Augustines Preaching and the Healing of Desire in the Enarrationes - in Psalmo

In Augustine's Preaching and the Healing of Desire in the Enarrationes in Psalmos, Mark J. Boone shows how Augustine expressed a Platonically informed yet distinctively Christian theology of desire, focused on the unity of Christ and the church, in these remarkable sermons and commentaries on the Psalms.

List of contents

Introduction
Abbreviations
Chapter One: Christology and Desire
Chapter Two: Ecclesiology and Desire
Chapter Three: Happiness, Well-being, and Desire
Chapter Four: Eschatology and Desire
Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Mark J. Boone is assistant professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Product details

• Authors: Mark J. Boone
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781793612021
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-202-1
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Judaism, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts, Judaism: theology