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For the joy set before us : Augustine and self-denying love / Gerald W. Schlabach.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2001.Description: xxiv, 266 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0268028583
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 241/.4 21
LOC classification:
  • BV4647.S4 S35 2001
Contents:
1. The Problem of Self-Denial -- 2. The Structure of Augustinian Caritas -- 3. The Grammar of Augustinian Continence -- 4. Augustinian Continence as a Response to the Gospel Imperative -- 5. The Judgment of Augustinian Continence -- 6. Sustaining Self-Denial.
Review: "Age-old debates over self-love and self-denial continue in the Christian community. Many regard self-love as incompatible with the self-sacrifice of Christ. Others, especially feminists and liberation theologians, contest the notion that self-sacrifice is the test of authentic Christian love. The resolution to this dilemma, argues Gerald Schlabach, lies with St. Augustine.".Summary: "In this book, Schlabach examines how Augustine reconciled self-love and self-denial in a unified Christian love. He demonstrates the crucial role that continence played in Augustine's teaching. It is much more than an attitude toward sexuality. Rather, it is the operative mode of Augustinian caritas."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-249) and index.

1. The Problem of Self-Denial -- 2. The Structure of Augustinian Caritas -- 3. The Grammar of Augustinian Continence -- 4. Augustinian Continence as a Response to the Gospel Imperative -- 5. The Judgment of Augustinian Continence -- 6. Sustaining Self-Denial.

"Age-old debates over self-love and self-denial continue in the Christian community. Many regard self-love as incompatible with the self-sacrifice of Christ. Others, especially feminists and liberation theologians, contest the notion that self-sacrifice is the test of authentic Christian love. The resolution to this dilemma, argues Gerald Schlabach, lies with St. Augustine.".

"In this book, Schlabach examines how Augustine reconciled self-love and self-denial in a unified Christian love. He demonstrates the crucial role that continence played in Augustine's teaching. It is much more than an attitude toward sexuality. Rather, it is the operative mode of Augustinian caritas."--BOOK JACKET.

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