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Four Faces of Anger: Seneca, Evagrius Ponticus, Cassian, and Augustine
Author(s): Gertrude Gillette (Author)
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication Date: 16 Aug. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 180 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761851690
- ISBN-13: 9780761851691
Book Description
This book brings to the modern age wisdom on the topic of anger by four ancient authors Seneca, Evagrius Ponticus, Cassian, and Augustine. These authors broadly represent the classic views on anger and focus on how anger inhibits spiritual growth of the soul and its relationship with God.
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About the Author
Gertrude Gillette, O.S.B., received her Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America in early Christian studies (patristics). She did post-graduate work in Rome, earning an S.T.B. from The Angelicum and an S.T.L. with a specialization in monastic studies from the Benedictine Collegio Sant’Anselmo. She is currently an associate professor of theology at Ave Maria University in Florida and the superior of a house of Benedictine Sisters.
