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For the Joy Set Before Us: Augustine and Self-Denying Love
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Hardcover
from Univ of Notre Dame Pr (April 1, 2001)
9780268028589 | details & prices | 266 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $40.00
About: Examining how Augustine reconciled self-love and self-denial in a unified Christian love, this book demonstrates the crucial role that continence played in Augustine's teaching, showing it to be more than an attitude toward sexuality; rather it is the operative mode of Augustininan caritas.
About: Examining how Augustine reconciled self-love and self-denial in a unified Christian love, this book demonstrates the crucial role that continence played in Augustine's teaching, showing it to be more than an attitude toward sexuality; rather it is the operative mode of Augustininan caritas.