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The Conversion and Therapy of Desire: Augustine's Theology of Desire in the Cassiciacum Dialogues

The Conversion and Therapy of Desire: Augustine's Theology of Desire in the Cassiciacum Dialogues

Boone, Mark J.

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Religion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 0227176669
ISBN13: 9780227176665
Publisher: James Clarke Company
Published: Aug 31 2017
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.91 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
An exploration of St Augustine's insights into human desire and happiness, as revealed by his earliest theological writings.

The first fruits of the literary career of St Augustine, the great theologian and Christian philosopher par excellence, are the dialogues he wrote at Cassiciacum in Italy following his famous conversion in Milan in AD 386. These four little books, largely neglected by scholars, take up the ancient philosophical project of identifying the principles and practices that heal human desires in order to attain happiness, renewing this philosophical endeavour with insights from Christian theology. Augustine's later books, such as the Confessions, would continue this project of healing desire, as would the writings of others including Boethius, Anselm, and Aquinas. Mark J. Boone's The Conversion and Therapy of Desire investigates the roots of this project at Cassiciacum, where Augustine is developing a Christian theology of desire, informed by Neoplatonism but transformed by Christian teaching and practices.

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