On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement, and the Vulnerable Christ

On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ explores St. Augustine of Hippo''s theology of sin, described as various forms of self-loathing and self-destruction, in addition to sin''s antidote, a vulnerable relationship with the crucified Christ. Incorporating recent thinking on self-destruction and self-loathing into his reading of Augustine, David Vincent Meconi explores why we...