w/Sincerity, Part I: The Drama of the Will from Augustine to Milton
Studies of secularism and modern selfhood locate a transition in the early modern period toward the moral explanatory power of the self, by itself. In this essay, I challenge this view first by locating a distinct form of moral autonomy (sincerely sinning) in the work of Augustine, Anselm, and Scotu...
| Published in: | Christianity & literature |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2017]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 8-33 |
| RelBib Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Authenticity B Authenticity (Philosophy) B Scotus B AUGUSTINE, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430 B Sincerity B Early Modern History B Early Modern B DUNS Scotus, John, ca. 1266-1308 |
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| Summary: | Studies of secularism and modern selfhood locate a transition in the early modern period toward the moral explanatory power of the self, by itself. In this essay, I challenge this view first by locating a distinct form of moral autonomy (sincerely sinning) in the work of Augustine, Anselm, and Scotus, and second by demonstrating this development's fraught legacy in early Protestant forms of conscience. Finally, I apply this history of sincerity to readings of Milton and Shakespeare, writers who illustrate the thematic potential of competing forms of sincerity and of the drama of the will. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333117734163 |