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Eros and self-emptying : the intersections of Augustine and Kierkegaard / Lee C. Barrett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barrett, Lee C.
- Series:
- Kierkegaard as a Christian thinker
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
- Augustine.
- Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
- Kierkegaard, Søren.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 414 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Eros and self emptying
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [2013]
- Summary:
- Lee Barrett's Eros and Self-Emptying-the inaugural volume in the Kierkegaard as a Christian Thinker series-offers a novel, nuanced comparative study of early church father Augustine and nineteenth-century philosopher-theologian Søren Kierkegaard. Never before have these two seminal thinkers been probed together in such detail and with such insight. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1 Setting the stage: two pilgrims on the way home
- Kierkegaard's tensive picture of Augustine
- Augustine's restless heart and Kierkegaard's desire for an eternal happiness
- Augustine and Kierkegaard on the road: life as a journey
- Pt. 2 Signposts on the journey: specific theological intersections of Augustine and Kierkegaard
- God: the attraction and repulsion of boundless love
- Sin: culpable action and corrupt state
- God's gracious response to sin: the enigma of divine sovereignty and human responsibility
- Christology: the allure of lowliness
- Salvation: faithful love and loving faith
- The church: a parting of the ways?
- Conclusion: two edifying theologies of self-giving.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0802868053
- OCLC:
- 857850103
- Publisher Number:
- 99957457789
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