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Author : Simon Harrison
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-11-02
Augustine S Way Into The Will written by Simon Harrison and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-02 with Religion categories.
Augustine's dialogue De libero arbitrio (On Free Choice) is, with his Confessions and City of God, one of his most important and widely read works. It contains one of the earliest accounts of the concept of 'free will' in the history of philosophy. Composed during a key period in Augustine's early career, between his conversion to Christianity and his ordination as a bishop, it has often been viewed as a an incoherent mixture of his 'early' and 'late' thinking. Simon Harrison offers an original account of Augustine's theory of will, taking seriously both the philosophical arguments and literary form of the text. Relating De libero arbitrio to other key texts of Augustine's, in particular the City of God and the Confessions, Harrison shows that Augustine approaches the problem of free will as a problem of knowledge: how do I know that I am free?, and that Augustine uses the dialogue form to instantiate his 'way into the will'.
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Author : Simon Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2006-11-02
Augustine S Way Into The Will written by Simon Harrison and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
Augustine's dialogue De libero arbitrio (On Free Choice) is, with his Confessions and City of God, one of his most important and widely read works. It contains one of the earliest accounts of the concept of 'free will' in the history of philosophy. Composed during a key period in Augustine's early career, between his conversion to Christianity and his ordination as a bishop, it has often been viewed as a an incoherent mixture of his 'early' and 'late'thinking. Simon Harrison offers an original account of Augustine's theory of will, taking seriously both the philosophical arguments and literary form of the text. Relating De libero arbitrio to other key texts of Augustine's, in particular the City of God and the Confessions, Harrison shows that Augustine approaches the problemof free will as a problem of knowledge: how do I know that I am free?, and that Augustine uses the dialogue form to instantiate his 'way into the will'.
Augustine On The Will
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Author : Han-Luen Kantzer Komline
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Studies in Historical T
Release Date : 2020
Augustine On The Will written by Han-Luen Kantzer Komline and has been published by Oxford Studies in Historical T this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Religion categories.
"By analyzing a variety of texts from across Augustine's career, Augustine on the Will: A Theological Account traces the development of Augustine's thinking on the human will. Augustine's most creative contributions to the notion of the human will do not derive from articulating a monolithic, universal definition. He identifies four types of human will: the created will, which he describes as a hinge; the fallen will, a link in a chain binding human beings to sin; the redeemed will, which is a root of love; and the fully free will to be enjoyed in the next life when perfection is made complete. His mature view is "theologically differentiated," consisting of four distinct types of human will, which vary according to these diverse theological scenarios. His innovation consists in distinguishing these types with a detail and clarity unprecedented by any thinker before him. Augustine's mature view of the will is constructed in intensive dialogue with other Christian thinkers, and, most of all, with the Christian scriptures. Its basic features shape, and are shaped by, his doctrines of Christ and the Holy Spirit, as well as creation and grace, making it impossible to abstract his views on willing from his account of the central Christian doctrines of Christology, Pneumatology, and the Trinity. The multiple facets of Augustine's conception of will have been cut to fit the shape of his theology and the biblical story it seeks to describe. From Augustine, we inherit a theological account of the will. Augustine Will Free will Voluntas Uoluntas Grace Fall creation eschaton Christ"--
On The Trinity
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Author : Saint Augustine of Hippo
language : en
Publisher: Aeterna Press
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On The Trinity written by Saint Augustine of Hippo and has been published by Aeterna Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Religion categories.
The following dissertation concerning the Trinity, as the reader ought to be informed, has been written in order to guard against the sophistries of those who disdain to begin with faith, and are deceived by a crude and perverse love of reason. Now one class of such men endeavor to transfer to things incorporeal and spiritual the ideas they have formed, whether through experience of the bodily senses, or by natural human wit and diligent quickness, or by the aid of art, from things corporeal; so as to seek to measure and conceive of the former by the latter. Aeterna Press
On The Road With Saint Augustine
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Author : James K. A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Brazos Press
Release Date : 2019-10-01
On The Road With Saint Augustine written by James K. A. Smith and has been published by Brazos Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with Religion categories.
★ Publishers Weekly starred review One of the Top 100 Books and One of the 5 Best Books in Religion for 2019, Publishers Weekly Christianity Today 2020 Book Award Winner (Spiritual Formation) Outreach 2020 Resource of the Year (Spiritual Growth) Foreword INDIES 2019 Honorable Mention for Religion This is not a book about Saint Augustine. In a way, it's a book Augustine has written about each of us. Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith has spent time on the road with Augustine, and he invites us to take this journey too, for this ancient African thinker knows far more about us than we might expect. Following Smith's successful You Are What You Love, this book shows how Augustine can be a pilgrim guide to a spirituality that meets the complicated world we live in. Augustine, says Smith, is the patron saint of restless hearts--a guide who has been there, asked our questions, and knows our frustrations and failed pursuits. Augustine spent a lifetime searching for his heart's true home and he can help us find our way. "What makes Augustine a guide worth considering," says Smith, "is that he knows where home is, where rest can be found, what peace feels like, even if it is sometimes ephemeral and elusive along the way." Addressing believers and skeptics alike, this book shows how Augustine's timeless wisdom speaks to the worries and struggles of contemporary life, covering topics such as ambition, sex, friendship, freedom, parenthood, and death. As Smith vividly and colorfully brings Augustine to life for 21st-century readers, he also offers a fresh articulation of Christianity that speaks to our deepest hungers, fears, and hopes.
The Theology Of Augustine
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Author : Matthew Levering
language : en
Publisher: Baker Books
Release Date : 2013-03-15
The Theology Of Augustine written by Matthew Levering and has been published by Baker Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-15 with Religion categories.
Most theology students realize Augustine is tremendously influential on the Christian tradition as a whole, but they generally lack real knowledge of his writings. This volume introduces Augustine's theology through seven of his most important works. Matthew Levering begins with a discussion of Augustine's life and times and then provides a full survey of the argument of each work with bibliographical references for those who wish to go further. Written in clear, accessible language, this book offers an essential introduction to major works of Augustine that all students of theology--and their professors!--need to know.
The Legacy Of Sovereign Joy
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Author : JOHN PIPER
language : en
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
Release Date : 2020-05-21
The Legacy Of Sovereign Joy written by JOHN PIPER and has been published by Inter-Varsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-21 with Religion categories.
An uplifting look at three famous and flawed fathers of the Christian church and how their lives can inspire us to fall in love with God and find the power to overcome our weaknesses. Augustine grappled with sexual passion. Martin Luther struggled to control his tongue. John Calvin fought the battle of faith with the world's weapons. Yet despite their failings, each man will always be remembered as a founding father to the Christian faith because of the messages they declared. And even with their deaths hundreds of years ago, their messages still speak today. John Piper explores each man's life, integrating Augustine's delight in God with Luther's emphasis on the Word and Calvin's exposition of Scriptures. Through their strengths and struggles, he teaches us how to better live today, for when we consider their lives, we behold the glory and majesty of God - and in that, find the power to overcome our weaknesses.
Reason Authority And The Healing Of Desire In The Writings Of Augustine
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Author : Mark J. Boone
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-01-14
Reason Authority And The Healing Of Desire In The Writings Of Augustine written by Mark J. Boone and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-14 with Philosophy categories.
In Reason, Authority, and the Healing of Desire in the Writings of Augustine, Mark Boone explains the theology of desire developed in a cross-section of Augustine’s On the True Religion, On the Nature of Good, On Free Choice of the Will, On the Teacher, On the Usefulness of Believing, On the Good of Marriage, Enchiridion, and Confessions. Throughout his writings and in many ways, Augustine develops a Platonically informed, yet distinctively Christian, account of desire. Human desire should respond to the goodness inherent in things, loving the greatest good above all and great goods more than lesser goods. Above all, we should love God and souls. Sin, an inappropriate desire for lesser goods, is healed by the redemption of Christ.
The Conversion And Therapy Of Desire
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Author : Mark J. Boone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Conversion And Therapy Of Desire written by Mark J. Boone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Religion categories.
The first fruits of the literary career of St. Augustine, the great theologian and Christian philosopher par excellence, are the dialogues he wrote at Cassiciacum in Italy following his famous conversion in Milan in 386 AD. These four little books, largely neglected by scholars, investigate knowledge, ethics, metaphysics, the problem of evil, and the intriguing relationship of God and the soul. They also take up the ancient philosophical project of identifying the principles and practices that heal human desires in order to attain happiness, renewing this philosophical endeavor with insights from Christian theology. Augustine''s later books, such as the Confessions, would continue this project of healing desire, as would the writings of others including Boethius, Anselm, and Aquinas. Mark Boone''s The Conversion and Therapy of Desire investigates the roots of this project at Cassiciacum, where Augustine is developing a Christian theology of desire, informed by Neoplatonism but transformed by Christian teaching and practices. ""In this age when ''desire'' is defined in ways that are destructive to souls and families, we could hardly do better than to retrieve understandings of the word from Augustine, perhaps the greatest Christian thinker ever. Dr. Boone''s fine study is both historically rich and eminently timely."" --Gerald R. McDermott, Anglican Chair of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School ""Meticulously researched and well argued, Mark Boone presents a lucid account of the early Augustine''s theology of desire. After situating Augustine''s moral theory in the context of competing pagan descriptions of the good life, Boone walks the reader through each of the Cassiciacum dialogues to show how, at every turn, Augustine''s faith in the Trinitarian and incarnate God has prompted him to adapt and to transform this central moral category."" --Ryan Topping, Fellow of Thomas More College, New Hampshire ""What is a human being? Mark Boone, a courageous young scholar who is leading the way in Augustinian studies, in this fine book also asks this question. Dr. Boone tells us in his investigation of the early Augustine at Cassiciacum shortly after his conversion, the answer to this question--one asked by the ''sweet psalmist of Israel'' in Psalm 8:4--what is man? We are lovers. We are people of desire. By God''s grace, we all need conversion and a therapy of our desires. Dr. Boone speaks eloquently about Augustine''s early (and lifelong) views. We learn about Augustine''s perspective of true happiness, and we have an answer to a most puzzling question. Five stars for this volume."" --David Naugle, Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished University Professor, Dallas Baptist University; Author of Reordered Loves, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness (2008) ""Most of the best contemporary theology is being done under the rubric of ''historical theology, '' and so all theologians must read Professor Boone''s book. He presents the basic options--as true today as in Augustine''s time: Epicurean materialism with its attempt to repress hope and moderate desire in the face of everlasting death; Stoic fatalism or determinism for which desire must be rendered docile to whatever happens; and desire for God according to which humans are created irrepressibly to desire union with the immaterial God who comes to us in Christ Jesus and his Church. Boone makes a superb contribution to the ongoing discussion of Augustine''s early writings. Above all, he makes crystal clear how much we could gain by being taught anew by Augustine, how much each of us--and our communities--need him today!"" --Matthew Levering, James N. and Mary D. Perry, Jr. Professor of Theology, Mundelein Seminary ""The Cassiciacum dialogues are Augustine''s earliest writings on theology and philosophy, but have been overshadowed by his later works. Boone shows the importance of the Cassiciacum texts in their own right--as developing a uniquely Christian account of desire and its
Free To Say No
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Author : Eric L. Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2012-12-18
Free To Say No written by Eric L. Jenkins and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-18 with Religion categories.
For centuries Augustine's theory of free will has been used to explain why God is not the author of evil and humans are morally responsible for sin. Yet, when he embraced the doctrines of unconditional election and operative grace, Augustine began modifying his theory of free will. His final works claim his evolved notion of free will remained consistent with his early view, but this claim has provoked significant debate. Some scholars take him at his word, interpreting his teachings on free will in light of his later predestination teachings. Others reject his claim of continuity and warn of great inconsistencies between his early and later works. Few have undertaken a thorough study of Augustine's works to compare his early notion of free will with his later theory of predestination. Free To Say No? is a detailed study of Augustine's work that presents clear evidence in Augustine's own words for a significant discontinuity between his early and later theories--especially the disappearance of the will's freedom to say "No"--and offers some fascinating insights as to why Augustine proposed such drastic changes.