Augustine and the functions of concupiscence
By: by Timo Nisula
Series: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae -- v. 116
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9789004231689; 9789004233447
Subjects: Lust; Christianity
Description: "....Timo Nisula analyses Augustine's own theological and philosophical concerns in his extensive writings about evil desire (concupiscentia, cupiditas, libido). Beginning with a terminlogical survey of the vocabulary of desire, the book demonstrates how the concept of evil desire was tightly linked with Augustine's fundamental theological views of divine justice, the origina of evil, Christian virtues and graces."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and indexes.