Saint Augustine & The Fall Of The Soul

by Rombs, Ronnie J.

• ISBN13: 9780813214368
• ISBN10: 081321436X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-22
• Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

Summary

"Saint Augustine and the Fall of the Soul: Beyond O'Connell and His Critics provides first a critical examination of O'Connell's theses in a readable summary of his work that spanned over thirty years. Secondly, a diachronic study of Augustine's writings traces the development of his understanding of the soul's fall, mapping the limits of Plotinus's influence."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Ronnie J. Rombs is assistant professor of theology at St. Joseph Seminary College in Louisiana.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Relevant Works of Augustine	xi
A Note on Translations	xiii
Introduction	xv
Part I. Robert O'Connell and the Soul's Fall in Augustine
Behind the Question	3	(20)
Robert O'Connell on the Fall of Soul in Augustine	23	(19)
The Hallmarks of Plotinus's Doctrine of Soul in the Young Augustine	42	(25)
Robert O'Connell on Augustine's Rejection of the Fall of Soul	67	(24)
Robert O'Connell on Augustine's Final Theory of Man	91	(18)
Part II. The Fall of Soul as a Psychology of Sin
Augustine's Early Assimilation of Plotinus	109	(26)
The Narrowing of the Plotinian Assimilation	135	(28)
The Origin of the Soul in the Late Augustine	163	(18)
Solidarity with Adam and Augustine's Later Anthropology	181	(26)
Conclusion	207	(8)
Bibliography	215	(12)
Index	227