Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Confessions
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Confessions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Circumstances of Composition
- Part II Main Themes and Topics
- 4 Aversion and Conversion
- 5 Creation and Recreation
- 6 Sin and Concupiscence
- 7 Grace
- 8 God
- 9 Happiness and Friendship
- 10 Love, Will, and the Intellectual Ascents
- 11 Memory, Eternity, and Time
- 12 Philosophy
- 13 Pride and Humility
- 14 Soul, Self, and Interiority
- Part III Reception and Reading Strategies
- A Bibliographical Note
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series (continued from page ii)
- References
6 - Sin and Concupiscence
from Part II - Main Themes and Topics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2020
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Confessions
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Confessions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Circumstances of Composition
- Part II Main Themes and Topics
- 4 Aversion and Conversion
- 5 Creation and Recreation
- 6 Sin and Concupiscence
- 7 Grace
- 8 God
- 9 Happiness and Friendship
- 10 Love, Will, and the Intellectual Ascents
- 11 Memory, Eternity, and Time
- 12 Philosophy
- 13 Pride and Humility
- 14 Soul, Self, and Interiority
- Part III Reception and Reading Strategies
- A Bibliographical Note
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
Analyzing the work book by book, this essay discusses the many aspects of sin and concupiscence in Augustine’s “Confessions.” It leads to the conclusion that confessio in the sense of confession of sexual sins is an essential feature of the title and contents of Augustine’s most famous writing.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions' , pp. 92 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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Further Reading
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Bonner, G. “Concupiscentia.” In Augustinus-Lexikon, ed. Mayer, C. (Basel: Schwabe, 1986–), vol. 1, 1113–1122.Google Scholar
Cipriani, N. “Libido.” In Augustinus-Lexikon, ed. Mayer, C. (Basel: Schwabe, 1986–), vol. 3, 981–985.Google Scholar
Couenhoven, J. “St. Augustine’s Doctrine of Original Sin,” Augustinian Studies 36 (2005) 359–396.Google Scholar
Nisula, T. Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence. Supplement to Vigiliae Christianae 116. Leiden: Brill, 2012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
O’Donnell, J. J. Augustine: Confessions. Oxford: Clarendon, 1992 (reprint 2012), three vols.Google Scholar
Van Oort, J. “Augustine and Mani on Concupiscentia Sexualis.” In Augustiniana Traiectina. Communications présentées au Colloque International d’Utrecht, 13–14 novembre 1986, eds. den Boeft, J. and van Oort, J.. Paris: Études Augustiniennes 1987, 137–152.Google Scholar
Van Oort, J. “Augustine on Sexual Concupiscence and Original Sin.” Studia Patristica 22 (1989), 382–386.Google Scholar
Van Oort, J. “Was Julian Right? A Re-Evaluation of Augustine’s and Mani’s Doctrines of Sexual Concupiscence and the Transmission of Sin.” Journal of Early Christian History 6 (2016), 111–125.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Van Oort, J. “Sin and Concupiscence in Augustine’s Confessions: An Analytical Overview of the Relevant Texts and Some Conclusions.” Augustiniana 68 (2018), 193–207.Google Scholar
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