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Augustine : Christian truth and fractured humanity / Carol Harrison
Material type:
TextSeries: Christian theology in contextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: xvi, 242 pages ; 23 cmISBN: - 0198752202
- 9780198752202
- 0198752199
- 9780198752196
- ARCH YNDC 270.2 H318A 21
- BR1720.A9 H337 2000
Contents:
Summary: Considers the social and cultural context that shaped the life and thought of Augustine. Carol Harrison shows how Augustine's beliefs in both Christian truth and human fallenness effected a decisive break with classical ideals of perfection and shaped the distinctive theology of Western Christendom
Christianity and classical culture -- Wisdom and classical culture -- Res non verba: Christianity and pagan literary culture -- The nature of virtue -- Christianity and late antique society -- The church in the world -- Marriage and monasticism -- The two cities
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SAIACS Archives Room | Yandell Collection | ARCH YNDC 270.2 H318A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 063880 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index
Christianity and classical culture -- Wisdom and classical culture -- Res non verba: Christianity and pagan literary culture -- The nature of virtue -- Christianity and late antique society -- The church in the world -- Marriage and monasticism -- The two cities
Considers the social and cultural context that shaped the life and thought of Augustine. Carol Harrison shows how Augustine's beliefs in both Christian truth and human fallenness effected a decisive break with classical ideals of perfection and shaped the distinctive theology of Western Christendom
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