Critical Musings on Dixon ’ s Augustine
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[1] Any new book on Augustine is a monument to authorial courage. No single author in Western religious literature has received more attention that Augustine. The secondary literature alone is so massive one could spend a life's work mastering it. Hundreds of monographs dealing with patristic themes crowd the shelves of the world's libraries. Nevertheless, despite the challenge, Sandra Dixon has decided to enter the fray with her new book, Augustine: The Scattered and Gathered Self. Dixon's book, however, is unusual; it is decidedly not a patristic monograph, offering instead a reading of Augustine inspired by the self-psychological theories of Heinz Kohut. The encounter between Augustine and modern psychoanalytic theory produces an interesting and stimulating narrative that all who study the sainted bishop should enjoy.
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