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On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement, and the Vulnerable Christ
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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. Incorporating recent thinking on self-destruction and self-loathing into his reading of Augustine, David Vincent Meconi explores why we are not only allured by sin, but will actually destroy ourselves to attain it, even when we are all too well aware that this sin will bring us no true, lasting pleasure. 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.
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INDEX
Note: Locators with letter ‘n’ refer to notes.
Abraham here
Absolute Being here, here
acceptance here, here, here
Adam and Eve here, here, here, here, here, here–here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here–here, here, here
agency here, here, here, here, here
alienation vii, here–here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Alypius here–here, here
Ambrose here–here, here
Annunciation here
Answer to Julian (Augustine) here–here
Arius here–here
Ascension here
asceticism here–here, here
Athanasius of Alexandria here
Athenagoras of Athens here
Atlantic Monthly, The here
atonement here, here, here, here–here
identification here–here
incorporation here–here
transformation here–here
Auerbach, Eric here
Augustine and the Cure of Souls (Kolbet) here
Augustinian Rule here
autonomy here–here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
baptism here, here, here
Basil the Great here
Bataille, George here
beauty here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Blondel, Maurice here
brokennes...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Dedication Page
- Forword
- Abbrevation and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- God and Those Made to Become Like God
- Becoming God without God?
- Those Pears: Sin as Self-Sabotage
- Narcissism and the Paradox of Self-Love
- Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ
- conclusion
- Further Reading
- Index
- Copyright