Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae: Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life and Language)

Nisula, Timo

Brill Academic Pub（2012/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 419 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004231689
• DDC分類 233.4

基本説明

Offers a comprehensive analysis of Augustine's developing views of sinful desire. The book demonstrates how and why concupiscence became such a pregnant concept in Augustine's theology and philosophy.

Full Description

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.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Language of Desire
3. Paradise and Punishment
4. The Root and Matrix of Sin
5. Concupiscentia and Philosophical Traditions of Emotions
6. Grace and Renewal - The Domestication of Concupiscentia
7. Conclusion
8. Bibliography