Examining how Augustine reconciled self-love and self-denial in a unified Christian love, this book demonstrates the crucial role that continence played in Augustine's teaching, showing it to be more than an attitude toward sexuality; rather it is the operative mode of Augustininan caritas.
- ISBN10 0268028583
- ISBN13 9780268028589
- Publish Date 1 April 2001
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Notre Dame Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 266
- Language English