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Augustine's Confessions is one of the most significant works of
Western culture. Cast as a long, impassioned conversation with God,
it is intertwined with passages of life-narrative and with key
theological and philosophical insights. It is enduringly popular,
and justly so. The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine's Confessions
is an engaging introduction to this spiritually creative and
intellectually original work. This guidebook is organized by
themes: the importance of language creation and the sensible world
memory, time and the self the afterlife of the Confessions. Written
for readers approaching the Confessions for the first time, this
guidebook addresses the literary, philosophical, historical and
theological complexities of the work in a clear and accessible way.
Excerpts in both Latin and English from this seminal work are
included throughout the book to provide a close examination of both
the autobiographical and theoretical content within the
Confessions.
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most significant works of
Western culture. Cast as a long, impassioned conversation with God,
it is intertwined with passages of life-narrative and with key
theological and philosophical insights. It is enduringly popular,
and justly so. The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine's Confessions
is an engaging introduction to this spiritually creative and
intellectually original work. This guidebook is organized by
themes: the importance of language creation and the sensible world
memory, time and the self the afterlife of the Confessions. Written
for readers approaching the Confessions for the first time, this
guidebook addresses the literary, philosophical, historical and
theological complexities of the work in a clear and accessible way.
Excerpts in both Latin and English from this seminal work are
included throughout the book to provide a close examination of both
the autobiographical and theoretical content within the
Confessions.
This anthology presents in two volumes a series of Latin texts
(with English translation) produced in Britain during the period AD
450–1500. Excerpts are taken from Bede and other historians, from
the letters of women written from their monasteries, from famous
documents such as Domesday Book and Magna Carta, and from accounts
and legal documents, all revealing the lives of individuals at home
and on their travels across Britain and beyond. It offers an
insight into Latin writings on many subjects, showing the important
role of Latin in the multilingual society of medieval Britain, in
which Latin was the primary language of written communication and
record and also developed, particularly after the Norman Conquest,
through mutual influence with English and French. The thorough
introductions to each volume provide a broad overview of the
linguistic and cultural background, while the individual texts are
placed in their social, historical and linguistic context.
Modern disciplinary silos tend to separate the fields of classical
philology and theology. This collection of essays, however,
explores for the first time the deep and significant interactions
between them. It demonstrates how from antiquity to the present
they have marched hand in hand, informing each other with method,
views of the past and structures of argument. The volume rewrites
the history of discipline formation, and reveals how close the
seminar is to the seminary.
The Irrational Augustine takes the notion of St Augustine as rigid
and dogmatic Father of the Church and turns it on its head.
Catherine Conybeare reads Augustine's earliest works to discover
the anti-dogmatic Augustine, who values changeability and human
interconnectedness and deplores social exclusion. The novelty of
her book lies in taking seriously the nature of these early works
as performances, through which multiple questions can be raised and
multiple options explored, both in words and through their dramatic
framework. The theological consequences are considerable. A very
human Augustine emerges, talking and playing with friends and
family, including his mother - and a very sympathetic set of ideas
is the result.
The letters of Paulinus of Nola and his correspondents show an early Christian 'web' of ideas in action. Catherine Conybeare examines how messages carried between members of a far-flung community helped to tie that community together. The letters reveal the profound impact Paulinus had in shaping the new Christian Church.
Modern disciplinary silos tend to separate the fields of classical
philology and theology. This collection of essays, however,
explores for the first time the deep and significant interactions
between them. It demonstrates how from antiquity to the present
they have marched hand in hand, informing each other with method,
views of the past and structures of argument. The volume rewrites
the history of discipline formation, and reveals how close the
seminar is to the seminary.
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