On the Two Wills: Augustine against Agonism toward Peace

• Main Author: Clemmons, Thomas R. (auth)
• Other Authors: Dupont, Anthony (Editor), Eguiarte Bendímez, Enrique (Editor), Alberto Villabona Vargas, Carlos (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Editorial Uniagustiniana 2019
• Subjects: Christian theology; Biblical studies & exegesis; Augustine; Manichaeism; Confessions; consuetudo peace; the will
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This essay examines Augustine's critique of a hermeneutic of agonism in relation to his consideration of the Manichaean notion of the two souls, as well as his discussion of the two wills in the Confessions. The essay treats these dimensions as found in his early works De Genesi contra Manichae...