Reading Augustine

Author : Jason Byassee
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621897422

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Reading Augustine by Jason Byassee Pdf

The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the few Christian classics that is still widely read in the secular academy. Yet, oddly enough, it is not often read in the manner Augustine appears to have intended and in which the church read it for centuries: as a model of conversion, devotion, friendship, and the love of God. This book is a companion for any reader of the Confessions--whether in an academic, ecclesial, or devotional context--informed by the latest scholarship yet always directed toward pushing the reader, with Augustine, toward God.

Author : Keith Beasley-Topliffe
Publisher : Upper Room Books
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780835816700

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Writings of Augustine (Annotated) by Keith Beasley-Topliffe Pdf

With: Historical commentary Biographical info Appendix with further readings For nearly 2,000 years, Christian mystics, martyrs, and sages have documented their search for the divine. Their writings have bestowed boundless wisdom upon subsequent generations. But they have also burdened many spiritual seekers. The sheer volume of available material creates a seemingly insurmountable obstacle. Enter the Upper Room Spiritual Classics series, a collection of authoritative texts on Christian spirituality curated for the everyday reader. Designed to introduce 15 spiritual giants and the range of their works, these volumes are a first-rate resource for beginner and expert alike. Writings of Augustine compiles some of the most profound and moving writings of the 4th-century African Christian who had a vast influence on the Christian church and Western culture. Included are excerpts from Augustine's Confessions and other writings.

Author : John Peter Kenney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134442720

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The Mysticism of Saint Augustine by John Peter Kenney Pdf

Augustine's vision at Ostia is one of the most influential accounts of mystical experience in the Western tradition, and a subject of persistent interest to Christians, philosophers and historians. This book explores Augustine's account of his experience as set down in the Confessions and considers his mysticism in relation to his classical Platonist philosophy. John Peter Kenney argues that while the Christian contemplative mysticism created by Augustine is in many ways founded on Platonic thought, Platonism ultimately fails Augustine in that it cannot retain the truths that it anticipates. The Confessions offer a response to this impasse by generating two critical ideas in medieval and modern religious thought: firstly, the conception of contemplation as a purely epistemic event, in contrast to classical Platonism; secondly, the tenet that salvation is absolutely distinct from enlightenment.

Author : Margaret R. Miles
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597527514

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Desire and Delight by Margaret R. Miles Pdf

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most powerfully evocative autobiographies of the Christian West. It recounts the complex experiences through which this formative theologian came to renounce the compulsive sexual practice of his youth, reinvesting his attention and affection in a disciplined spirituality. The Confessions is explicitly about desire, longing, passion--physical and spiritual. It narrates Augustine's desperate attempt to get, and to keep, the greatest degree of pleasure. Even his conversion to Catholic Christianity is narrated as a seduction to continence, and the model of spirituality he articulated relied intimately and profoundly on his sexual experience. Desire and Delight explores the erotics of asceticism as described by Augustine, noticing the gendered foundation of his model of spiritual aspiration. Going beyond the tormented, self-conscious Augustine of conventual interpretations, one discovers in this book a man impelled by the eros that defines human beings as such: the pursuit up the scale of pleasures to the ultimate Pleasure. The pursuit is analyzed here in the text, context, and subtext, with such intellectual and emotional engagement that the Confessions becomes a text of pleasure.

Author : George E. Demacopoulos,Aristotle Papanikolaou
Publisher : St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780881413274

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Orthodox Readings of Augustine by George E. Demacopoulos,Aristotle Papanikolaou Pdf

This book not only presents Eastern Orthodox readings of the great Latin theologian, but also demonstrates the very nature of theological consensus in ecumenical dialogue, from a referential starting point of the ancient and great Fathers. This collection exemplifies how, once, the Latin and Byzantine churches, from a deep communion of the faith that transcended linguistic, cultural and intellectual differences, sang from the same page a harmonious song of the beauty of Christ. Contributors are: Lewis Ayres ¿ John Behr ¿ David Bradshaw ¿ Brian E. Daley ¿ George E. Demacopoulos ¿ Elizabeth Fisher ¿ Reinhard Flogaus ¿ Carol Harrison ¿ David Bentley Hart ¿ Joseph T. Lienhard ¿ Andrew Louth ¿ Jean-Luc Marion ¿ Aristotle Papanikolaou ¿ David Tracy

Author : Mélanie Watt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 0143503669

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Augustine by Mélanie Watt Pdf

Although Augustine is nervous about moving from the South Pole to her new home at the North Pole, her drawings, which imitate famous paintings, help her break the ice at school. Suggested level: junior.

Author : Brian Stock
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780674044043

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Augustine the Reader by Brian Stock Pdf

Stock displays an enviable and intimate knowledge of the text of Augustine, above all of his Confessions and, as the book progresses, of the De Trinitate.

Author : John Doody,Kim Paffenroth,Mark Smillie
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498541916

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Augustine and the Environment by John Doody,Kim Paffenroth,Mark Smillie Pdf

This volume brings into dialogue the ancient wisdom of Augustine of Hippo, a bishop of the early Christian Church of the fourth and fifth centuries, with contemporary theologians and ethicists on the topic of the environment and humanity’s place in and responsibility to it. The contributors vary widely in their estimation of how sustained and useful such a dialogue might be, from outright dismissal of the church father to extended speculation with him and in his spirit. Their conclusions impact our views of God and both human and non-human creation. Such engagement should influence any future discussion of how Christianity and environmentalism can interact or influence one another.

Author : Matthew Levering
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441240453

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The Theology of Augustine by Matthew Levering Pdf

Most theology students realize Augustine is tremendously influential on the Christian tradition as a whole, but they generally lack real knowledge of his writings. This volume introduces Augustine's theology through seven of his most important works. Matthew Levering begins with a discussion of Augustine's life and times and then provides a full survey of the argument of each work with bibliographical references for those who wish to go further. Written in clear, accessible language, this book offers an essential introduction to major works of Augustine that all students of theology--and their professors!--need to know.

Author : Arnoud S. Q. Visser
Publisher : OUP Us
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199765935

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Reading Augustine in the Reformation by Arnoud S. Q. Visser Pdf

The arrival of the printing press -- Humanist scholarship and editorial guidance -- Augustine after Trent -- How to find the right argument : bibliographies and indexes -- Customizing authority : anthologies and epitomes -- How readers read their Augustines -- Patristics and public debate.

Author : Joseph Clair
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501326172

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On Education, Formation, Citizenship and the Lost Purpose of Learning by Joseph Clair Pdf

Reading Augustine presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religion scholars. The looming crisis in higher education appears to be a matter of soaring costs and crushing student debt, but the problem is actually much deeper. It is a crisis of soul; a question of the very purpose of learning and the type of people that our educational system produces. Today, in the age of academic hyper-specialization and professional knowledge, the moral and spiritual purposes of learning have been eclipsed by a shallow view of career and success. On Education, Formation, Citizenship, and the Lost Purpose of Learning turns to the influential figure Augustine of Hippo to explore how he saved the liberal arts at the end of the Roman Empire and how his inspiring vision can do the same for higher education today. It offers a roadmap for reviving the soul of education – presenting concrete ways that the intellectual practices and economic enterprise of learning can lead once more to a fulfilled life of knowing God and loving others.

Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher : Paraclete Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 155725463X

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You Converted Me by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) Pdf

"Augustine's Confessions" has never been as accessible--or relevant--to young adult readers than it is now. This modern-day translation includes an Introduction and over 70 annotations to aid young adults in approaching this spiritual classic for the first time.

Author : Kim Paffenroth,Robert Peter Kennedy
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664226191

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A Reader's Companion to Augustine's Confessions by Kim Paffenroth,Robert Peter Kennedy Pdf

This book is a tool for teaching and studying the great Christian classic, Augustine's Confessions. It is a unique venture in which thirteen different scholars look at each of the thirteen books in the Confessions and interpret their chapters in light of that book and in light of the rest of Augustine's work. The result is that the richness and ambiguity of Augustine's work shines through as well as the richness and ambiguity of different readings of the Confessions.

Author : Susannah Ticciati
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567682864

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On Signs, Christ, Truth and the Interpretation of Scripture by Susannah Ticciati Pdf

Susannah Ticciati explores Augustine's scriptural interpretation, as well as the ways in which he understands the character of signs in theory. The book explores Augustine's scriptural world via three case studies, each geared towards the healing of a particular modern opposition. The three, interrelated, modern oppositions are rooted in an insufficient semiotic worldview. Ticciati argues they contribute to the alienation of the modern reader not only from Augustine's scriptural world, but more generally from the scriptural world as habitation. Examining the ways in which the therapy for our modern day semiotic illiteracy can be found in the 5th-6th-century Augustine, Ticciati brings close readings of Augustine to bear on significant concerns of our own day: specifically, our modern alienations from the rich world of Scripture.

Author : Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Apologetics
ISBN : IND:30000007155413

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The City of God by Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) Pdf