Rhetoric and Scripture in Augustine's Homiletic Strategy Tracing the Narrative of Christian Maturation.

Rhetoric and Scripture in Augustine's Homiletic Strategy Tracing the Narrative of Christian Maturation.

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Main Author: Glowasky, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : BRILL, 2021.
Series:Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements Ser.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430. > Sermons.
Sermons (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: The Portrait of a Preacher
  • 1. Organizing the Sermons
  • 2. The Audience
  • 3. Genre of the Sermons
  • 4. Outlining Augustine's Homiletic Strategy
  • Chapter 2. The Sermon: An Encounter with Scripture
  • 1. Narratio: A Statement of the Facts?
  • 2. Narratio and Arrangement
  • 3. De doctrina christiana 1-3
  • 3.1. Narratio and inuentio
  • 3.2. Narratio and Interpretation
  • 3.3. Narratio and Signification
  • 4. De doctrina christiana 4: Mirroring the Eloquence of Scripture
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Chapter 3. Preaching to the Catechumens: An Argument for the Church
  • 1. The Context of Augustine's Catechesis
  • 2. Narratio: De catechizandis rudibus
  • 2.1. A Character Witness
  • 2.2. A Judicial Argument
  • 2.3. An Unfinished Argument
  • 3. Confirmatio: Sermons to the competentes
  • 3.1. The Creed: Serms. 212, 213, 214, 215, 398
  • 3.2. The Lord's Prayer: Serms. 56, 57, 58, 59
  • 4. Conclusion
  • Chapter 4. Preaching to the Neophytes: The Formation of Christian Identity
  • 1. A New Identity
  • 1.1. A Non-mystagogical Strategy
  • 1.2. A Deliberative Strategy
  • 2. Liturgical Context
  • 2.1. Phase 1: Easter Vigil
  • 2.2. Phase 2: Easter Sunday
  • 2.3. Phase 3: Easter Week
  • 2.4. Phase 4: Octave Sunday
  • 3. The Future-Oriented narratio
  • 3.1. A New Perspective on Scripture
  • 3.2. Creation
  • 3.3. Flood
  • 3.4. Exodus
  • 4. Conclusion
  • Chapter 5. Preaching to the Faithful: A Movement beyond Time
  • 1. A Dialectical Strategy
  • 1.1. A Dialogical Style
  • 1.2. The exercitatio animi
  • 2. Dialectical Principles
  • 3. Figuration
  • 3.1. Open and Closed Passages
  • 3.2. The Harmony of Scripture
  • 4. Creation, Flood, and Exodus
  • 4.1. The "Beginning"
  • 4.2. The Sabbath
  • 4.3. The Flood
  • 4.4. The Exodus
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Chapter 6. Conclusion: The Journey Home
  • 1. The Christian Life
  • 2. Narratio
  • 3. Scripture: A Divine Pattern
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Ancient Sources

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