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dc.contributor.advisor | Kroeker, Travis P. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Westerholm, Martin | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T16:47:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T16:47:05Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2011-06-06 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2009-08 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/4557 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 5575 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 2048022 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/9433 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>This thesis offers a close reading of Augustine's <em>De Trinitate </em>that is aimed at addressing the vexed question of the unity of the work. The most influential 20<sup>th</sup> century interpretation of <em>De Trinitate</em> holds that Augustine moves from a theological examination of the nature of the Trinity based on scripture to a philosophical investigation based on the structure of the human mind. This interpretation has led to the misconceptions that Augustine espouses a form of natural theology and separates theological doctrine from the concerns of the practical life. This thesis shows that <em>De Trinitate</em> is unified around the methodological rule that only the mind that loves God is capable of knowing him. This means, first, that Augustine's procedure is improperly characterized as natural theology; and, second, that, in making love a prerequisite for, and means to, knowledge of God, the ethical question of the ordering of love is inseparable from doctrinal concerns. This thesis shows that <em>De Trinitate</em> offers a coherent and compelling moral ontology in which the perceived tensions in Augustine's theology of love can be reconciled.</p> | en_US |
dc.subject | Religion | en_US |
dc.subject | Religion | en_US |
dc.title | Love and the Knowledge of God in Augustine's De Trinitate | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Religious Studies | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
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