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Zusatztext It gives a deeper insight into some of the basic themes of his thinking, such as compassion, healing, suffering, and emotional life. The text is well-structured and covers a wide range of primary and secondary references. Informationen zum Autor Susan Wessel is the James H. and Mary F. Moran Professor of the History of Early Christianity at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. She studied music history and theory at Smith College and law and divinity at Harvard University before receiving her PhD in religion from Columbia University. An expert in Patristics and the early Christian world, she is the author of several books, including Passion and Compassion in Early Christianity (Cambridge, 2016). Zusammenfassung Reading Augustine presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religion scholars.Augustine of Hippo knew that this fallen world is a place of sadness and suffering. In such a world, he determined that compassion is the most suitable and virtuous response. Its transformative powers could be accessed through the mind and its memories, through the healing of the Incarnation, and through the discernment of Christians who are forced to navigate through a corrupt and deceptive world. Susan Wessel considers Augustine’s theology of compassion by examining his personal experience of loss and his reflections concerning individual and corporate suffering in the context of the human condition and salvation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations 1. Provocation 2. Sadness 3. Suffering4. Remembering5. Healing6. Accommodation Bibliography
