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AUGUSTINE DEFORMED
LOVE, SIN AND FREEDOM IN THE WESTERN MORAL TRADITION |
| By: |
John M. Rist |
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Hardback |
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£99.99 |
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£89.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1107075793 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781107075795 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 September, 2014 |
| Pages: |
434 |
| Description: |
Rist explores how and why Augustine's moral framework became distorted with time and proposes a return to a revitalized version of his thought. |
| Synopsis: |
Augustine established a moral framework that dominated Western culture for more than a thousand years. His partly flawed presentation of some of its key concepts (love, will and freedom), however, prompted subsequent thinkers to attempt to repair this framework, and their efforts often aggravated the very problems they intended to solve. Over time, dissatisfaction with an imperfect Augustinian theology gave way to increasingly secular and eventually impersonal moral systems. This volume traces the distortion of Augustine's thought from the twelfth century to the present and examines its consequent reconstructions. John M. Rist argues that modern philosophies should be recognized as offering no compelling answers to questions about the human condition and as leading inevitably to conventionalism or nihilism. In order to avoid this end, he proposes a return to an updated Augustinian Christianity. Essential reading for anyone interested in Augustine and his influence, Augustine Deformed revitalizes his original conception of love, will and freedom. |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of PROSE Awards: Theology & Religious Studies 2015 |
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Returnable |
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