Schlabach, Gerald.

For the joy set before us : Augustine and self-denying love / Gerald W. Schlabach. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2001. - xxiv, 266 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-249) and index.

The problem of self-denial -- The structure of Augustinian caritas -- The grammar of Augustinian continence -- Augustinian continence as a response to the gospel imperative -- The judgment of Augustinian continence -- Sustaining self-denial.

0268028583 (alk. paper)

00010689


Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.


Self-denial.
Love--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BV4647.S4 / S35 2001

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