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  • Augustine and Psychology

    Series series Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation
    The essays in Augustine and Psychology, edited by Sandra Lee Dixon, John Doody, and Kim Paffenroth, relate St. Augustine to the modern theory and practice of psychology in several ways. The contributors analyze Augustine’s own examination of himself (and occasionally others) to see to what extent he himself was a “doctor” or practiced “therapy” in ways that we can recognize and appreciate; they ... Read more

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  • On Creativity, Liberty, Love and the Beauty of the Law

    Series series Reading Augustine
    Reading Augustine presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars.Todd Breyfogle's On Creativity, Liberty, Love and the Beauty of the Law introduces readers to Augustine's understanding of law as an arena in which the possibilities of creative freedom are reconciled with the needs of natural and civil order. It places Augustine's ... Read more

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  • Augustine and Politics

    Series series Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation
    The study of Augustine's political teachings has suffered from a history of misreadings, both ancient and modern. It is only in recent years that the traditional lines of "Augustinian pessimism" have been opened to question. Scholars have begun to explore the broader lines of Augustine's political thought in his letters and sermons, and thus have been able to place his classic text, The City of ... Read more

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