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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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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