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6 - Sin and Concupiscence

from Part II - Main Themes and Topics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2020

By
Johannes van Oort
Edited by
Tarmo Toom
Tarmo Toom
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Summary

Analyzing the work book by book, this essay discusses the many aspects of sin and concupiscence in Augustine’s “Confessions.” It leads to the conclusion that confessio in the sense of confession of sexual sins is an essential feature of the title and contents of Augustine’s most famous writing.

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sinconcupiscencelibidohomoerotic feelings
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The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions' , pp. 92 - 106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Beatrice, P. F. The Transmission of Sin: Augustine and the Pre-Augustinian Sources, trans. Kamesar, A.. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bonner, G. “Concupiscentia.” In Augustinus-Lexikon, ed. Mayer, C. (Basel: Schwabe, 1986–), vol. 1, 1113–1122.Google Scholar
Cipriani, N. “Libido.” In Augustinus-Lexikon, ed. Mayer, C. (Basel: Schwabe, 1986–), vol. 3, 981–985.Google Scholar
Couenhoven, J. “St. Augustine’s Doctrine of Original Sin,” Augustinian Studies 36 (2005) 359–396.Google Scholar
Nisula, T. Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence. Supplement to Vigiliae Christianae 116. Leiden: Brill, 2012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
O’Donnell, J. J. Augustine: Confessions. Oxford: Clarendon, 1992 (reprint 2012), three vols.Google Scholar
Van Oort, J. “Augustine and Mani on Concupiscentia Sexualis.” In Augustiniana Traiectina. Communications présentées au Colloque International d’Utrecht, 13–14 novembre 1986, eds. den Boeft, J. and van Oort, J.. Paris: Études Augustiniennes 1987, 137–152.Google Scholar
Van Oort, J. “Augustine on Sexual Concupiscence and Original Sin.” Studia Patristica 22 (1989), 382–386.Google Scholar
Van Oort, J. “Was Julian Right? A Re-Evaluation of Augustine’s and Mani’s Doctrines of Sexual Concupiscence and the Transmission of Sin.” Journal of Early Christian History 6 (2016), 111–125.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Van Oort, J. “Sin and Concupiscence in Augustine’s Confessions: An Analytical Overview of the Relevant Texts and Some Conclusions.” Augustiniana 68 (2018), 193–207.Google Scholar

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  • Sin and Concupiscence
  • Edited by Tarmo Toom, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions'
  • Online publication: 22 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108672405.009
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  • Sin and Concupiscence
  • Edited by Tarmo Toom, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions'
  • Online publication: 22 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108672405.009
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  • Sin and Concupiscence
  • Edited by Tarmo Toom, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions'
  • Online publication: 22 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108672405.009
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