Resisting Idolatry and Instrumentalisation in Loving the Neighbour: The Significance of the Pilgrimage Motif for Augustine’s Usus–Fruitio Distinction

This article addresses Augustine’s distinction between usus and fruitio—and O’Donovan’s critique of it—in order to consider the dangers of disordered love in the forms of idolatry and instrumentalisation in neighbourly relations on earth. Examining the christological heart of the pilgrimage image as...

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Main Author: Stewart-Kroeker, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2014
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 202-221
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Christology
B Pilgrimage
B O’Donovan
B De doctrina christiana
B use and enjoyment
B Neighbour-love
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