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On Faith, Works, Eternity and the Creatures We Are

On Faith, Works, Eternity and the Creatures We Are

Barbera, André

Paperback

Series: Reading Augustine

PhilosophyReligion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 1501356062
ISBN13: 9781501356063
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jan 23 2020
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

In this volume André Barbera considers the question of faith, how an individual may act faithfully, and what good (if any) is faithful action. Drawing on the letters of the Apostle Paul and the work of philosophical thinkers such as S ren Kierkegaard, Barbera explores numerous aspects of faithful living, from religion, original sin, and tests of faith, to the power of prayer, and even the concept of atheism.

In particular, Barbera formulates a postulate drawn from Augustine's Confessions: God is not bound by time. The person of faith, however, is enslaved by time. Augustine's expression faith seeking understanding stakes the claim, but the mode of faith and the end of faith are inherently contradictory. The faithful person waits in pursuit, choking. Works, the anxiety of faith, ensue.

Barbera concludes that the person of faith engages in endless trial, struggle, and contradiction, but in so doing attempts to produce a meaningful life.

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