| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 1st Conversion (where) | Book 3, Chapter 4 |
| 1st Conversion (what-type) | Wisdom |
| 2nd Conversion (where) | Book 7, Ch. 17 |
| 2nd Conversion (what-type) | Intellectual |
| 1st Conversion (from what to what) | From the love of sin to an attempt to find God> Not enough |
| 2nd Conversion (from what to what) | Going deeper and deeper into the soul. Turn the gaze upward. |
| 3rd Conversion (where) | Book 8, Ch. 12 |
| 3rd Conversion (what type) | Spiritual, Whole |
| 3rd Conversion (from what to what) | Intellect to Caritas |
| Amor | Love of earthly things |
| Caritas | Love of God, Charity |
| Aspects of Sin | 1. Delight in breaking the rules, 2. Delight in the social act of sinning |
| 1st Deliberate Sin | Pear Tree Incident-theft of fruit from a tree |
| Books 1-4 (Theme) | Descent/Fall from God |
| Book 5 | Transition/Disillusionment |
| Books 6-9 | Ascent |
| Book 10 | Transition |
| Books 11-13 | Interpretation of Scripture |
| Manichean Doctrines | Metaphysical Dualism, Metaphysical Materialism, Moral Pessimism |
| Where does Augustine Hit Rock Bottom | Book 4-Discourse on Friendship...Augustine talks about his sinful friend |
| The problem with relationships among humans | They're Finite |
| What is Alypius evidence of | We're slaves to our own habits |
| 3-fold view of evil | 1. Evil is not a substance, 2. Evil is distance from God, 3. It is a perversion of the human will |
| Plato's Theory on the World | We're bound by our desires--keep us from truth, purity, etc. |
| Externalization | The ongoing outpouring of human being into the world, both in the physical and in the mental activity of (people). It is through externalization that society is a human project. |
| Objectivation | The attainment by the products of this activity (again both physical and mental) of a reality that confronts its original producers as a facticity external to and other than themselves...it is through Objectivation that society becomes a sui generis (self made. |
| Internalization | The re-appropriation by [individuals] of this same reality, transforming it once again from structures of the objective world into structures of the subjective consciousness...it is through internalization the [the individual] is a product of society. |
| Theodicy | "Every nomos is established, over and over again, against the threat of its destruction by the anomic forces endemic to the human condition. In religious terms, the sacred order of the cosmos is reaffirmed, over and over adain, in the face of chaos. Ithe anomic phenomena must not only be lived through, they must also be explained. An explanation of these phenomena in religious terms may be called a theodicy." |
| Alienation | "The duplication of consciousness results in an internal confrontation between socialized and non-socialized components of self, reiterating within consciousness itself the external confrontation between society and the individual. |
| Legitimation | Socially objectivated knowledge that serves to explain and justify the social order. Legitimations are the answer to the questions about 'why' of institutional arrangements. To be effective, legitimations establish a continuing symmetry between objective and subjective definitions of reality. |
| Plausibility structures | Fundamental ways of seeing the world that serve as a foundation of a people's life and culture--ongoing reconstruction: definitions of reality, conversational methods, legitimations, therapeutics. |
| The role of religion in world construction | Religion is the audacious attempt to conceive of the entire universe as being humanly significant. |
| Main point of A Rumor of Angels | Religion is a human product, but that does not mean it is ONLY a human product. |
| Freud is the founder of ________ | Psychoanalysis |
| Oedipal Complex | Boy child learns there is a competition for mother's attention: the father. Child must supress feelings of desire for mom and anger/jealousy for dad. |
| Augustine+Freud on personal liberty | We are not s free as we think we are |
| id | Instincts-basic, fundamental, primary |
| Three instincts | Murder, incest, cannibalism |
| ego | Works hard to keep the id in check |
| Super-ego | External views, taboos, rules, authority |
| Where do the greatest threats come from?-Freud | Within |
| Neurotic | When you take one situation and project it on other situations |
| Three pillars of therapy | Free association: say whatever comes to mind, dream interpretation, transference |
| Instinct of the masses | Stupid, lazy |
| Freud Ch. 1 Theme | Coercion |
| Freud Ch. 2 Theme | Dynamics of Supression |
| The Hidden Motive for Religion | Oedipal Complex-Religion is the obsessional neurosis |
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