@article{ART003378944},
author={Kim, Joon Won},
title={Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications},
journal={The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics},
issn={1229-8387},
year={2026},
number={65},
pages={271-299}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Joon Won
TI - Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications
JO - The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 65
PB - The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
SP - 271
EP - 299
SN - 1229-8387
AB - This study asks on what theological ground Augustine defended marriage amid the ascetic controversies of the late fourth and early fifth centuries. It analyzes the structure of his argument in The Good of Marriage, read together with the Confessions, the Retractations, and his later anti-Pelagian works.
Augustine rejects both the strict asceticism of the Manichees and Jerome and the anti-asceticism of Jovinian, and he does so on a single ground: as created, both marriage and the love it embodies are good. The three goods — procreation (proles), faithfulness (fides), and the sacramental bond (sacramentum) — serve as evidence of that created goodness, and the later anti-Pelagian works do not retract the claim. By this criterion his view is neither pessimistic nor anti-social but a moderate asceticism, and the study draws out its social-ethical implications for the church today.
KW - Augustine;Jerome;Jovinian;marriage;asceticism;The Good of Marriage;social ethics
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Kim, Joon Won. (2026). Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 65, 271-299.
Kim, Joon Won. 2026, "Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications", The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, no.65, pp.271-299.
Kim, Joon Won "Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics 65 pp.271-299 (2026) : 271.
Kim, Joon Won. Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications. 2026; 65 : 271-299.
Kim, Joon Won. "Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.65(2026) : 271-299.
Kim, Joon Won. Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 65, 271-299.
Kim, Joon Won. Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics. 2026; 65 271-299.
Kim, Joon Won. Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications. 2026; 65 : 271-299.
Kim, Joon Won. "Augustine’s Understanding of Marriage and Asceticism and Its Social-Ethical Implications" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.65(2026) : 271-299.
