Discerning the good in the letters and sermons of Augustine / Joseph Clair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clair, Joseph, 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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : 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:

Cover; Discerning the Good in the Letters and Sermons of Augustine; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Texts and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: Degrees of Good; 1.1. The Classification of Goods in Augustine; 1.2. The Ancient Debate; 1.3. Augustine and The Ancient Debate; 1.3.1. De libero arbitrio 1-2; 1.3.2. Letter 140 to Honoratus; Interlude: Augustinian Oikeiosis ; 2: Household Goods; 2.1. The Goods of Marriage and Celibacy; 2.1.1. Augustineś Correspondence with the Household of Proba; 2.2. Ranking the Goods of Marriage and Celibacy; 3: Public Goods

3.1. Public Office as a Temporal Good3.1.1. The Health of the Commonwealth: Augustineś Correspondence with Marcellinus; 3.2. The Goods of War and Peace: Augustineś Correspondence with Boniface; 3.3. The Belt of an Earthly Judge: Augustineś Correspondence with Macedonius; 3.3.1. The Duty of Love: Letter 153 to Macedonius; 3.3.2. Letter 155 to Macedonius; 4: Private Goods; 4.1. Uncertain Riches: Augustineś Advice on Wealth; 4.2. Heavenly Inheritance: Levels of Motivation; 4.3. Christ in the Poor; 5: Eternal Goods; 5.1. Letter 220 to Boniface; 5.2. A Failed Pursuit: Letter 262 to Ecdicia

5.3. The Perfection of the Political Virtues: Letter 155 to Macedonius5.3.1. True Piety; 5.4. The Twofold Return to God: Praise and Love; 5.4.1. God as the Source of Virtue; 5.4.2. God, the Object of Everyoneś Desire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-107522-1

0-19-181767-8

0-19-107521-3