A Christological Approach to Virtue: Augustine and Humility

Title......Page 1
Copyright of Publisher......Page 2
Copyright of Author......Page 3
Signatures......Page 4
Abstract......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Dedication......Page 12
1. The Problematic Situation......Page 13
2. St. Augustine: Teacher of Christ's Humility......Page 19
3. Method and Structure......Page 23
Introduction......Page 26
a. Humility in the Classical World......Page 27
b. Humility in the Judeo-Christian Tradition......Page 31
a. Karl Marx: Humility as a Tool for Oppressors......Page 36
b. Nietzsche: Humility as Egoism......Page 38
c. Feminist Critiques of Humility......Page 45
Conclusion......Page 58
Introduction......Page 60
a. Augustine's Christology......Page 66
b. Humility in the Order of Redemption......Page 70
c. Clarifying the term: "Humble God"......Page 74
d. The Distinctiveness of Divine Humility......Page 78
A. Augustine's Antithetical Christology as Salvific......Page 81
a. The Sin of Pride......Page 85
b. Christ's Humility: the Antidote to Pride and Despair......Page 92
B. The Humility of Christ the Mediator......Page 102
a. Mediation Through Christ's Humble Humanity......Page 105
b. The Way to Divinization......Page 111
C. Christ's Humility as Kenosis: Crux illa signum est humilitatis......Page 113
Conclusion......Page 119
Introduction......Page 121
3.1. Imitation of the Humble Christ......Page 123
Introduction......Page 130
a. The Confessions......Page 131
b. The Humble Bishop......Page 153
3.3. Humility as True Self-Knowledge......Page 159
a. Divine and Human Humility......Page 160
b. Humility and Self-Love......Page 163
c. The Personal Dimension of False Humility......Page 168
d. The Eschatological Motivation of Humility......Page 172
a. Two Levels of Humility......Page 176
b. Humility and Christian Citizenry......Page 178
c. Humility and Charity......Page 182
d. The Social Dimension of False Humility......Page 186
e. Humility and the Body of Christ......Page 187
Conclusion......Page 190
Introduction......Page 192
4.1. Metz's Theology......Page 196
A. Poverty of Spirit in "Poverty of Spirit"......Page 198
Introduction......Page 204
a. Poverty and Following Christ......Page 206
b. Chastity and Following Christ......Page 208
c. Obedience and Following Christ......Page 209
Introduction......Page 215
a. Poverty of Spirit and 'Suffering unto God'......Page 217
b. Shattering Mythology and Discovering Personhood......Page 222
c. Metz and the Masters of Suspicion......Page 227
d. Memory......Page 229
Conclusion......Page 230
Introduction......Page 235
a. Humility as rooted in the person and work of Jesus Christ......Page 237
b. Humility as foundational for discipleship......Page 239
c. Humility as truthful self-knowledge in Christ......Page 241
d. Humility as social and kenotic......Page 243
Introduction......Page 246
a. The Feminist Critique......Page 250
A. Preliminary Observations......Page 252
a. Women's pride......Page 257
b. Women's despair......Page 258
c. The Recovery of Self......Page 260
a. Humble Authority and Obedience......Page 262
b. Humility and Solidarity......Page 266
Introduction......Page 269
a. Humility and Institutional Leadership......Page 272
b. Humility and Faculty......Page 276
c. Humility and Students......Page 284
d. Humility and Pluralism......Page 290
Conclusion......Page 296
Conclusion......Page 299
Selected Bibliography......Page 305