Explorations in Augustine's Anthropology.

What is a human being according to Augustine of Hippo? The volume discusses anthropological themes in Augustine's corpus of writings. The reader will find articles on a wide spectrum of Augustine's anthropological ideas. Some contributions focus on specific texts. Others on specific theolo...

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Main Author: Dalpra, Fabio.
Other Authors: Jacobsen, Anders-Christian.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity Series
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505 0 |a Cover -- Series Information -- Copyright Information -- Content -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Reception of the Concept of Participation in Early Christianity: Origen's On First Principles and Augustine's On the Trinity. (Fabio Dalpra) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Concept of Participation in Origen's On First Principles -- 3. The Concept of Participation in Augustine's On the Trinity -- 4. Conclusion -- A Man Victimized by Doubt: Skepticism as an Antropological Problem for Augustin in Contra Academicos (Ivan Bilheiro) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Historical and Philosophical Context of Skepticism -- 3. Augustine and Skepticism -- 4. The Discussion on Skepticism in Contra Academicos -- 4.1 The Skeptical Challenge in Book 1 of Contra Academicos: Happiness at Stake -- 4.2 The Challenging Conception of Skepticism in Book 2 of Contra Academicos: Understanding the Skepticism's Doctrine -- 5. Conclusion -- The Soul in Augustine's Dialogue De quantitate animae (Lenka Karfíková) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evodius' Questions -- 3. The soul not localised in the body -- 4. Sense Perception -- 5. The Divisibility of the Soul? -- 6. The Care for the Soul -- Being, Human Being, and Truth in Augustine's De Magistro: A Christian "Ontoanthropology" of the Self (Humberto Araújo Quaglio de Souza) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Truth and the Inner Teacher -- 3. The Consistency of Augustine's Christian Perspective -- 4. Conclusion -- "Diabolum potius poneret": Augustine's reception of Origen's Commentarii in Epistulam ad Romanos in Epistle 157 (Morten Kock Møller) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background: Hilary's "Pelagian" Questions for Augustine (Epistle 156) -- 3. Augustine's Response to Hilary (Epistle 157) -- 4. Augustine's Answer to Hilary's First Proposition -- 4.1 "Danihel sanctus" and the (Im)possibility of Human Sinlessness. 
505 8 |a 5. Augustine's answer to Hilary's second proposition -- 5.1 The "Devil argument" Against Imitation (Rom 5:12) -- 5.2 The Notion of "Law" in Origen's Commentarii in Epistulam ad Romanos (Rom 5:13 and 5:20) -- 5.3 Augustine as Textual Critic: The Divergent Readings of Rom 5:14 -- 5.4 The Baptism of Infants: Origen as an Ally in Augustine's Argument for Original Sin (Rom 6:6 and 8:3) -- 6. Aftermath: The Role of Epistle 157 in the Pelagian Controversy -- 7. Conclusion -- Augustine on human freedom and free will (Anders- Christian Jacobsen) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Augustine's conflicts and contexts -- 3. The break with Manichaeism -- 4. New reading of Paul -- 5. The Donatist conflic -- 6. The conflict with Pelagius and his followers -- 6.1. Inherited sin -- 6.2. Predestination -- 6.3. Human freedom and free will -- 7. The theological consequences of Augustine's changing understanding of human freedom and free will -- The Fall of the Will: An Investigation of the Will of Man Before and After the Fall in De civitate Dei (Eva Elisabeth Houth Vrangbæk) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Deed and Will -- 3. The Fall of the Will -- 4. The Captivity of the Will -- 5. Man and Woman in Paradise -- 6. The Power of the Devil -- 7. The Two natures of Christ -- 8. The Will of God -- 9. The Foreknowledge of God -- 10. Against the Pagans -- 11. The end of time -- 12. Conclusion -- Augustine of Hippo's Anthropology in The Trinity (Fabio Dalpra) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The imago Dei Theology -- 3. The Threefold Structure of the Mind -- 4. Conclusion -- Augustine's Anthropology in tractatus in Iohannem 15 (Monnica Klöckener) -- 1. Setting of tract. eu. Io. 15 -- 2. Augustine's Anthropology in tract. eu. Io. 15 -- 2.1 The incarnation as strengthening mystery for human beings -- 2.2 The water from the fountain and the living water read allegorically. 
505 8 |a 2.3 The woman's husband as the ruling intellect enlightened by God -- 2.4 Good action as consequence of knowing God -- 3. Conclusion: the strong relationship between God and human beings -- Augustine on Human Resurrection (Margrethe Kamille Birkler, Anders-Christian Jacobsen) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Augustine's Point of Departure: 1 Cor 15 -- 3. Identifying the critics of the Christian belief in bodily resurrection -- 4. The Platonist criticism of the Christian belief in bodily resurrection -- 5. Augustine's response to the Platonic critics -- 6. The resurrection of the los -- 7. Augustine's theological dualism -- 8. Summary and conclusion -- The Influence of Augustine of Hippo on The Rule of Benedict's Anthropology (Antonio Henrique Campolina Martins) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Anthropology in The Rule of the Master -- 3. Anthropology in The Rule of Augustine -- 4. The Reception of the Two Anthropological Traditions in The Rule of Benedict -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Ancient Authors -- Modern Authors -- Indices -- Series Index. 
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