines to the ethics of 'family,' but with little regard to the evidence that kinship varies widely from culture-to-culture, suggesting that it is, in fact, culturally constructed. Surveying notions of shared substance (e.g. blood ties), house, gender and personhood, as theorised and practiced in the Christian tradition, Torrance critiques the special privileging of the 'blood tie'. In the place of European and American cultural assumptions to the contrary, it is kinship in Christ that is presented as the basis of a truly Christian account for social ties. Torrance also aims to stimulate the moral imagination to consider Christian kinship might be lived out in miniature, in everyday life.

Letters 1-99

Letters 1-99
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Publisher : New City Press
Total Pages : 470
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ISBN-10 : 9781565481633
ISBN-13 : 1565481631
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Letters 1-99 by : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)