On God, the Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity.

On God, the Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity.

"Reading Augustine is a new line of books offering personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars. The aim of the series is to make clear Augustine's importance to contemporary thought and to present Augustine not only or primarily as a pre-emi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kenney, John Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2018.
Series:Reading Augustine Ser.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430 > Criticism and interpretation.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430 > Written works.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430
300-399
Church history > 4th century.
Authorship
Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Reading Augustine; Chapter 1: Christian Enlightenment; Varieties of Christianity; Pagan Monotheism; Immaterial Truth; Chapter 2: God; Soliloquies; Eternal Wisdom; Contemplation and the God of Augustine; Chapter 3: The Soul; Confessional Introspection; The Cursive Self; Transcendence of the Soul; Chapter 4: Evil; Contemporary Theodicy; Confessing Evil; Scattered Traces of His Being; Chapter 5: The Rise of Christianity; Deification; Beatitude; Contemplative Christianity; Bibliography; Selected Works of Augustine.
  • Ancient AuthorsModern Scholarship; Index.

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