Love Wins! An Autobiographical Soteriology I became a Christian in what is perhaps one of the most non-religious places in the world: the drama department at New York University. NYU is a place where there is great passion for progressive social and political change‚ but where any question about religion is most often answered with the standard response‚ “I’m spiritual‚ but not religious‚” which can usually be interpreted as meaning that the one questioned smokes pot and listens to Bob
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sense‚ but is rather an autobiographical framework for a religious‚ moral‚ theological‚ and philosophical text1. Augustine explores the nature of God and sin within the context of a Christian man’s life. The work can thus be viewed as both a discursive document and a subjective personal story. It is one of the most influential books in the Catholic religion‚ apart from the Bible. Augustine wrote of his life and education up until the point of his conversion. After his conversion‚ he focused (as‚ he
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this happiness be lost? Augustine answers these questions by the notion of one’s “chief good.” He explains that a man’s chief good is the reason behind all happiness. If one is not happy‚ it is because they have not found their chief good‚ and therefore cannot be happy until they find it (Augustine 264-267). “Happiness is in the enjoyment of man’s chief good. Two conditions of the chief good: 1st‚ Nothing is better than it; 2nd‚ it cannot be lost against the will” (Augustine 264-267). As human beings
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Park The differences in Outlook on Education between Augustine and Boethius In St. Augustine’s Confessions‚ Augustine views education as a tool which could be used for good or for wickedness. In The Consolation of Philosophy‚ Boethius sees education as a tool to conceive of knowledge of God that comes from within. I argue that two writers differ in their beliefs regarding the connection between education and happiness. St. Augustine views the good and evil duality of education while Boethius
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father have sinned. The definition given by the Catholic Encyclopedia is: "(1) the sin that Adam committed; (2) a consequence of this first sin‚ the hereditary stain with which we are born on account of our origin or descent from Adam."# Saint Augustine was the fundamental theologian in the formulation of this doctrine‚ which states that the essentially graceless nature of humanity requires redemption to save it. The purpose of Baptism is to wash away original sin and to restore the individual to
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with the issue of evil considering the existence of God. The theodicy problem arises from the notion that if God is an omnipotent and just being‚ then why is there evil in the world? Could it be that God is the creator of the evil within the world? Augustine reflects on these topics not only in a Socratic manner‚ but also displays elements of Socrates in his personal philosophy. The Socratic method can be broken down into two major components: the ‘developing of the logos’ stage and the ‘conclusion’
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Theology 101.06 10/14/2015 The bible describes the story of creation‚ but does not share how evil entered the world. In book II of Confessions‚ Saint Augustine tries to answer this question. Through Augustine’s life journey‚ he analyzes his own sins and comes to understand the origin of evil. In the second book of Confessions‚ Saint Augustine recounts sins from his past to try to explain where sin comes from. He tells the story of a theft he and his friends committed when they were young: Close
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Over Thanksgiving break I attended The St. Louis Art Museum‚ or SLAM‚ as it is affectionately known by the locals. I focused on the Later European Art‚ especially from the Netherlands‚ because I find it captivating and unique. The first painting I studied was called Peasants Dancing in a Tavern by Adriaen van Ostade. The artwork was done in 1659 in the Netherlands as a genre scene. It shows a tavern scene in which peasants are dancing‚ drinking‚ singing and playing cards. It is a unique example
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information on God and evil‚ Augustine grew to realize that the concept of evil (or Dark‚ as described in the paper) contradicts the idea of God. This is established with the concept that God is all-powerful‚ and yet evil still exists. If God is indeed all-present‚ then should he not be capable of ridding the world of Evil? How could He allow for such darkness to exist?
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Does humanity triumph over evil? Based on The Stanford Experiment‚ an experiment where twenty four undergraduates were put in a prison‚ taking on the roles of prisoners and guards‚ it clearly shows that humanity does not triumph over evil (YouTube‚ 2005). Normal people can show their true evil when put in stressful situations. In the documentary‚ the guards took the power to their heads and became mean and mentally abused the prisoners. The "good" guards also did not stop the "evil" guards from
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