Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004231689)

Vendor: Timo Nisula
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Format: Hardcover
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Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence

$279.00

Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence

$279.00
Format: Hardcover
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Augustine's ideas of sinful desire, including its sexual manifestations, have fueled controversies for centuries. In Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence, Timo Nisula analyses Augustine's own theological and philosophical concerns in his extensive writings about evil desire (concupiscentia, cupiditas, libido).
Beginning with a terminological survey of the vocabulary of desire, the book demonstrates how the concept of evil desire was tightly linked with Augustine's fundamental theological views of divine justice, the origin of evil, Christian virtues and grace.
This book offers a comprehensive account of Augustine's developing views of concupiscence and provides an innovative, in-depth picture of the theological imagination behind disputed ideas of sex, temptation and moral responsibility.


Author: Timo Nisula
ISBN-10: 9004231684
ISBN-13: 9789004231689
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 08/22/2012
Pages: 420
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.30w x 1.10d
By Timo Nisula
By Timo Nisula
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Timo Nisula, Dr. theol. (2011), MA (2000, Latin literature), University of Helsinki, is currently working as a student pastor in Turku. His earlier published articles concern Augustine's doctrine of sin, exegesis and hermeneutics.

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