De Doctrina Christiana

Boeft, J. den; Augustine,; Green, R. P. H.

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“…302–6). This judgment ignores, however, the complex relation Augustine sees in his seminal work On Christian Doctrine (1995, 1.39–85) between use ( uti ) and enjoyment ( frui ). The same item or being may simultaneously be used and enjoyed.…”

Section: Rereading Theological Traditionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Animals in Christian Theology

Grumett

2011

Religion Compass

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Animals appear to have been pushed to the margins of Christian theology. Andrew Linzey's pioneering animal theology remedied this but now requires further development. Deeper readings are needed of historical theologians like Thomas Aquinas and Augustine on the topics of reason, rights and analogy. Physiologus and later Christian bestiaries must be mined in order to show how animals and other sentient beings, both real and mythical, image Christ and Christian virtues. Furthermore, present-day forms of animal-human relationality, including pet ownership and meateating, need to be appraised theologically. The result, achieved via close textual reading, constructive synthesis and interdisciplinary engagement, will be a theological re-evaluation of animals and other sentient beings as moral agents and theological sources.

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Section: Rereading Theological Traditionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Animals in Christian Theology

Grumett

2011

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“…What determines whether amor (love) becomes caritas (charity, affection, benevolence, favour) or cupiditas (lust, desire, passion, ambition) depends upon the intention towards an object. In his De Doctrina Christiana, Augustine (1996) summed up the Bible's teaching in this way: 'scripture enjoins nothing but love, and censures nothing but lust, and moulds men's minds accordingly ' (p. 149). From an Augustinian perspective, therefore, charity is to be understood as moral obligation and not just as mere emotional response.…”

Section: Augustine and A Just Warmentioning

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Rivalry and its antidote in charity: Lessons from the crucifixion for wars and rumours of wars

Durward

2015

Journal of International Political Theory

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According to anthropologist, René Girard, the crucifixion of Jesus acts as an antidote to rivalry and scapegoating through revelation of the innocence of the victim. This article assumes an Augustinian perspective to argue that this revelation calls for something more than a response of peace in the face of rivalry and spiralling violence. The death of Jesus was not an act of peace but an act of charity in the form of sacrifice for peace with justice. This article argues that charity is an under-appreciated virtue in the Just War tradition, yet it is the perfect antidote to the rivalry that both provokes and characterises war.

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“…As Mary continues, she enumerates the psalms' virtues, using what Augustine calls a 'most attractive' feature of the mixed style, where 'there is a graceful flow of phrases each duly balanced by other phrases'. 27 She proclaims: Exhibiting the 'behold and see' conventions discussed above, Mary's speech points to her own reading of the psalms as an example of the proper course of action for those in search of mercy, knowledge, or comfort, all of which were benefits of the earlier flowering wand episode. Mary's enumeration of the psalter's virtues becomes practically encyclopedic.…”

Section: Et Clamant Omnes 'Mercy! Mercy!'mentioning

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‘Here may we se a merveyl one’: Miracles and the Psalter in the N-Town ‘Marriage of Mary and Joseph’

Napolitano

2015

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<p>A major theme of the N-Town ‘Marriage of Mary and Joseph’ is its characters’ ability to interpret religious truths by interacting with scripture or witnessing miracles. Mary’s reading of her psalter at the play’s ending comments upon the episode in which the miraculous ‘flowering wand’ identifies Joseph as Mary’s future husband. The play privileges scripture reading as a method of attaining knowledge as the psalter’s salvific power supplants the miracle of the flowering branch as a source of virtue and mercy; yet the play also affirms images like the wand flowering and Mary reading as devotional icons.</p>

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De Doctrina Christiana

Cited by 152 publications

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Animals in Christian Theology

Animals in Christian Theology

Rivalry and its antidote in charity: Lessons from the crucifixion for wars and rumours of wars

‘Here may we se a merveyl one’: Miracles and the Psalter in the N-Town ‘Marriage of Mary and Joseph’

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