Augustine and modernity /

Hanby, Michael, 1966--

Augustine and modernity / Michael Hanby. - London; New York : Routledge, 2003. - xii,292 p.; 23 cm. - Radical Orthodoxy series .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: Introduction: Thinking with and about Augustine A grim paternity The alleged sins of the father The grand architect and the builders The West that never was: the theological critique Love in the time of avarice: the postmodern critique De Trinitate and the aesthetics of salvation The aesthetics of salvation Delight and the beauty of God The body of Christ and the eros of faith Christology, cosmology and the mechanics of grace On the intelligibility of the Pelagian controversy Pelagianism: a problem of trinitarian theology Creation and the mechanics of grace Augustine's doxological self The subtle triumph of Pelagianism On winning the battle and losing the war Duelling cosmologies Pelagianizing Augustine An Augustinian parody: Decartes and modern stoicism An overlooked chapter in the story of modern origins Why Augustine is not a Cartesian Why Descartes is not Augustinian Postcript: Modernity in Augustinian hindsight

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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Self--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of Doctrines--Early church, 30-600
Philosophy, Modern
Self (Philosophy)--History
Religion and philosophy--History

BT 713 / .H36 2003
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