To Die For: Bodies, Pleasures, and the Young Augustine

The perennial human need to ground the self in something greater than itself takes many forms. This paper explores several values that are often considered worth dying for, from one's country or religion, to - among the many that are often advocated in contemporary Western societies - one'...

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Main Author: Miles, Margaret R. 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Villanova Univ. Press [2017]
In: Augustinian studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 48, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 93-103
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBC Doctrine of God
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Augustinus, Aurelius Saint (354-430) Confessiones
B Human Sexuality
B Western Society
B Pleasure
B AUGUSTINE, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430
B God
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