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Saint Augustine and the Fall of the Soul: Beyond O'Connell and His Critics

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From: The Catholic Historical Review
Date: 20070701
Author:Teske, Roland J

Saint Augustine and the Fall of the Soul: Beyond O'Connell and His Critics. By Ronnie J. Rombs. (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press. 2006. Pp. xxviii, 228. $64.95.)

Robert J. O'Connell, S.J. , was arguably the most prominent interpreter of the thought of Augustine of Hippo in the last decades of the previous century, and at the heart of his reading of Augustine's thought was the influence of Plotinus and in particular the doctrine of the fall of the soul. Most other Augustinian scholars during this period have been either ardent fans or strong opponents of O'Connell's ...

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