Includes bibliographical references and index.In Reason, Authority, and the Healing of Desire in the Writings of Augustine, Mark Boone explains Augustine's theology of desire in a cross-section of his writings. He shows that Augustine's writings consistently teach a Platonically informed, yet distinctively Christian, theology of desire.Cover -- Reason, Authority, and the Healing of Desire in the Writings of Augustine -- Reason, Authority, and the Healing of Desire in the Writings of Augustine -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Desire -- The Twin Methods of Reason and Authority -- Augustine and His Modern Readers -- Reason, Authority, and Desire -- Notes -- Part one: Reason -- Chapter 1 -- Defense of the Faith according to Reason -- Manicheanism -- The Prologue: True Religion, the Happy Life, and the Pursuit of Wisdom -- The Problem of Evil: Creation, Sin, and RedemptionWhen Someone Lacking Wisdom Meets an Authority Having It -- The Ascent -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Ethics according to Reason -- The Testimony of Reason -- The Testimony of Authority: Paragraphs 24-40 -- Dialogue with the Manicheans: Paragraphs 41-48 -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Metaphysics and the Problem of Evil according to Reason -- BOOK I: Free Will Is the Cause of Evil -- BOOK II: Free Will Is a Good -- Book III: Whence the Free Will's Turning Away from God? -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- God and the Soul according to Reason -- Soliloquia and De Magistro -- De Magistro's EpistemologyDe Magistro's Theology of Desire -- Notes -- Part Two: Authority -- Chapter 5 -- Defense of the Faith according to Authority -- Defense of the Old Testament -- Why Belief Makes Sense -- Notes -- Chapter 6 -- Ethics according to Authority -- Marriage and Friendship: 1.1 -- What Is Marriage? -- The Goods of Marriage -- Marriage and Augustine's Theology of Desire -- Notes -- Chapter 7 -- Metaphysics and the Problem of Evil according to Authority -- Faith: Reality and Evil -- Faith: Redemption -- Hope and Love -- Notes -- Chapter 8 -- God and the Soul according to AuthorityApologetics, Ethics, Metaphysics, and Desire -- God and the Soul in Confessions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author1 online resourc
