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For the Joy Set Before Us

Name: For the Joy Set Before Us
Price: 37.82 GBP
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Author: Gerald W. Schlabach
ISBN: 9780268028589

Augustine and Self-denying Love

by Gerald W. Schlabach

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264 pages
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
16.1 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm

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For students of Augustine and Christian ethics.

Shows how self-denial works as an act of charity.

Helps you find a balanced view of godly love.

A thought-provoking study on how Augustine unified self-love and self-denial through Christian grace.

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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"".