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Augustine''s theology of sin and grace, and the controversies that surround those topics. More specifically, Jesse Couenhoven offers: (1) A work of historical theology that (i) clarifies what Augustine''s doctrine of original sin really is, and implies; and (ii) provides a novel reading of Augustine''s understanding of free will and responsibility by attending to the often misunderstood discussions of grace and sin in his later works; (2) A work of moral philosophy and theology that, with some help from psychology, investigates (i) the implications of the doctrine of original sin for our beliefs about free will, responsibility, and the moral implications of disease; (ii) the moral reasons one might reasonably have for considering the idea of original sin unjust; (iii) how an Augustinian might now defend the notion that one can be responsible for an inherited and involuntary original sin, or under the influence of a necessitating grace; and (iv) why one might want to appropriate doctrines as seemingly problematic as these. Thus, this is a normative work of philosophical theology, one that critically appropriates ideas central to an influential and controversial figure and doctrine, in conversation with expert readers of Augustine, recent philosophical treatments of free will and responsibility, and a broad array of theological voices, especially recent feminist approaches to sin.
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