On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement, and the Vulnerable Christ by Meconi, David Vincent

On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement, and the Vulnerable Christ (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781501326202)

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On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement, and the Vulnerable Christ by Meconi, David Vincent

On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement, and the Vulnerable Christ

$110.00
On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement, and the Vulnerable Christ by Meconi, David Vincent

On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement, and the Vulnerable Christ

$110.00
Format: Hardcover
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On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christexplores St. Augustine of Hippo's theology of sin, described as various forms of self-loathing and self-destruction, in addition to sin's antidote, a vulnerable relationship with the crucified Christ. Incorporating recent thinking on self-destruction and self-loathing into his reading of Augustine, David Vincent Meconi explores why we are not only allured by sin, but will actually destroy ourselves to attain it, even when we are all too well aware that this sin will bring us no true, lasting pleasure.

Meconi traces the phenomena of self-destruction and self-loathing from Augustine to today. In particular, he focuses in on how self-love can turn to self-harm, and the need to provide salvage for such woundedness by surrendering to Christ, showing how Augustine's theology of sin and salvation is still crucially applicable in contemporary life and societies.

Author: David Vincent Meconi
ISBN-10: 1501326201
ISBN-13: 9781501326202
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2019
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d
By David Vincent Meconi
By David Vincent Meconi
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David Vincent Meconi, S.J., is the Director of the Catholic Studies Centre and Professor of Theology at Saint Louis University, USA. His recent publications include The One Christ: St. Augustine's Theology of Deification (2013) and, as editor, The Confessions: Saint Augustine of Hippo (2012) and (co-edited with Eleonore Stump) The Cambridge Companion to Augustine (2014). He is the Editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review.

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