On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement, and the Vulnerable Christ
«It takes great philosophical tact and a pastor's humility to be able to enter into the troubled waters of self-hatred and find there the wreckage, still salvageable, of a lost love. David Meconi possesses tact and humility in abundance, and he writes beautifully on behalf of “those who want to disappear” (desiderantibus evanescere). By his Augustinian lights, that is, at some time or another, just about all of us.»
James Wetzel, Villanova University, USA
On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ explores St. Augustine of Hippo's theology of sin, described as various forms of self-loathing and self-destruction, in addition to sin's antidote, a vulnerable relationship with the crucified Christ. Les mer
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Meconi traces the phenomena of self-destruction and self-loathing from Augustine to today. In particular, he focuses in on how self-love can turn to self-harm, and the need to provide salvage for such woundedness by surrendering to Christ, showing how Augustine's theology of sin and salvation is still crucially applicable in contemporary life and societies.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Bloomsbury Academic USA
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 184
- ISBN
- 9781501326233
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
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«It takes great philosophical tact and a pastor's humility to be able to enter into the troubled waters of self-hatred and find there the wreckage, still salvageable, of a lost love. David Meconi possesses tact and humility in abundance, and he writes beautifully on behalf of “those who want to disappear” (desiderantibus evanescere). By his Augustinian lights, that is, at some time or another, just about all of us.»
James Wetzel, Villanova University, USA