Augustine and his critics : essays in honour of Gerald Bonner / / edited by Robert Dodaro and George Lawless

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 230/.14/092
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BonnerGerald DodaroRobert <1955-> LawlessGeorge
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: "Gerald Bonner: a select bibliography":p. 11-17.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 GERALD BONNER; 2 GERALD BONNER; 3 STUDYING AUGUSTINE; 4 PAUCIS MUTATIS VERBIS; 5 THE FUNDAMENTAL GRAMMAR OF AUGUSTINE'S TRINITARIAN THEOLOGY; 6 SACRED TRIADS; 7 INSUBSTANTIAL EVIL; 8 SNARES OF TRUTH; 9 AUGUSTINE'S DECENTRING OF ASCETICISM; 10 CHRIST, GOD AND WOMAN IN THE THOUGHT OF ST AUGUSTINE; 11 A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF CRITIQUES OF AUGUSTINE'S VIEW OF SEXUALITY; 12 'TEMPORA CHRISTIANA'REVISITED; 13 THE RHETORIC OF SCRIPTURE AND PREACHING; 14 AUGUSTINE'S SECULAR CITY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430) is arguably the most controversial Christian thinker in history. His positions on philosophical and theological concerns have been the subjects of intense scrutiny and criticism from his lifetime to the present.Augustine and his Critics gathers twelve specialists' responses to modern criticisms of his thought, covering: personal and religious freedom; the self and God; sexuality, gender and the body; spirituality; asceticism; cultural studies; and politics.Stimulating and insightful, the collection offers forceful arguments for neglected histori
• Titolo autorizzato: Augustine and his critics
• ISBN: 1-134-63668-7; 1-134-63669-5; 1-280-13986-2; 0-203-98224-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449824803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II