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Discerning the good in the letters and sermons of Augustine / Joseph Clair.
LIBRA BR65.A9 C53 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clair, Joseph Allan, 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
- Augustine.
- Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Good and evil.
- Apologetics--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Apologetics.
- History.
- Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 190 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- This study considers Augustine's ethics as revealed in his sermons and letters, in which we can see the application of his moral vision in the advice given to his congregation and community.
- Contents:
- Degrees of good
- Interlude: Augustinian Oikeiōsis
- Household goods
- Public goods
- Private goods
- Eternal goods.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-183) and index.
- ISBN:
- 019875776X
- 9780198757764
- OCLC:
- 920725008
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