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Jiang characterizes the Augustinian obedience worldview as pessimistic and fatalistic because it treats humanity as beyond redemption except through passive compliance and possible divine rescue after death.
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Obedience theology
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Therefore, you should just obey, and if you obey and you avoid sin, that is the fastest path to heaven. Okay? Does that make..."
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"Therefore, you should just obey, and if you obey and you avoid sin, that is the fastest path to heaven. Okay? Does that make..."
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"So, as—so, you can appreciate this is what's being taught at this time, right? We are just completely hopeless. We are beyond salvation. We..."
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The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...
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