Ian Clausen

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Ian Clausen
Education University of Edinburgh (PhD, MTh), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BA)
SpouseLauren Clausen
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Institutions Villanova University
Thesis The weight of love: locating and directing the soul in Augustine's early works  (2014)
Doctoral advisor Oliver O'Donovan, Sara Parvis
Main interests
Augustine

Ian Clausen is an American philosopher and Assistant Teaching Professor at Villanova University. [1] Previously he was Arthur J. Ennis Postdoctoral Fellow at this university. Clausen is known for his works on Saint Augustine's thought. [2] [3] [4] [5] He is the editor-in-chief of Augustinian Studies . [6] Currently he is a professor of the mandatory freshmen Augustine Culture Seminar (ACS) program at Villanova University. [7]

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References

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  2. do Vale, Fellipe (February 2020). "Book Review: Todd Breyfogle, On Creativity, Liberty, Love and the Beauty of the Law Ian Clausen, On Love, Confession, Surrender and the Moral Self". Studies in Christian Ethics. 33 (1): 119–124. doi: 10.1177/0953946819883780a . ISSN   0953-9468.
  3. Smalbrugge, Matthias (December 2019). "[Book review of:] Ian Clausen, 'On Love, confession, Surrender and the Moral Self'". Augustiniana. 69 (2): 380–382. ISSN   0004-8003.
  4. Hampson, Peter (July 2019). "ON LOVE, CONFESSION, SURRENDER AND THE MORAL SELF by Ian Clausen, [Reading Augustine Series], Bloomsbury, New York and London, 2018, pp. xiv + 140, £17.99, pbk". New Blackfriars. 100 (1088): 485–487. doi:10.1111/nbfr.12488. ISSN   0028-4289. S2CID   197910130.
  5. Kidd, Erika (2019). "Ian Clausen, On Love, Confession, Surrender and the Moral Self". Augustinian Studies. 50 (2): 230–233. doi:10.5840/augstudies201950254. S2CID   198606392.
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