The betrayal of charity : the sins that sabotage divine love / Matthew Levering.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levering, Matthew, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charity.

Sin--Christianity.

Sin.

Love--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Love.

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Love was at one time a powerfully unifying force among Christians. In his letters, Paul consistently evokes charity as the avenue to both human and divine communion. If the magnitude of charity was of the upmost importance to early Christians, so were those sins that aimed to distract Christians from acting based on love. Taking seriously the efforts of Paul, and later Thomas Aquinas, to expose and root out the sins against charity, Matthew Levering reclaims the centrality of love for moral, and in fact all, theology.As Levering argues, the practice of charity leads to inner joy

Contents:

Is charity violent?

Hatred and the God of Israel

Sloth and the joy of resurrection

Envy and God-reliance

Discord, contention, and ecclesial peace

Schism and liturgical mediation

War and the interpretation of Scripture

Scandal, scapegoats, and spiritual downfall.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781602583559

1602583552

OCLC:

769189748