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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452415403321

Titolo

Augustine and Manichaean Christianity : selected papers from the first South African Conference on Augustine of Hippo, University of Pretoria, 24-26 April 2012 / / edited by Johannes van Oort

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-25506-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, , 0929-2470 ; ; volume 83

Altri autori (Persone)

OortJ. van (Johannes)

Disciplina

270.2092

Soggetti

Manichaeism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter / Johannes van Oort -- “Not to Depart from Christ”: Augustine between “Manichaean” and “Catholic” Christianity / Jason David BeDuhn -- Biblical Quotations in Faustus’ Capitula / Jacob Albert van den Berg -- Augustine and Manichaean Almsgiving: Understanding a Universal Religion with Exclusivist Practices / Majella Franzmann -- Re-coding Manichaean Imagery: The Dramatic Setting of Augustine’s De ordine / Therese Fuhrer -- Mani, Augustine and the Vision of God / Iain Gardner -- The Few and the Many: A Motif of Augustine’s Controversy with the Manichaeans / Andreas Hoffmann -- A Protreptic to a Liminal Manichaean at the Centre of Augustine’s Confessions 4 / Annemaré Kotzé -- Augustine on “The True Religion”: Reflections of Manichaeism in De vera religione / Josef Lössl -- God, Memory and Beauty: A ‘Manichaean’ Analysis of Augustine’s Confessions, Book 10,1–38 / Johannes van Oort -- Manichaean Self-Designations in the Western Tradition / Nils Arne Pedersen -- The Manichaean Bishop Faustus: The State of Research After a Century of Scholarship / Gijs Martijn van Gaans -- Index / Johannes van Oort.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on several newly discovered texts, Augustine and Manichaean Christianity provides groundbreaking discussions of the relationship between the most influential church father of the West and the religion of his formative years. Augustine’s connection with Manichaean Christians was not only intense, but also enduring. This book unearths



the essential background of writings such as Augustine’s Confessiones , De ordine and De vera religione , and discloses many a hidden Manichaean source of his powerful concepts of memory and the vision of God. Contributions by, among others, Iain Gardner, Therese Fuhrer, Jason BeDuhn, Majella Franzmann, Josef Lössl, Annemaré Kotzé and Nils Arne Pedersen.