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Han, Sung-jin. "Augustine and Calvin : the use of Augustine in Calvin's writings." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49752.
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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2003<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this research is neither to compare the theologies of Augustine and Calvin,
nor to establish a theory that reveals Augustine's influence on Calvin's theology. This
research, rather, endeavours to set up a bridge between two types of study on Calvin,
namely studies on Calvin's use of Augustine and of Augustine's influence on Calvin's
writings. In other words, our main purpose is to suggest a basic tool (or information) for
further studies. Three related questions are asked: I. What comprises Augustine's
uniqueness in Calvin's writings? 2. Who is Calvin's Augustine? 3. What is the relevance
of this study to current research on Calvin?
In Chapter 2, a brief history of earlier research regarding discussion on Calvin and
Augustine from the beginning of the zo" century is presented. Then critical conversations
follow. These conversations concerning our theme involve three important scholars,
namely L Smits, R J Mooi and J M J Lange van Ravenswaay. Finally, a need for a
converging method which has the possibility of overcoming some methodological
problems that arise in studies on Calvin and Augustine is expressed.
In the third chapter, the use that Calvin makes of Augustine in his own works from the
first period of his writing career to the last, fifth, period is thoroughly studied (1532-
1565).
Chapter 4 deals with data analyses. In between the analysis of static data and the analysis
of dynamic data, Smits's study of Augustinian citations in Calvin's writings is dealt with
critically to provide a basic understanding of Augustinian citations.
Finally, the answers to the three related questions that are suggested in the introduction
are pursued: What comprises Augustine's uniqueness in Calvin's writings? Who is
Calvin's Augustine? And what is the relevance of this study to current research on Calvin.
The answers will function as a bridge between the two related studies of Calvin's use of
Augustine and Augustine's influence on Calvin.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie navorsing is nie om die teologie van Augustinus en die van Calvyn te
vergelyk nie en ook nie om 'n teorie daar te stel wat die invloed wat Augustinus op Calvyn se
teologie uitgeoefen het, sal ontbloot nie. Die navorsing poog eerder om 'n brug op te rig
tussen twee soorte studies oor Calvyn, naamlik studies oor Calvyn se gebruik van Augustinus
en oor Augustinus se invloed op die skryfwerk van Calvyn. Ons hoof doel is met ander
woorde om 'n basiese werktuig (of inligting) vir verdere studie voor te stel. Drie
fundamentele vrae word gevra: I. Waarin Ie die uniekheid van Augustinus in Calvin se
geskrifte? 2. Wie is Calvyn se Augustinus? 3. Op hoe 'n manier is hierdie studie relevant ten
opsigte van huidige navorsing oor Calvyn?
In Hoofstuk 2 word 'n kort geskiedenis van vroeer navorsmg aangaande bespreking oor
Calvyn en Augustinus, vanaf die begin van die 20ste eeu, aangebied. Dan volg kritiese
gesprekke. Hierdie gesprekke ten opsigte van ons tema betrek drie belangrike geleerdes,
naamlik L Smits, R J Mooi en J M J Lange van Ravenswaay. Aan die einde word 'n behoefte
uitgespreek vir 'n samevloeiende metode wat moontlik sommige metodologiese probleme wat
in die bestudering van Calvyn en Augustinus na yore kom, sal oorbrug.
In die derde hoofstuk word Calvyn se gebruikmaking van Augustinus in sy eie werk vanaf
die eerste tydperk van sy skryfloopbaan tot die laaste, vyfde, deeglik bestudeer (1532-1565).
Hoofstuk 4 behandel data-analise. Tussen die analise van statiese data en die analise van
dinamiese data word Smits se studie van Augustiniaanse aanhalings in Calvyn se geskrifte
krities behandel om 'n basiese begrip van Augustiniaanse aanhalings te verskaf.
Uiteindelik word die antwoorde op die drie verwante vrae wat in die inleiding voorgestel
word, nagespeur: I. Waarin Ie die uniekheid van Augustinus in Calvin se geskrifte? 2. Wie is
Calvyn se Augustinus? 3. Op hoe 'n manier is hierdie studie relevant ten opsigte van huidige
navorsing oor Calvyn? Die antwoorde sal as 'n brug tussen die twee verwante studies oor
Calvyn se gebruikmaking van Augustinus en Augustinus se invloed op Calvyn dien.
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White, Christopher H. "Hannah Arendt and her Augustinian inheritance : love, temporality, and judgement." Title page, abstract and contents only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phw583.pdf.
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Hastings, Jason Michael, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Christian rebellion theories as delivered by St. Paul from Mars Hill by Augustine, Calvin and Adams." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2003, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/181.
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This thesis explicates teh rebellion theories of three reowned Christian political thinkers and evaluates the extent that each can communicate an intelligible rebellion theory to a non-Christian audience. Augustine of Hippo, at a dawn of the medieval ages, John Calvin of Geneva during the Reformation and John Adams of the USA in the midst of the Enlightenment are the three thinkers selected for consideration. These thinkers have produced ideas that have transcended time and geographical location. Rebellion is an issue of the utmost political importance as it reveals the limits, and the first principles of politics. The issues surrounding the involovement of religion in politics have created a place for confusion in minds of many people today. The issues surrounding religion and politics need further elucidation. The way these thinkers were able to translate the divine command from Romans 13:1, which decrees an absolute prohibition against rebellion, into an intelligible rebellion theory to non-Christians, is an important consideration in this thesis.<br>ix, 158 leaves ; 28 cm.
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Cvetković, Carmen Angela. "Seeking the Face of God : a study on Augustine's reception in the mystical thought of Bernard of Clairvaux and William of St. Thierry." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1213.
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The present thesis examines the way in which two twelfth century authors, the Cistercian monks, Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153) and William of St. Thierry (c. 1080-1148), used Augustine (354-430) in the articulation of their mystical thought. The approach to this subject takes into account the fact that in the works of all these medieval authors the “mystical” element is inescapably entangled with their theological discourse and that an accurate understanding of their views on the soul’s direct encounter with God cannot be achieved without a discussion of their theology. This thesis posits that the cohesion of Bernard’s and William’s mystical thought lies in their appropriation of the guiding principle of Augustine’s mystical theology: “You made us for yourself and our heart is restless until it rests in you” (conf. 1.1.1), reflected in the subtle interplay of three main themes, namely (1) the creation of humanity in the image and likeness of God, which provides the grounds for the understanding of the soul’s search for direct contact with God; (2) love as a longing innate in every human being, which explores the means to attain immediacy with God; and (3) the soul’s direct encounter with God, which discusses the nature of the soul’s immediate experience of the divine presence that can only be achieved in lasting fullness at the end of time. This examination of Bernard’s and William’s use of Augustine is structured on the basis of these three core themes which form the scaffolding of their mystical thought. Investigating the specific methods of their reception of Augustine will highlight the originality and uniqueness of each of the two Cistercian authors, who while drawing on the same patristic source use it nevertheless in various ways, by focussing on different aspects of Augustine’s immense oeuvre and by arriving at distinct mystical programmes.
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Smither, Edward. "Principles of mentoring spiritual leaders in the pastoral ministry of Augustine of Hippo." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683370.
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Thomas, Adam Michael. "The Eternal Law in Augustine's Early Investigation of Justice." Thesis, Boston College, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107191.
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Thesis advisor: Robert C. Bartlett<br>In my dissertation I seek to contribute to the revival of interest in Augustine’s political thought by attempting to uncover his doctrine of eternal law. While absent from his mature writings, including the City of God, this doctrine is central to the investigation of justice in Augustine’s early writings. After considering Augustine’s summary of this early investigation in the Confessions, the most surprising feature of which is Augustine’s insistence on the importance of specifically political questions to his mature understanding of justice, I take up the two treatments of eternal law. In the dialogue On Free Choice, the eternal law is contrasted with the temporal law and is understood in terms of the fundamental command to “order,” which means in the first place wisdom, but also “right and honorable” action. In the anti-Manichean polemic Contra Faustum, the eternal law is presented as the will of God that commands the preservation of the natural order, which means that actions are truly just insofar as they conduce to “mortal health.” I argue that these two discussions of eternal law indicate the limitations of any kind of “higher law” doctrine. On Free Choice demonstrates the difficulty of breaking free of the guidance of temporal law and its harmonization of the demands of eternal and temporal law depends on an understanding of moral virtue whose independence is rather assumed than proven. Contra Faustum shows that the natural ends of self-preservation, procreation, and civic peace are only the beginning points of moral reasoning, since the pursuit of those ends is governed by further moral criteria that cannot easily be understood in terms of nature. In the end, then, I argue that the doctrine of eternal law, while illuminating a great deal about the problems of politics and morality as Augustine encountered them, points to the crucial importance of the question of human virtue and of acquiring the prudence that provides for this virtue in light of the necessary limitations of political life. It is probably for this reason that Augustine does not return to the doctrine in his later writings and does not rely on it in his reconciliation of the two cities in the City of God<br>Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2016<br>Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences<br>Discipline: Political Science
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Beddoe, Paul Victor. "Augustine's use of medical imagery in his polemical theology." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7103.
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In his three major polemical campaigns, that is, against the Manichees, Donatists and Pelagians, Augustine used imagery derived from medicine and was, in tum influenced by the language he used. While much of the language of sickness and disease remained conventional, some usages came to bear significant theological weight, notably infirmitas and contagio. The former became a designation for the culpable weakness affecting each member of the human race since the Fall. The latter became a technical term for the transmission of original sin associated with concupiscentia. Sickness imagery assumes the analogy of the soul and body, advancing his project to integrate the two parts of the human person. It also enabled him to discuss humanity's fallen nature without slipping into Manichaean determinism or Pelagian autonomy. Finally, sickness imagery enabled Augustine to suspend the tension between the inherited guilt and free-will in readily accessible metaphor. Images of health and healing also helped Augustine sustain tensions in his thought. But even more significantly, the image of Christ the Physician proved critical throughout his polemical career. Against the Manichees it is the Divine Physician who lays out the stages of sacred history according to a great therapeutic strategy for the human race. Against the Donatists it is the wisdom of the Physician who prescribes painful means of cure which is urged against Donatist complaints of persecution. Finally, against the Pelagians, Christus Medicus becomes a technical soteriological term. This family of metaphors, drawn from the Scriptures, classical literature, pagan religion and common experience appear time and time again. While they may have become commonplace in the writings of other Christian authors, in Augustine's polemical theology they came to shape and inform key aspects of his thought.
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Collins, Joshua. "The concept of love in Saint Augustine's Confessions /." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99363.
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In the present study, through a close reading of the Confessions , the author explores the concept of love in Saint Augustine as it pertains to the two possibilities of man, being towards the creation and being towards the Creator. He distinguishes two kinds of love corresponding to each one of these possibilities, love of the world (cupiditas) and love of God (caritas), and proceeds to analyze these loves. The main argument of the thesis is that these loves disclose the world to man in two opposed manners. The author argues that cupiditas seeks to find satisfaction in the creation and discloses it as an end in itself, whereas caritas loves the world for the sake of God and discloses it as a means to attaining God.
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Magee, Neal E. Hamner M. Gail. "Remembering to forget theological tropologies of confession and disavowal (Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Slavoj Zizek, Jacques Derrida) /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
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Du, Plessis A. F. J. (Anna Francina Johanna). "n Literêr-inhoudelike analise van Boek 7 van Augustinus se Confessiones : Augustinus se begrip van die bestaanswyse van God en die kwaad." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52360.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Augusine's search for the nature of God's exisistence as well as the origin of
evil, reaches a climax in Book 7 of his Confessions. This study assumes the
position that Augustine strives to find answers to the above mentioned two
questions in the first six books of the Confessions. The answers to both these
questions were vitally important to Augustine, since it would then convince him
to convert to the Christian faith.
Augustine repeatedly thought he grasped the true answer to the existence of
God and the origin and the nature of evil but he was disillusioned time and
again. His quest for an answer started with his reading of Cicero's Hortentius
(Conf. 3.4.7), a book that urged Augustine to search for Truth. Augustine then
joined the Manicheans, a sect claiming that their doctrine was based on reason
and contained the Truth (Conf. 3.6.10). Augustine believed that the Manicheans
could resolve his quest for answers to the existence and nature of both God and
evil. The Manichean intellectual and scientific exposition of the cosmos allowed
Augustine to imagine God and evil as opposing substances. Eventually,
promted by his own intellect, Augustine discovered weaknesses in their theories
(Conf. 5.3.3-5.6.10). Augustine's final break with the Manicheans, after nine
years as an adherent, came when he heard the sermons of Ambrose of Milan.
Not only was Augustine impressed by Ambrose's eloquence but his sermons
also embodied an interpretation of Platonism in Christian terms. Augustine's
reading of the Neoplatonic books in a Latin translation urged him to turn into
himself (Conf. 7.10.16) and search for God there. Once Augustine could
pronounce upon the intelligible existence of God, his inquiry into the origin of
evil resolved itself (7.12.18).<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Augustinus se soeke na die bestaanswyse van God en die aard en onstaan van
die kwaad bereik 'n klimaks in Boek 7 van die Confessiones. In hierdie studie
word daar van die standpunt uitgegaan dat Augustinus onder andere in die
eerste ses boeke van die Confessiones poog om antwoorde te kry op
bogenoemde twee vraagstukke. Antwoorde op beide hierdie vrae was van
kardinale belang, aangesien dit Augustinus sou oortuig om hom tot die
Christelike geloof te bekeer.
Augustinus het herhaaldelik gepoog om die ware antwoorde op die vraag na
bestaanwyse van God sowel as die oorsprong en die aard van die kwaad te
vind. Hy was egter telke male ontnugter. Augustinus se soeke het begin toe hy
in aanraking gekom het met Cicero se Hortensius (Conf. 3.4.7), 'n boek wat
Augustinus aangemoedig het om die Waarheid na te jaag. Gevolglik het
Augustinus by die Manicheërs aangesluit, aangesien dié sekte geglo het dat
hulle leerstellinge gebaseer is op die rede en sodoende die volle waarheid bevat
(Cant. 3.6.10). Augustinus het geglo dat die Manicheërs sy soektog na
antwoorde op die vraag van God en die kwaad se bestaanswyse kon oplos. Die
Manicheërs se intellektuele en wetenskaplike uiteensetting van die kosmos het
Augustinus toegelaat om God en die kwaad as teenstrydige entiteite te beskou.
Ongeveer nege jaar na sy aansluiting by die Manicheërs, aangemoedig deur sy
eie intellek, het Augustinus die swak punte in die Manichese leerstellinge ontdek
(Cant. 5.3.3-5.6.10). Die finale breek met die Manicheërs het gekom toe
Augustinus die preke van Ambrosius in Milaan gehoor het. Nie alleen was
Augustinus ingenome met Ambrosius se welsprekendheid nie, maar sy preke het
ook die interpretasie van Platonisme in Christelike terme beliggaam. Die
Neoplatoniese leerstellinge het Augustinus aangemoedig om na homself, in
homself te draai (Conf. 7.10.16) en vir God daar te gaan soek. Sodra
Augustinus kon verklaar dat God in die vorm van 'n kenbare wese bestaan, het
sy soeke na die oorsprong en die aard van die kwaad dit self opgelos (Cant.
7.12.18).
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Thomas, Clare Pat. "Saint Augustine's concept of will as a basis of teaching." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22502.
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St. Augustine believed that we are created to aspire to a perfection that aligns our relationships in such a way that we function out of a sense of respect for ourselves and the universe in which we live. In so doing we explore the possibilities of creativity and happiness. His thinking moved from the context of classical Greek thought into a Christian one. By living and recording the dilemma of being unable to act as his intellect mandated, he developed an innovative concept of will. He believed that we are motivated to act through our loves but we have a divided will that can only move towards integration if we love correctly. This necessitates an inward journey.<br>The thesis of this paper is that if one subscribes to Augustine's beliefs there are serious implications for education. The following authors are cited to develop these implications in a modern philosophical and educational setting: Charles Taylor, Iris Murdoch, Israel Scheffler and Bob Samples. Finally, a brief resume of relevant teaching approaches and materials is offered.
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McGinnis, Jon D. (Jon David). "Luther the Augustinian: Augustine, Pelagianism and Luther's Philosophy of Man." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500782/.
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Augustine has had a large influence on the development of western theology, and nowhere is this more obvious that in Martin Luther's understanding of God, humankind and grace. Yet at the same time there are also significant differences in the two churchmen's thought. Sometimes these differences are subtle, such as their views of the state; other times they are not so subtle, such as their positions on free will or their praise of philosophy and its usefulness in sounding the depth of Christianity. In order to best explain these varying views, one must look at Augustine's and Luther's diverging opinions of man's nature where one will see that the dissimilarities are best understood in light of Luther's pessimistic view of humanity.
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Jordaan, Donovan. "Augustine’s use of Romans in the conversion narratives of the Confessions." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2551.
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Thesis (MA (Ancient Studies)--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of the quotations of Paul’s
Epistle to the Romans in the conversion narratives in Augustine’s Confessions. The
Confessions is an account of Augustine’s conversion to Catholic Christianity.
Within the Confessions there are many conversion narratives which form part of a
greater narrative that culminates in Augustine’s final conversion in Book 8 of the
Confessions. Within these conversion narratives, Augustine often quotes from
Romans.
In the first chapter, I discuss the use of Rom. 10:14‐15 in the opening paragraph of
the Confessions, particularly Augustine’s sensitivity to the diatribe style. The
opening paragraph is also significant within the context of the conversion
narratives, as it features Augustine in his converted state and effectively
represents the goal towards which the conversion narratives will strive. My
second chapter deals with the “aversion” narrative in Conf. 5.3.5 and the use of
Rom. 1:21‐25. Much attention is given to Augustine’s allusion to apologetic
works, particularly the Wisdom of Solomon, which Rom. 1:21‐25 emulates. Chapter
three is concerned with the significance of Rom. 1:21‐25 in the intellectual
conversion of Augustine. While Augustine reuses a quotation in Conf. 7.9.13‐15, I
focus on the unique use of this quotation and its specific significance to the
intellectual conversion. The fourth chapter deals with the scriptural conversion
and Augustine’s use of Rom. 7:22‐25. In the final chapter, I discuss the use of the
references to Romans in Book 8 which Augustine has already quoted earlier in the
Confessions. I then show how these quotations affect the interpretation of the
spiritual conversion at the end of Book 8.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie is om die gebruik van die verwysings na Paulus se
Brief aan die Romeine in die bekeringsverhale in Augustinus se Confessiones te
ondersoek. Die Confessiones is ’n berig van Augustinus se bekering tot die
Katolieke Christendom. In die Confessiones is daar baie bekeringsverhale wat deel
vorm van ’n groter verhaal wat sy voltooiing in die slotbekeringsverhaal in Boek
8 van die Confessiones vind. In hierdie bekeringsverhale haal Augustinus dikwels
Romeine aan.
In die eerste hoofstuk bespreek ek die gebruik van Rom. 10:14‐15 in die
inleidende paragraaf van die Confessiones, met klem op Augustinus se
aanwending van die diatribe styl. Die inleidende paragraaf is ook van belang
met betrekking tot die bekeringsverhale, omdat dit Augustinus in ’n bekeerde
toestand uitbeeld en effektief die doel verteenwoordig wat die bekeringsverhale
nastreef. My tweede hoofstuk handel oor die “afkeer”‐toneel in Conf. 5.3.5 en die
gebruik van Rom. 1:21‐25. Aandag word gegee aan Augustinus se toespeling op
apologetiese werke, veral die Wysheid van Salomo, wat deur Rom. 1:21‐25
nageboots word. Hoofstuk drie handel oor die belang van Rom. 1:21‐25 in die
intellektuele bekeringsverhaal van Augustinus. In Conf. 7.9.13‐15 gebruik
Augustinus weer ’n keer dieselfde aanhaling, en hier is die fokus op die unieke
gebruik van hierdie aanhaling en sy spesifieke konteks binne die intellektuele
bekeringsverhaal. Die vierde hoofstuk handel oor Augustinus se bekering tot die
Skrif en sy gebruik van Rom. 7:22‐25. In die laaste hoofstuk bespreek ek die
gebruik van verwysings na Romeine wat Augustinus alreeds vroeër aangehaal
het in Boek 8 van die Confessiones. Ten slotte toon ek aan hoe hierdie aanhalings
die interpretasie van die geestelike bekeringsverhaal aan die einde van Boek 8
beïnvloed.
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Johnson, Kristen Deede. "From tolerance to difference : the theological turn of political theory." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13231.
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Within recent political theory, political liberalism has answered the question of how to deal with pluralism in contemporary society largely in terms of tolerance. Prompted by the same question, agonistic political theory has been in search of a way to move beyond liberal invocations of tolerance to a deeper celebration of difference. This project tells the story of the move within political theory from tolerance to difference, and the concomitant move from epistemology to ontology, through an exposition of the work of liberal theorists John Rawls and Richard Rorty and of agonistic, or post-Nietzschean, political theorists Chantal Mouffe and William Connolly. From a theological perspective, the ontological turn within recent theory can be seen as a welcome development, as can the desire to expand our capacity to engage with difference and to augment our current political imagination given contemporary conditions of pluralism. Yet the sufficiency of the answers and ontology put forward by both political liberalism and post-Nietzschean political thought needs to be seriously questioned. Indeed, the ontological turn in political theory opens the way for a theological turn, for theology is equally concerned with questions of human being and 'what there is' more generally. To make this 'theological turn,' I look to Saint Augustine, and the ontology disclosed though his writings, to see what theological resources he offers for an engagement with difference. Through this discussion we re-discover Augustine's Heavenly City as the place in which unity and diversity, harmony and plurality can come together in ways that are not possible outside of participation in the Triune God. Yet this does not mean that the Heavenly City is to take over the earthly city. By putting Augustine into conversation with more recent theologians such as John Milbank, Karl Barth, and William Cavanaugh, we consider the relationship between the Heavenly City and the earthly city and we offer a picture in which renewed and expanded conceptions of 'public' and 'conversation' open the way for rich engagement between the many different particularities that constitute a pluralist society.
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Smit, Christine. "Bakens op die weg : die bekeringsverhale van Augustinus en C.S. Lewis." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50286.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Two literary conversion narratives with much historical detail, are compared in this thesis: the
Confessiones written by the renowned fourth century church-father, St. Augustine, and
Surprised by Joy written by the twentieth century writer and scholar, C.S. Lewis. In order to
understand St. Augustine's conversion to the Christian faith, Christian religion as a social
phenomenon in the Ancient World is discussed. As background for the discussion and
comparison of the two conversion narratives, a brief biography is given of St. Augustine and
of Lewis, as well as a description of each one's course of conversion. The research is
structured In terms of beacons that St. Augustine identified during the course of his
conversion: people who played a significant role, events that influenced his life, and inner
conflict that spurred him on his way. By means of an analysis regarding theme and content, it
is shown that there are clear similarities between the beacons identified by Augustine and
Lewis in their conversion narratives.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis word twee literêre bekeringsverhale waarin die historiese werklikheid deur die
skrywers weergegee word, met mekaar vergelyk: die Confessiones van die vierde eeuse
kerkvader Augustinus, en Surprised by Joy van die twintigste eeuse skrywer en geleerde C.S.
Lewis. Om Augustinus se bekeringsverhaal histories te kan plaas teen die agtergrond waarin
hy geleef en tot bekering gekom het, word 'n uiteensetting gegee van die Christelike
godsdiens as 'n sosiale fenomeen in die Antieke Wêreld. 'n Kort lewensbeskrywing van
Augustinus en Lewis en 'n oorsig van die weg wat elkeen se bekering gevolg het, dien as
agtergrond vir die bespreking en vergelyking van die twee bekeringsverhale. Die navorsing
word gestruktureer aan die hand van bakens wat Augustinus op sy bekeringsweg uitgelig het:
persone wat 'n beduidende rol gespeel het, gebeure wat hom beïnvloed het, innerlike konflik
wat hom voortgedryf het. Die tesis toon deur 'n analise op grond van inhoud en tematiek aan
dat daar duidelike ooreenkomste is tussen die bakens op Augustinus se bekeringsweg en dié
op Lewis se bekeringsweg.
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Daniels, Amy Lydia. "Justice in Augustine's City of God." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71609.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis outlines Augustine’s thought on justice as articulated in The City of God: against the Pagans. The purpose of the study was to investigate the place and role of his convictions about justice in his apologetic project.
To this end, Books 19-22 of The City of God were read within the historical, religious and ideological contexts of Augustine’s day. Aspects deemed relevant to the stated goals of the thesis and which were therefore surveyed, were pagan-Christian relations and Neo-Platonism in the fifth century; the sacking of Rome in AD 410, a perceived injustice which occasioned rampant calumnies against the Christians and questions regarding the justice of God; secular jurisprudence and legal practice, with a focus on the role of bishops in dispensing justice; biblical perspectives on justice.
A reading of Books 19-22 of the City of God was then done, in which it was found that justice was viewed by Augustine as subordinate to, but straining toward the Supreme Good, identified as peace. Moreover, it was shown that Augustine’s perspective on justice is inextricably linked with his eschatological convictions. These are that God is set to establish an eternal City, composed of those who, throughout history, have pledged allegiance to Him. That city is characterised by peace and justice, as determined by God. Any peace or manifestation of justice in the present age was shown to flow from humankind’s predisposition toward self-love (egotism). As such, they are presented by Augustine as a poor reflection of the perfect peace and justice that will be established by God.
With regard to Augustine’s defence of the Christian faith, it was found that he employs a model of argumentation which takes as its point of departure the worldviews of his opponents, showing up cracks in their thinking. He then presents his own perspective as the better alternative. The juxtaposition of the current age, fraught with injustice and chaos, against the eternal peace and justice to be established by God, were shown to be important selling-points for Augustine. For him, life in the eternal City of God was an irresistible offer, which he sought to hold out to his opponents.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis skets Augustinus se denke oor geregtigheid soos geartikuleer in Die Stad van God: teen die Heidene. Die doel van die studie was om die plek en die rol van sy oortuigings oor geregtigheid in sy apologetiese projek te ondersoek.
Met hierdie doel is Boeke 19-22 uit Die Stad van God gelees binne die historiese, godsdienstige en ideologiese kontekste van Augustinus se tyd. Aspekte wat as relevant beskou is tot die vermelde doelwitte van die tesis en wat dus ondersoek is, is verhoudings tussen heidene en Christene asook Neo-Platonisme in die vyfde eeu; die plundering van Rome in 410 n.C., ’n vermeende onreg wat aanleiding gegee het tot onbeteuelde laster teenoor die Christene en vrae oor die geregtigheid van God; sekulêre wetsgeleerdheid en regspraktyk, met die fokus op die rol van biskoppe in die beoefening van regspraak; bybelse perspektiewe op geregtigheid.
’n Vertolking van Boeke 19-22 uit Die Stad van God is daarna gedoen, waarin daar bevind is Augustinus het gemeen dat geregtigheid ondergeskik is aan, maar wel streef na, die Hoogste Goed, wat naamlik as vrede geïdentifiseer word. Verder is daar getoon dat Augustinus se perspektief op geregtigheid onlosmaaklik verbind is aan sy eskatologiese oortuigings. Hierdie oortuigings is dat God ’n Ewige Stad sal vestig wat saamgestel is uit dié wat deur die geskiedenis heen trou aan Hom gesweer het. Daardie stad word deur vrede en geregtigheid gekenmerk, soos dit deur God bepaal is. Daar word gewys daarop dat enige vrede of manifestasie van geregtigheid in daardie tyd bloot voortgevloei het uit die mens se geneigdheid tot selfliefde (egotisme). Dít word deur Augustinus voorgehou as ’n swak weerspieëling van die volmaakte vrede en geregtigheid wat deur God ingestel sal word.
Wat betref Augustinus se verdediging van die Christelike geloof, is daar bevind dat hy ’n redeneringsmodel gebruik wat die wêreldbeskouings van sy opponente as uitgangspunt gebruik, en só die foute in hul denke uitwys. Hy bied dan sy eie perspektief as die beste alternatief aan. Die naasmekaarstelling van die huidige era, vol ongeregtigheid en chaos, teenoor die ewige vrede en geregtigheid wat deur God ingestel sal word, is uitgewys as belangrike verkoopspunte vir Augustinus. Vir hom was die lewe in die Ewige Stad van God ’n onweerstaanbare aanbod wat hy aan sy opponente wou voorhou.
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Roos, Andre. "St Augustine's Confessiones : the role of the imago Dei in his conversion to Catholic Christianity." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6505.
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Thesis (MPhil (Ancient Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Although St Augustine of Hippo (354–430 C.E.) was raised as a Christian, he
refuted Catholicism as a youth in his search for divine wisdom and truth. Like
the biblical prodigal son, he first had to realise the error of his aversion
(turning away from the Catholic Church) before he could experience
conversion (returning to the Catholic faith). Augustine narrates certain central
events of his life in the Confessiones as a series of conversions, leading him
from his native Roman North Africa to his conversion to Catholic Christianity in
the Imperial City of Milan. Philosophy, especially Neo-Platonic thought,
played a crucial role in his conversion process, as did the influence of St
Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, and other Neo-Platonic intellectuals in Milan. Neo-
Platonism also influenced Augustine's conception of the imago Dei (image of
God).
Although Augustine’s teaching of the concept of the imago Dei is found in all
his works (but mainly in De Trinitate), a survey of the literature has shown that
the way in which this concept is used to inform, structure and advance his
conversion narrative in the Confessions, has not yet been investigated in a
structured manner. In order to address this gap in scholarly knowledge, the
thesis attempts to answer the following research question: How did the
concept of the imago Dei inform and structure Augustine's conversion
narrative, as recounted in his Confessiones, taking into account the
theological and philosophical influences of Ambrose and the Neo-Platonists of
Milan on his spiritual development?
The investigation was conducted by an in-depth study and analysis of the
Confessiones and relevant secondary literature within the historical,
philosophical and religious framework of the work. An empirical approach, by
means of textual analysis and hermeneutics, was used to answer the
research question. The analysis of the Confessions is limited to its
autobiographical part (Books 1 to 9). In order to carry out the analysis, a
theoretical and conceptual framework was posited in Chapters 1 to 4, discussing the key concepts of conversion and of the imago Dei, as well as
explaining the influence of Neo-Platonism and Ambrose on Augustine. In
Chapter 5, this conceptual framework of the nature of the imago Dei is
complemented by a literary framework for the Confessions to form a metaframework.
The textual analysis was done within the meta-framework with
reference to certain endowments (attributes) imprinted in the image, namely
personality, spirituality, rationality, morality, authority, and creativity.
The main conclusion is that Augustine's personal relationship with God had
been harmed by the negative impact of sin on these endowments of the divine
image in him. His gradual realisation that God is Spirit, his growth in faith, and
his eventual acceptance of the authority of Scripture and of the Catholic
Church, brought about the healing of the broken image of God in Augustine
and also the restoration of God’s likeness in him. This enabled Augustine to
be reconciled to God through Christ, who is the perfect Image of God, and
helped to convert him to the Catholic Church, which is the Body of Christ.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Alhoewel die Heilige Augustinus, Biskop van Hippo (354–430 n.C.), as
Christen grootgemaak is, het hy as jong man die Katolisisme verwerp in sy
soektog na goddelike wysheid en waarheid. Soos die verlore seun van die
Bybel, moes hy eers die fout van sy afkerigheid (wegdraai van die Katolieke
Kerk) insien voordat hy tot bekering (terugkeer tot die Katolieke geloof) kon
kom. Augustine vertel sekere kerngebeure van sy lewe in die Confessiones
(Belydenisse) as ‘n reeks van bekeringe, wat hom gelei het van sy
geboorteplek in Romeins-Noord-Afrika tot sy bekering tot die Katolieke
Christendom in die Keiserstad Milaan. Filosofie, veral Neo-Platoniese denke,
het ‘n deurslaggewende rol gespeel in sy bekeringsproses, soos ook die
invloed van die Heilige Ambrosius, Biskop van Milaan, en ander Neo-
Platoniese intellektuele in Milaan. Neo-Platonisme het ook Augustine se
begrip van die imago Dei (Godsbeeld) beïnvloed.
Alhoewel Augustinus se leer oor die begrip imago Dei in al sy werke aangetref
word (maar veral in De Trinitate), het ‘n literatuurstudie uitgewys dat die
manier waarop hierdie begrip gebruik word om sy bekeringsverhaal in die
Confessions toe te lig, vorm te gee en te bevorder, nog nie op gestruktureerde
wyse ondersoek is nie. Om hierdie leemte in vakkundige kennis te vul, poog
hierdie tesis om die volgende navorsingsvraag te beantwoord: Hoe het die
begrip imago Dei Augustinus se bekeringsverhaal toegelig en vorm gegee,
soos vertel in sy Confessiones, met inagneming van die teologiese en
filosofiese invloede van Ambrosius en die Neo-Platoniste van Milaan op sy
geestelike ontwikkeling?
Die ondersoek is uitgevoer deur middel van ‘n grondige studie en ontleding
van die Confessiones en toepaslike sekondêre literatuur binne die historiese,
filosofiese en godsdienste raamwerk van die werk. ’n Empiriese benadering,
by wyse van teksontleding en hermeneutika, is gebruik om die
navorsingsvraag te beantwoord. Die ontleding van die Confessiones is
beperk tot die outobiografiese deel (Boeke 1 tot 9). Om die ontleding uit te voer, is ’n teoretiese en konseptuele raamwerk vooropgestel in Hoofstukke 1
tot 4, waar die sleutelbegrippe bekering en imago Dei bespreek is, asook die
invloed van Neo-Platonisme en Ambrosius op Augustinus. In Hoofstuk 5 word
hierdie konseptuele raamwerk vir die aard van die imago Dei aangevul deur ’n
literêre raamwerk vir die Confessions om sodoende ‘n metaraamwerk te vorm.
Die teksontleding is gedoen binne die metaraamwerk met verwysing na
sekere geestesgawes (eienskappe) wat in die beeld neerslag vind, naamlik
persoonlikheid, spiritualiteit, rasionaliteit, moraliteit, outoriteit, en kreatiwiteit.
Die hoofgevoltrekking is dat Augustinus se persoonlike verhouding met God
geskaad is deur die negatiewe impak van sonde op hierdie geestesgawes van
die Godsbeeld in hom. Sy geleidelike besef dat God Gees is, sy groei in sy
geloof, asook sy uiteindelike aanvaarding van die gesag van die Bybel en van
die Katolieke Kerk, het meegebring dat Augustinus se gebroke Godsbeeld en
-gelykenis herstel is. Daardeur is Augustinus met God versoen deur Christus,
wat die volmaakte Godsbeeld is, en sodoende is hy bekeer tot die Katolieke
Kerk, wat die Liggaam van Christus is.
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Coombes, Michael James. "Augustine's Contra Fortunatum : perspectives from critical discourse analysis and argumentation theory." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86382.
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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Augustine of Hippo remains one of the most prominent and influential figures in the world of Catholicism, famous for his many writings and sermons on Catholic Christianity as well as his ardent defence of it. His debate with Fortunatus, a member of the Manichaean faith presented Augustine with one of his defining moments as a member of the Catholic clergy. This is because Augustine had only been a presbyter in the Church at Hippo for a few months when this debate took place and therefore had much at stake against his wily opponent. To make matters even more complicated for Augustine, he himself had been a Manichee for at least nine years and knew Fortunatus as a skilled debater. But rhetoric, or the art of persuasion, was a field in which Augustine excelled, having both a natural proclivity for speaking as well as the formal education behind it. Chapter one begins with an introduction to the debate, the primary characters, and the religions involved. Chapter two continues with an exposition of Augustine and his association with Manichaeism and then goes on to describe Augustine‟s anti-Manichaean works. From this point, chapter two continues with a section on Manichaeism, its spread, its myth and its practice. From this contextual basis, chapter three deals with the methodology of Critical Discourse Analysis and the three most important characters in the form of Halliday, Fairclough and van Dijk. This chapter is followed by another chapter on theory: Argumentation Theory. Chapter four includes subsections on van Eemeren and his methodologies of Pragma-Dialectics and Strategic Maneuvering.
The analysis chapters of this dissertation begin with chapter five which deals with concepts from Critical Discourse Analysis and Argumentation Theory. This chapter includes subsections on categories of enquiry, followed by a section on a number of recurring devices, namely: answering questions, changing the topic and quoting scripture. A Critical Discourse Analysis section follows with subsections that include difference, evaluation and knowledge as a common ground component of contexts. This in turn is followed by sections on Argumentation Theory and Strategic Maneuvering, which include subsections on economy, efficacy and coherence; realism and wellfoundedness; logical reasoning process and pragmatic inferences; reasonableness versus effectiveness; the rhetorical perspective; discussion strategies; dialectical aims versus rhetorical aims and deceptive manoeuvring. The final analysis chapter, the Contra Fortunatum in context, includes subsections on the opening of the debate, the structure of the debate and the topics of discussion. Within this last section subsections on the Nebridian conundrum, the origin of evil, and free will occur. The next subsection dicusses topics not mentioned in the debate: the Manichaean myth, Mani and the previous friendship between Fortunatus and Augustine. Following this there are sections on Manichaeism presenting itself as a form of Christianity, the debaters talking past each other and the issues of audience composition and power relations between the various role players. Chapter seven takes a concluding look at the issue of who should be designated the winner of the debate.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Augustinus van Hippo bly een van die mees prominente en invloedryke figure in die wêreld van die Katolisisme, bekend vir sy vele skrywes en preke oor die Katolieke Christendom sowel as sy ywerige verdediging daarvan. Sy debat met Fortunatus, ʼn lid van die Manichese geloof, het aan Augustinus een van die bepalende oomblikke in sy rol as Katolieke geestelike besorg. Die rede hiervoor is dat Augustinus ten tyde van die debat nog net ʼn paar maande ʼn presbiter in die kerk in Hippo was; daarom was daar baie op die spel in die debat teen hierdie gedugte opponent. Om dinge selfs nog meer ingewikkeld vir Augustinus te maak, was hy self vir ten minste nege jaar 'n Manicheër en was hy bekend met Fortunatus se retoriese vermoëns. Retoriek, of die kuns van oorreding, was egter 'n veld waarin Augustinus uitgeblink het. Hy het beide ʼn natuurlike aanvoeling vir redevoering sowel as ʼn formele opleiding gehad. Hoofstuk een van die proefskrif begin met ʼn inleiding tot die debat, die hoofkarakters en die gelowe wat betrokke is. Hoofstuk twee gaan voort met ʼn uiteensetting van Augustinus en sy assosiasie met die Manichese geloof en beskryf ook Augustinus se anti-Manichese werke. Van hier af gaan hoofstuk twee dan verder met 'n afdeling oor die Manichese geloof, die mitologie en lewenswyse, sowel as die verspreiding van die Manicheïsme. Met hierdie kontekstuele agtergrond as basis handel hoofstuk drie oor die metodologie van Kritiese Diskoersanalise en die drie belangrikste eksponente van hierdie teoretiese rigting, Halliday, Fairclough en Van Dijk. Hierdie hoofstuk word gevolg deur nog ʼn teoretiese hoofstuk wat handel oor Argumentasieteorie. Hoofstuk vier sluit onderafdelings in oor Van Eemeren en sy metodologieë van Pragma-Dialektiek en Strategiese Maneuvers. Die ontledingshoofstukke van hierdie proefskrif begin by hoofstuk vyf wat handel oor Kritiese Diskoersanalise en Argumentasieteorie. Hierdie hoofstuk sluit onderafdelings in oor kategorieë van ondersoek, opgevolg deur ʼn gedeelte oor 'n aantal herhalende tegnieke: die beantwoording van vrae, die verandering van die onderwerp en skrifaanhalings. ʼn Volgende afdeling oor Kritiese Diskoersanalise volg daarop met onderafdelings wat verskil, evaluasie en kennis as ʼn gemeenskaplike komponent op die terrein van konteks insluit. Hierop volg 'n afdeling oor Strategiese Maneuvers. Laasgenoemde sluit onderafdelings in oor ekonomie, doeltreffendheid en koherensie; realisme en gegrondheid; logiese denkprosesse en pragmatiese gevolgtrekkings; redelikheid versus effektiwiteit; die retoriese perspektief; besprekingstrategieë; dialektiese doelwitte versus retoriese doelwitte en maneuvers van misleiding. Die finale ontledingshoofstuk, getiteld die Contra Fortunatum in konteks, sluit onderafdelings in oor die openingsreëls van die debat, die struktuur van die debat en tematiek daarvan. In die laaste afdelings word die kwessies van die Nebridiese vraagstuk, die oorsprong van boosheid en die vrye wil ingesluit. Die volgende onderafdeling bevat onderwerpe wat nie in die debat behandel word nie: die Manichese mite, Mani en die vroeëre vriendskap tussen Fortunatus en Augustinus. Daarop volg die afdelings oor die Manichese strategie om hierdie godsdiens as Christelike godsdiens voor te stel, die deelnemers se taktiek om verby mekaar te praat asook oor die samestelling van die gehoor en kwessie van die magsverhoudinge tussen die onderskeie rolspelers. Die laaste hoofstuk sluit samevattend af met 'n kort bespreking van die kwessie van wie as die wenner van die debat beskou moet word.
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Austin, Kathleen J. "Aristotle, Aquinas, and the history of quickening." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79819.
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This thesis examines a primary question raised by both Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas: What constitutes the beginning of a human being? Aristotle and Aquinas raise this question for very different reasons. Modern critical commentators revisit it for their own reasons, namely for the purposes of ethical debates surrounding conception and abortion. They frequently attribute the notions of delayed ensoulment and quickening to Aristotle. Through examination of the primary texts, I demonstrate that this attribution is erroneous. Aristotle contends that ensoulment is substantially complete at conception, though subject to gradual actualization throughout the lifespan of a human being; while Thomas suggests that conception is a process, requiring several substantial changes before a human soul is infused. I argue that Aquinas adapts Aristotle in accordance with his Christian theological commitments, and modern commentators follow him to develop their own notions of delayed ensoulment and quickening.
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Humphrey, Christopher Wainwright. ""'There the Father is, and there is everything'" : elements of Plotinian pantheism in Augustine's thought." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65979.
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Moon, Joshua. "Restitutio ad integrum : an 'Augustinian' reading of Jeremiah 31:31-34 in dialogue with the Christian tradition." Thesis, St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/419.
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Kotze, Annemare. "The protreptic-paraenetic purpose of Augustine's Confessions and its Manichean audience." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53665.
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Thesis (DLitt)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation I attempt to open up new perspectives on the literary qualities and the
unity of Augustine's Confessions by reading the work in the light of the context within which it
first functioned. Part 1, Prolegomena, consists of a survey of secondary literature (in chapter
1) that focuses on research on the literary characteristics of the work, followed by a
theoretical exploration of the two aspects that constitute the focus of this study, the genre
and the audience of the Confessions. Chapter 2.1 examines how the literary practices and
generic conventions of late Antiquity should inform our reading of the work. This is achieved
through a discussion of the implications of genre analysis in general (2.1.1), followed by an
examination of the conventions of the ancient protreptic genre (2.1.2), a look at the parallels
between the Confessions and three of its literary antecedents and between the Confessions
and Augustine's Contra Academicos (2.1.3), and an evaluation of the perspectives offered on
the unity of the work by this procedure (2.1.4). Chapter 2.2 starts with a discussion of the
concept of intended audience (2.2.1) and proceeds to provide the background needed to
follow the arguments on the specific segment of Augustine's audience that I consider here,
the Manicheans (2.2.2).
Part 2 of the dissertation consists of the analyses of selected passages but attempts at the
same time to give an accurate account of how genre and intended audience are embodied in
the text as a whole. In chapter 3 I show that Augustine's meditation on Ps 4 in the central
section of the Confessions (9.4.8-11) is a protreptic that targets a Manichean audience (3.1)
through Augustine's identification with this audience (3.2) and the prevalent use of
Manichean terminology and categories (3.3). In chapter 4 I analyse in a more systematic way
the expression of protreptic purpose through various devices throughout the Confessions:
foreshadowing in the opening paragraph (4.1), the use of a shifting persona (4.2), allusion to
Matt 7:7 (4.3), and the theme of the protreptic power of reading and listening (4.5). I evaluate
how pervasive the expression of protreptic intent is (4.4) and end with an examination of the
protreptic-paraenetic purpose of the first section of the allegorical exposition of the creation
story in book 13 (4.6). Chapter 5 examines the degree to which the Manicheans are targeted
by the text as a whole as an important segment of its intended audience. I examine the use
of the theme of friendship to evoke Augustine's erstwhile Manichean friendships and the
history of failed communication with this group (5.1), the role Augustine intends curiositas to
play in coaxing the Manicheans into reading yet another attempt to convert them (5.2), and
once again how pervasive the concerns with a Manichean audience is (5.3). I conclude this
chapter, like the previous one, with an analysis of the last section of the allegory in book 13, where I discern towards the end an intensification of indications that Augustine is
preoccupied with his Manichean audience (5.4).<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie proefskrif probeer om nuwe perspektief te bied op die literêre eienskappe en die
eenheid van Augustinus se Confessiones deur die werk te lees in die lig van die konteks
waarbinne dit aanvanklik gefunksioneer het. Deel 1, Prolegomena, is In oorsig oor die
sekondêre literatuur (in hoofstuk 1) wat fokus op studies van die literêre tegnieke in die werk,
gevolg deur In teoretiese verkenning van die twee aspekte wat die fokuspunt van die studie
vorm, naamlik die genre en die gehoor van die Confessiones. Hoofstuk 2 ondersoek hoe
literêre praktyke en genre-verwante konvensies van die laat Antieke die lees van die werk
behoort te beïnvloed. Dit word gedoen aan die hand van In bespreking van die implikasies
van genre-analise in die algemeen (2.1.1), gevolg deur In oorsig oor die konvensies van die
antieke protreptiese genre (2.1.2), In bespreking van die paraIIele tussen die Confessiones
en drie literêre voorlopers daarvan asook tussen die Confessiones en Augustinus se Contra
Academicos (2.1.3) en In evaluering van die perspektiewe wat hierdie werkwyse bied op die
eenheid van die werk (2.1.4). Hoofstuk 2.2 behels In bespreking van die konsep
teikengehoor (2.2.1), gevolg deur In opsomming van die agtergrondinligting wat nodig is om
die argumente oor die spesifieke segment van Augustinus se gehoor wat hier oorweeg word
(die Manicheërs), te volg (2.2.2). Deel 2 van die proefskrif bestaan uit die analises van
geselekteerde passasies maar probeer terselfdertyd om In getroue weergawe te bied van
hoe genre en gehoor in die teks as geheel beliggaam word. Hoofstuk 3 toon dat Augustinus
se oordenking van Ps 4 in die sentrale gedeelte van die Confessiones (9.4.8-11) In
protreptiese werk gerig op In Manichese gehoor is (3.1). Augustinus vereenslewig hom met
sy teikengehoor (3.2) en gebruik deurgaans Manichese terminologie en kategorieë (3.3).
Hoofstuk 4 ondersoek hoe die protreptiese doelwit in die Confessiones uitgedruk word deur
die gebruik van verskeie tegnieke: voorafskaduing in die aanvangsparagraaf (4.1), die
gebruik van In verskuiwende persona (4.2), verwysing na Matt 7:7 (4.3) en die tema van die
protreptiese uitwerking van lees en luister (4.5). Ek evalueer hoe verteenwoordigend ten
opsigte van die geheel die uitdrukking van die protreptiese doelwit is (4.4) en sluit met In
analise van die protrepties-paranetiese funksie van die eerste deel van die allegoriese
interpretasie van die skeppingsverhaal in boek 13 (4.6). Hoofstuk 5 ondersoek die mate
waarin die teks as geheel die Manicheërs as die teikengehoor van die werk aandui. Dit toon hoe Augustinus die tema van vriendskap gebruik om sy vroeëre Manichese vriendskappe op
te roep en verwys na die geskiedenis van onsuksesvolle kommunikasie met hierdie groep
(5.1); dit toon hoe curiositas 'n rol speel om die Manicheërs oor te haalom nog 'n poging om
hulle te bekeer te lees (5.2) asook hoe verteenwoordigend ten opsigte van die geheel die
bemoeienis met 'n Manichese gehoor is (5.3). Die hoofstuk sluit af, soos die vorige een, met
'n analise (nou van die tweede deel) van die allegorie in boek 13, met klem op die sterker
wordende aanduidings dat Augustinus hier 'n Manichese gehoor in die oog het (5.4).
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Schinagl, Rosa Kassandra Coco. ""Dieser Satz traf mich mitten ins Hers, also darf ich ihn doch haben" : Liebe als philosophisch-theologisches Konzept in Hannah Arendts Denken. Eine Betrachtung ihrer Dissertation Der Liebesbegriff bei Augustin. Versuch einer philosphischen Interpretation im Lichte ihres Gesamtwerkes." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71742.
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Fogarty, Margaret Elizabeth. "Egyptian Christianity : an historical examination of the belief systems prevalent in Alexandria c.100 B.C.E. - 400 C.E. and their role in the shaping of early Christianity." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49941.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis sets out to examine, as far as possible within the constraints of a limited study, the
nature of the Christianity professed in the first centuries of the Common Era, by means of an
historical examination of Egyptian Christianity. The thesis contends that the believers in
Christ's teachings, in the first century, were predominantly Jewish, that "Christianity" did not
exist as a developed separate religion until its first formal systematizations commenced in the
second century, through the prolific writings of the Alexandrians, Clement and Origen. It is
noted that the name "Christianity" itself was coined for the first time in the second century by
Ignatius of Antioch; and that until the fourth century it is more accurate to speak of many
Christianities in view of regional-cultural and interpretative differences where the religion took
root. The study examines the main religions of the world in which the new religion began to
establish itself, and against which it had to contend for its very survival. Many elements of these
religions influenced the rituals and formulation of the new religion and are traced through
ancient Egyptian religion, the Isis and Serapis cults, Judaism, Gnosticism and Hermeticism.
Alexandria, as the intellectual matrix of the Graeco-Roman world, was the key centre in which
the new religion was formally developed. The thesis argues, therefore, that despite the obscurity
of earliest Christianity in view of the dearth of extant sources, the emergent religion was
significantly Egyptian in formulation, legacy and influence in the world of Late Antiquity. It is
argued, in conclusion, that the politics of the West in making Christianity the official religion
of the empire, thus centring it henceforth in Rome, effectively effaced the Egyptian roots. In
line with current major research into the earliest centuries of Christianity, the thesis contends
that while Jerusalem was the spring of the new religion Alexandria, and Egypt as a whole,
formed a vital tributary of the river of Christianity which was to flow through the whole world.
It is argued that without the Egyptian branch, Christianity would have been a different
phenomenon to what it later became. The legacy of Egyptian Christianity is not only of singular
importance in the development of Christianity but, attracting as it does the continued interest of
current researchers in the historical, papyrological and archaeological fields, it holds also
considerable significance for the study of the history of religions in general, and Christianity in
particular.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die proefskrif poog om, insover moontlik binne beperkte skopus, die aard van die vroeë
Christendom gedurende die eerste eeue V.C. te ondersoek, deur middel van 'n historiese
ondersoek van die Egiptiese Christendom. Die tesis voer aan dat die vroegste Christelike
gelowiges in die eerste eeu N.C. grootendeels Joods was, en dat die Christendom as afsonderlike
godsdiens nie ontstaan het nie voor die formele sistematiseringe wat deur die Aleksandryne
Clemens en Origines aangebring is nie. Selfs die term Christendom is vir die eerste keer in die
tweede eeu n.C. deur Ignatius van Antiochië versin; daar word verder opgemerk dat voor die
vierde eeu dit meer akkuraat is om van veelvuldige Christelike groepe te praat. Die studie
ondersoek die vernaamste godsdienste van die milieu waarin die nuwe godsdiens wortel geskied
het, en waarteen dit om sy oorlewing moes stry. Baie invloede van die godsdienste is uitgeoefen
op die rites en die daarstelling van die nuwe godsdiens, en kan herlei word na die antieke
Egiptiese godsdiens, die kultusse van Isis en Serapis, Judaïsme, Gnostisisme en Hermetisme.
Aleksandrië, die intellektuele matriks van die Grieks-Romeinse wêreld, was die hoof-sentrum
waarin die nuwe godsdiens formeelontwikkel het. Die tesis toon daarom aan dat ten spyte van
die onbekendheid van die vroegste Christendom, wat te wyte is aan die tekort aan bronne, die
opkomende godsdiens in die Laat Antieke wêreld opvallend Egipties van aard was in
formulering, invloed en erfenis. Ten slotte word daar aangevoer dat die politiek van die Weste
wat die Christendom as amptelike godsdiens van die ryk gemaak het, en wat dit vervolgens dus
in Rome laat konsentreer het, die Egiptiese oorspronge van die godsdiens feitlik uitgewis het. In
samehang met kontemporêre belangrike navorsing op die gebied van die Christendom se
vroegste eeue, argumenteer die tesis dat terwyl Jerusalem wel die bron van die nuwe godsdiens
was, Aleksandrië, en Egipte as geheel, 'n deurslaggewende sytak was van die rivier van die
Christendom wat uiteindelik deur die ganse wêreld sou vloei. Daar word aangetoon dat sonder
die Egiptiese tak, die Christendom 'n heel ander verskynsel sou gewees het in vergelyking met sy
latere formaat. Die erfenis van die Egiptiese Christendom is nie alleen van die grootste belang
vir die ontwikkeling van die Christendom nie, maar 'n nalatenskap wat die voortgesette aandag
van navorsers op historiese, papirologiese en argeologiese gebiede vra, en is daarom van groot
belang vir die studie van die geskiedenis van godsdienste in die algemeen, en die Christendom in
die besonder.
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Minton, Gretchen E. "Imaginative space and the construction of community : the drama of Augustine’s two cities in the English Renaissance." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10109.
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This thesis traces the development of Augustine's paradigm of the two cities (the
City of God and the earthly city) in the cultural poetics of the English Renaissance.
Although scholars have studied the impact of Augustine's model on theology, historical
consciousness, and political theories in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, little attention
has been paid to the genealogy of the more specifically "literary" aspects of the idea of
the two cities. My line of inquiry is the relationship between Augustine's model of the
two cities and the idea of drama. More specifically, this project explores the ways in
which the idea o f the two cities spoke to various communities—of readers, of
worshippers, and ultimately, of playgoers.
Augustine's view of drama is divided; on the one hand, he speaks at length about
the evil influence of Roman spectacles, but on the other hand, he acknowledges that the
world itself is a theatre for God's cosmic drama. However, this employment of drama is
limited in Augustine's writing, because his greater commitment is to the idea of
Scripture. This interplay between drama and Scripture, I suggest, is an integral part of
the two-cities model that is related to his theology of history.
The tension between the idea of drama and the idea o f the book is evident in
English Reformation appropriations of Augustine's model, such as those of John Bale
and John Foxe, who changed the terminology to "the two churches." The second section
of my thesis shows how these Reformers contained their own "dramatic" adaptations of
the two cities within an even narrower theatre than Augustine's—a theatre constituted
and contained by the Word.
Shifting the focus to secular drama, the final section concerns Shakespeare's use
of some facets of the two-cities model in his Jacobean plays, and examines the effects of
removing this construct from its religious context. The result, I argue, is a theatre that
celebrates its own aesthetic power and flaunts its sheer physicality, resisting the
presumed stability of the written word.
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White, Christopher H. "Hannah Arendt and her Augustinian inheritance : love, temporality, and judgement / by Chris White." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21671.
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Slaymaker, Peter James Victor. "Augustine and the Trinity vision in the Vita Sancti Augustini Imaginibus Adornata." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3886.
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Harris, Mitchell Munroe 1977. ""Rise to thought" : Augustinian ethics in Donne, Shakespeare, and Milton." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/17962.
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This dissertation considers the development of an ethics stemming from the Augustinian revival of early modern England, and the subsequent effect of this ethics on the literary culture of the period. The Preface claims that religious and textual communities operate according to a “cultural mobility” that eludes conventional neo-historicist approaches to literary culture, and Paul Ricoeur’s aphorism, “the symbol gives rise to thought,” serves as a model for thinking through this mobility. Augustinian ethics is a cultural phenomenon in the period, because people are thinking about Augustine, giving new life to his works through their own expressions of thought. After exploring the ways in which the Augustinian revival was brought about during the early modern period in the Introduction, one such expression of thought, John Donne’s relationship with early modern print culture, is examined in Chapter One. Following the theoretical outline of Augustine’s Christianization of Ciceronian rhetoric in his De Doctrina Christiana, it is suggested that though Donne’s aversion to the print publication of his poetry may have begun as a result of his “gentlemanly disdain” of the press, it ultimately found its sustenance in the form of an Augustinian ethic. Chapter Two examines the possibility of a metaphorical acquisition of Augustinian hermeneutics in the metadrama of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This hermeneutics ultimately calls into question the epistemological framework of Theseus’s skeptical aesthetics, suggesting that a more inclusive aesthetics based on charity can elevate the stage to its proper dignity. The last chapter turns from the communal implications of Augustinian ethics to its subjective implications by examining Augustine’s inner light theology and the role it plays in John Milton’s late poetry. Instead of falling in line with criticism that sees the simultaneous publication of Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes as a dialectical meditation on the virtues of pacifism and the evils of religious violence, this reading suggests that the late poetry asserts the ethical rights of those who attend to the inner light, whether they be peaceful or violent.<br>text
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Castel, Toni Leigh. "The Plotinian first hypostasis and the Trinity : points of convergence and of divergence in Augustine's De doctrina Christiana liber primus." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10267.
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Filipenko, Yana. "Speech as Metaphor of Human Becoming According to St. Augustine of Hippo." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/290841.
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Koester, Kristen Ann. "Augustine's letters: negotiating absence." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3386.
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Reading Augustine’s letters as a collection proves useful for understanding his theory in practice of the significance of others—the moral status of love for others—particularly since the conditions of the letter (absence, writing) engender expressions of lack and desire for the other. With Augustine, this desire is frequently in tension with his Neoplatonic and Christian philosophical commitments which valorise the Creator over the creature, universally-directed love over private love, and the soul over the body. Following these tensions between theory and practice chronologically through the letters shows his changing responses to the significance of the other, in terms of their bodily presence and their individual interior experience. Moreover, Augustine’s developing theory of the afterlife as a place of continued embodiment and the fulfilment of intimacy corresponds to and models Augustine’s responses to absence and longing in this life.<br>Graduate
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Liddell, William Erik. "The "heart of the plot" a study of autobiographical literature of the meditative type : Augustine, Rousseau and Proust (Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marcel Proust, France) /." 2006. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=442360&T=F.
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Wall, John K. "A Study of the Rhetoric of the Early Sermons of St. Augustine." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2794.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>This examination of the first five years of his preaching identifies key ways in which Augustine of Hippo transformed classical rhetoric into the pattern he would later outline in De doctrina christiana. This thesis argues that Augustine began his career as a priest giving sermons in line with the sophistic speeches he had taught before his conversion, but that by 396 he had "redeemed" his rhetoric to fit the new purposes of the Christian church. During these early years, Augustine reduced or removed the classical exordia and perorations in order to meld his sermons into the liturgy. He also humbled, but did not eliminate, his rhetorical polish as he shifted the main purpose of rhetoric from pleasing the elites to teaching the masses.
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Russ, Jeffrey J. "Feminine Guidance: An Augustinian Reading of Joyce's Stephen Dedalus." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2058.
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Innerst, Sean. "The ancient Narratio as an ecclesial participation in the divine pedagogy: a study of its sources and proposal for its current application." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4948.
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This study represents a work of practical narrative
theology which originates in the notable prominence of an ancient
form of catechesis in a modern document, the General Directory
for Catechesis (GDC), issued in 1997 by the Sacred Congregation
for the Clergy in the Vatican. The GDC first mentions narratio
explicitly in number 39 in the form of an imperative:
"Catechesis, for its part, transmits the words and deeds of
Revelation; it is obliged to proclaim and narrate them and, at
the same time, to make clear the profound mysteries that they
contain." It is under the weight of that obligation that this
study came to be.
Narratio, or the narration of salvation history, which was
a standard part of the catechesis of the Church of the fourth and
fifth centuries gave way to the exigencies of a changing Church
in which the catechetical focus turned from adults, who needed a
Judeo-Christian worldview to replace a Greco-Roman one, to
children who had grown up in communities shaped by a Christian
vision.
This doctoral thesis proceeds by, first, surveying Roman
Catholic magisterial teaching immediately preceding the issuance
of the GDC to trace the roots of this apparent innovation within
an institution which is otherwise noted for its conservatism.
After establishing the context and character of the GDCs call
for revival of narratio, this thesis examines the historical
setting, rhetorical structure, and function of narratio in
Augustine of Hippo's De catechizandis rudibus, and then its
scriptural precursors in the two Testaments in order to discover
how this narration functioned in the Jewish and Christian
communities which practiced haggadic and anamnetic recitals of
God's saving works as a means to the formation and maintenance of
communal identity.
This study seeks to establish that a positive response to
the GDC's call is as much warranted by the evidence provided in
the biblical and post-biblical Jewish and Christian practice of
ritual/covenantal remembrance as by the Catholic magisterial
imperative in the GDC. In this, it may aid to inform and direct
such a positive response to the GDC for the revival of the
catechetical narratio.<br>Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology<br>D. Th. (Church History)