Thomas P Harmon

The Universal Way of Salvation in the Thought of Augustine

Herausgeber: Levering, Matthew; Rowland, Tracey

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Produktbeschreibung

"How does Christ's mediation affect the individual human being? And how does that effect on the individual human being's soul relate to the way of salvation that incorporates, in principle, all human beings? Harmon answers both questions by examining Augustine's narration of his own life, and his treatment of the universal way of salvation as it flows among men in society and as it flows through the individual both involve the reconciliation of elements divided by the effects of sin. The healing of divisions among human beings and within human beings, in the thought of Augustine, is effected by the same agency: the redemptive action of the Incarnate Word"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780567712172
• ISBN-10: 0567712176
• Artikelnr.: 73245453

Autorenporträt

Thomas P. Harmon is Professor & Scanlan Foundation Chair in Theology, Directory of the MA in Evangelization & Culture and Associate Director of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: Setting up the Argument about the Universal Way of Salvation
Chapter One: Politics, Perception, and Religion from Republic to Empire
Chapter Two: Religious Universalism in the late Roman Empire and the
Arguments of Porphyry of Tyre
Chapter Three: The Few, the Many, and the Universal Way of Salvation in
Augustine's Early Works
Part Two: Christ's Mediation of the Universal Way of Salvation
Chapter Four: Human Wholeness and the Universal Way of Salvation in the
City of God
Chapter Five: Plato on the Divisions Among Human Beings
Chapter Six: Augustine's Engagement with Platonic Political Philosophy on
Ignorance and Difficulty
Chapter Seven: Augustine's Argument with Porphyry on the Universal Way of
Salvation
Chapter Eight: Christ the Mediator of the Universal Way of Salvation
Chapter Nine: Charity, Justice, and Reconciliation in the Transpolitical
City of God
Part Three: The Universal Way of Salvation and Augustine Himself
Chapter Ten: Human Wholeness in the Confessions
Chapter Eleven: Augustine's Philosophic Ascent
Chapter Twelve: Salvation for the Philosopher and the Non-Philosopher: The
Cases of Victorinus and Antony
Chapter Thirteen: Augustine's Moral and Religious Conversion: Soul and
Body, Few and Many
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index