Metaphysics as Mediating Dialogue

"The Way of Humility: Augustine's Theology of Preaching explores how this truth became a new paradigm for understanding the scriptures and thus, how Augustine embodied the virtue in the preaching of the scriptures"--

About the author

Oliva Blanchette (1929-2021) was professor of philosophy at Boston College. Cathal Doherty, SJ, is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco.

Summary

For Augustine, that the Word became flesh transformed a merely human understanding of the virtues and grounds all virtue in humility. The Way of Humility explores how this truth became a new paradigm for understanding the scriptures and thus, how Augustine embodied the virtue in the preaching of the scriptures.

Product details

• Authors: Oliva Blanchette, Charles J. Kim
• Assisted by: Cathal Doherty (Editor)
• Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2023
• EAN: 9780813237398
• ISBN: 978-0-8132-3739-8
• No. of pages: 140
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 512 g
• Series: Studies in Philosophy & the Hi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works