LENSES OF SELFHOOD IN THE AUGUSTINIAN TRADITION: A PSYCHOSPIRITUAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

Augustine gives us a rich foundation on which others have taken off on issues that promote the quality of the human person (life) in relation to the society and to God. He equally provided a psycho-spiritual base that facilitates a robust consideration of selfhood in the context and spirit of humanism. Our discussion here in trying to unbundle the topic in discussion begin with the conceptual understanding of selfhood/personhood and finally extricate those Augustinian themes that shed light on the attainment of selfhood with particular reference to the confessions, Rule of St. Augustine and related works available. The lenses through which an individual could attain selfhood or distinctive character include but not limited to the interiority path, friendship dimension, community dimension, and intellectual dimension.