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Eros and Self-emptying

The Intersections of Augustine and Kierkegaard

  • Paperback
  • 414 pages
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
  • 15.6 x 22.8 x 2.9 cm

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For readers interested in Christian philosophy and theology

Clarifies complex ideas of love and self-giving in faith

You will gain fresh insights into your spiritual journey

This book explores the deep connections between Augustine and Kierkegaard.

In this book -- the first volume in the Kierkegaard as a Christian Thinker series -- Lee Barrett offers a novel comparative interpretation of early church father Augustine and nineteenth-century philosopher-theologian Soren Kierkegaard. Though these two intellectual giants have been paired by historians of Western culture, the exact nature of their similarities and differences has never before been probed in detail. Barrett demonstrates that on many essential theological levels Augustine and Kierkegaard were more convergent than divergent. Most significantly, their parallels point to a distinctive understanding of the Christian life as a passion for self-giving love. Approaching Kierkegaard through the lens of Augustine, Barrett argues, enables the theme of desire for fulfillment in God to be seen as much more central to Kierkegaard's thought than previously imagined.
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  • Title

    Eros and Self-emptying

  • Author

    Lee C. Barrett

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Eerdmans Publishing Company

  • Published

    November 2013

  • Weight

    600g

  • Page Count

    414

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 22.8 x 2.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780802868053

  • ISBN-10

    0802868053

  • Eden Code

    4258391

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