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Contemplation and Classical Christianity - A Study in Augustine (Paperback)
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Contemplation and Classical Christianity - A Study in Augustine (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies
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After resolving to become a Catholic Christian, Augustine spent a
decade trying to clarify his understanding of 'contemplation,' the
interior presence of God to the soul. That long struggle yielded
his classic account in the Confessions. This study explores
Augustine's developing understanding of contemplation, beginning
with his earliest accounts written before his baptism and ending
with the Confessions. Chapter One examines the pagan monotheism of
the Roman Platonists and the role of contemplation in their
theology. Augustine's pre-baptismal writings are then considered in
Chapter Two, tracking his fundamental break from pagan Platonism.
Chapter Three then turns to Augustine's developing understanding of
contemplation in these pre-baptismal texts. Chapter Four
concentrates on Augustine's thought during the decade after his
baptism in 387, a period that encompasses his monastic life in
Thagaste, and his years first as a presbyter and then as a bishop
in Hippo Regius. This chapter follows the arc of Augustine's
thought through these years of transition and leads into the
Confessions, giving a vantage point to survey its theology of
contemplation. Chapter Five concentrates on the Confessions and
sets its most famous account of contemplation, the vision at Ostia
from Book IX, into a larger polemical context. Augustine's defence
of his transcendental reading of scripture in Confessions XII is
analysed and then used to illuminate the Ostian ascent narrative.
The book concludes with observations on the importance of
Augustine's theology of contemplation to the emergence of Christian
monotheism in late antiquity.
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