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St.Augustine on Marriage and Sexuality (Paperback)
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St.Augustine on Marriage and Sexuality (Paperback)
Series: Selections from the Fathers of the Church
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Loot Price R561
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Augustine of Hippo (b. A.D. 354) is considered the single most
influential theologian in the history of the Church in the West.
Among his many contributions, Augustine developed a sexual ethic
that became decisive for all later teachings in the Christian West
on issues of marriage, reproduction, and sexuality. Some of the
most significant and representative passages on marriage and
sexuality from his works are presented here. They recount
Augustine's own struggle with sexuality, and stress the important
role it played in his conversion to Christianity as well as its
influence on his theological principles later in life. The passages
in this collection are divided into four chapters which document
the chronological development of Augustine's sexual ethic. The
first chapter includes passages that pertain to Augustine's own
life and illustrate some of his positive and negative models of
marital relation. The second chapter recounts Augustine's responses
to the Manichean teachings on the body, reproduction, and marriage,
mostly from his early years as a Christian. The third chapter
contains passages marking Augustine's reaction to the ascetic
debates within late fourth-century Latin Christianity. And,
finally, the fourth chapter illustrates Augustine's mature sexual
and marital ethic, which he elaborated in the midst of--and in
reaction to--arguments with Pelagian writers. In a separate
introduction, Elizabeth Clark sets the development of Augustine's
thought within the context of his own intellectual biography and
views it against the background of related issues and movements in
the late fourth and early fifth centuries, such as Manichaeism,
Jovinianism, and Pelagianism. The selections she presents here
offer a comprehensive and uncommonly well-balanced picture of
Augustine and his work. St. Augustine on Marriage and Sexuality is
the first in a projected series of volumes on various themes found
in the writings of the church fathers. ABOUT THE EDITOR: Elizabeth
Clark is John Carlisle Kilgo Professor of Religion at Duke
University. She is a past president of the American Academy of
Religion and the North American Patristic Society, and a member of
the editoral board of the Fathers of the Church series.
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