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On compassion, healing, suffering, and the purpose of the emotional life / Susan Wessel.

Author/creator Wessel, Susan author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Copyright Notice ©2020
Descriptionx, 163 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
Christian ethics.
Compassion--Religious aspects --Christianity.
Healing--Religious aspects --Christianity.
Suffering--Religious aspects --Christianity.
Theology--History --Early church, ca. 30-600.
Series Reading Augustine
Reading Augustine. ^A1350482
Contents Provocation -- Sadness -- Suffering -- Remembering -- Healing -- Accommodation.
Abstract Susan Wessel considers Augustine's theology of compassion by examining his personal experience of loss and his reflections concerning individual and corporate suffering in the context of the human condition and salvation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
ISBN9781501344527
ISBN1501344536
ISBN9781501344534
ISBN1501344528

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