Reason, Authority, and the Healing of Desire in the Writings of Augustine

In this open access book, 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...

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description In this open access book, 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 ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Hong Kong Baptist University
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Augustine's philosophy
Augustine's theology
Augustinian studies
Christian philosophy
Christianity
Historical theology
Medieval philosophy
Medieval studies
Moral psychology
Natural law
Neo-Platonism
Patristic studies
Philosophical theology
Philosophy of desire
Philosophy of religion
Platonism
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity
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Boone, Mark J.
Reason, Authority, and the Healing of Desire in the Writings of Augustine
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title_short Reason, Authority, and the Healing of Desire in the Writings of Augustine
title_sort reason authority and the healing of desire in the writings of augustine
topic Ancient moral psychology
Augustine's philosophy
Augustine's theology
Augustinian studies
Christian philosophy
Christianity
Historical theology
Medieval philosophy
Medieval studies
Moral psychology
Natural law
Neo-Platonism
Patristic studies
Philosophical theology
Philosophy of desire
Philosophy of religion
Platonism
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAB Philosophy of religion
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Augustine's philosophy
Augustine's theology
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Christian philosophy
Christianity
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Medieval philosophy
Medieval studies
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Natural law
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Patristic studies
Philosophical theology
Philosophy of desire
Philosophy of religion
Platonism
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