Introduction -- God and those made to become like God -- Becoming God without God? -- Those pears : sin as self-sabotage -- Narcissism and the paradox of self-love -- Atonement and the vulnerable Christ -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"'On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ' explores St. Augustine of Hippo's theology of sin, described as various forms of self-loathing and self-destruction, in addition to sin's antidote, a vulnerable relationship with the crucified Christ. Incorporating recent thinking on self-destruction and self-loathing into his reading of Augustine, David Vincent Meconi explores why we are not only allured by sin, but will actually destroy ourselves to attain it, even when that sin will bring us no true pleasure."-- Back cover.
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