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Augustine: Later Works
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)'Three main subjects are discussed in this volume. The first is Augustine's classic work on the Trinity. In this work we see Augustine at his best. 'On the Spirit and the Letter' is the subject of the second section.
Beyond the Binary: Thinking about Sex and Gender
Shannon Dea... for Augustine man reflects the image of God. 5 St. Augustine, On the Trinity, Book XII, Chapter VII, in Basic Writings of St. Augustine, Vol. 2,816. 6 St. Augustine, 814. 1 Martha Gulati and Henry R. Black, “Heart Rate Response 44 Chapter 3.
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)Reveals the spiritual and ascetical life of Saint Augustine.
Augustine in His Own Words
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)This volume offers a comprehensive portrait--or rather, self-portrait, since its words are mostly Augustine's own--drawn from the breadth of his writings and from the long course of his career
Orthodoxy in Arabic Terms: A Study of Theodore Abu Qurrah’s ...
Najib George AwadIn his valuable essay on Augustine's influence on Byzantine theology, Josef Lössl offers the best detailed exposition in English of Augustine theology's presence and status that I could find. Lössl shows that Augustine's personal interest in ...
After Augustine: The Meditative Reader and the Text
Brian StockA richly rewarding reflection on the history and nature of reading, After Augustine promises to be a centerpiece of discussions about the discovery of the self through literature.
Augustine as Mentor: A Model for Preparing Spiritual Leaders
Edward L. SmitherThe life and teachings of Augustine of Hippo are examined in the light of their value today as mentoring resources for the modern church.
Augustine's Early Theology of the Church: Emergence and ...
David C. AlexanderThis book helps fill these gaps and provides a case study supporting arguments for continuity between the 'young' and the clerical Augustine.
In the Self's Place: The Approach of Saint Augustine
Jean-Luc MarionIn the Self's Place is an original phenomenological reading of Augustine that considers his engagement with notions of identity in Confessions.
Descartes and Augustine
Stephen MennThis book is a systematic study of Descartes' relation to Augustine.
Augustine of Hippo: A Biography
Peter BrownThis classic biography was first published thirty years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching.
Augustine and Roman Virtue
Brian HardingThe book seeks to revise a common reading of Augustine's critique of ancient virtue by focusing on that dialogue, while showing that his attitude towards those authors is more sympathetic, and more critical, than one might expect.
On Free Choice of the Will
Augustine"Translated with an uncanny sense for the overall point of Augustine's doctrine. In short, a very good translation. The Introduction is admirably clear." --Paul Vincent Spade, Indiana University
A New Beginning: Tertullian, Cyril and Augustine on Baptism
PreviewIn this book two bishops, Cyril of Jerusalem and Augustine of Hippo use the rites of baptism to explain the beliefs and way of life of Christians.
Faith, Reason, and Political Life Today
Peter Augustine LawlerThese tensions are explored through the works of such eminent thinkers as Aristotle, Augustine, and Tocqueville, but the contributors engage a wide variety of texts from popular culture, American literature Flannery O'Connor receives ...
Images of Conversion in St. Augustine''s Confessions
Robert J. O''ConnellPerhaps most arresting of all is Father O''Connell''s analysis showing that the text that Augustine read from Romans consisted of not only two, but four verses: hence the dramatic procession of images which make up the structure of the ...
Understanding the Medieval Meditative Ascent: Augustine, ...
Robert McMahonWilliam A. Stephany has shown how this structure functions in Augustine's autobiography with thematic parallels between Books 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, and 4 and 6.12 Books 1 and 9, according to Stephany, emphasize physical birth and ...
The Houses of St. Augustine
David NolanFrom the coquina stone structures of colonial times, through Victorian gingerbread and Henry Flagler s Spanish revival, to the cookie-cutter subdivisions and condominiums of modern times, the houses of St. Augustine are introduced in this ...
The Confessions
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)She has perfected an elegant and flowing style.” Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered the all time number one Christian classic. It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer.
Augustine's Inner Dialogue: The Philosophical Soliloquy in ...
Brian StockIn this 2010 book, Brian Stock examines Augustine's unique way of blending literary and philosophical themes.
Intellectus Gratiae: Die erkenntnistheoretische und ...
Josef LösslThis study shows how St. Augustine of Hippo in his works on grace identifies the concepts of intellect and grace. It recommends this concept of intellectus gratiae as a key to Augustine's theology as a whole.
Saints of Augustine: Ancient City Odyssey
Dennis BartonDennis J. Barton draws upon his experiences in the real St. Augustine to deliver a stunning portrayal of the spirits that inhabit the hidden spaces, the far-out possibilities, the secret beauties and dangers of a place rich in history and steeped in ...
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine, Bishop of HippoAnd Thee would man raise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest
Augustine and the Limits of Politics
Jean Bethke ElshtainPolitical theorist Jean Bethke Elshtain brings Augustine's thought into the contemporary political arena and the result is a book about one of the world's most complex thinkers.
The Conversion and Therapy of Desire: Augustine's Theology ...
Mark J. BooneAugustine's Theology of Desire in the Cassiciacum Dialogues Mark J. Boone. — ——. “Philosophy in a ... In The Birth of Philosophic Christianity: Studies in Early Christian and Medieval Thought, edited by J. Brian Benestad, 1–19. Ernest Fortin : ...
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