Editor: Margaret Kamitsuka
Contributing author: John E. Thiel
John Thiel is a contributing author, "Augustine on Eros, Desire, and Sexuality," Chapter 4, pp. 67-82.
The topic of sexuality intersects directly with the most contested historical, theological, and ethical questions of our day. In this edgy yet profound volume, noted scholars and theologians assay the Christian tradition's classic and contemporary understandings of sex, sexuality, and sexual identity.
The project unfolds in three phases: contemporary assessments of the Christian tradition, new thinking about eros and being human religiously, and new perspectives on classic mysteries in light of eros and embodiment.
Thiel, John E. “Augustine on Desire, Passion, and Sexuality,” in The Embrace of Eros: Bodies, Passion, and Sexuality in Christianity. Ed. Margaret Kamitsuka. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2010, 67-82.
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