En route to the Confessions : the roots and development of Augustine's philosophical anthropology /
Napier, Daniel Austin.
En route to the Confessions : the roots and development of Augustine's philosophical anthropology / by Daniel Austin Napier. - Leuven : Peeters, 2013. - xxxvi, 348 p.; 25 cm. - Late antique history and religion ; The mystagogy of the church fathers ; 6. 2. . - Late antique history and religion ; 6. Late antique history and religion. Mystagogy of the church fathers ; 2. .
Includes bibliography and indexes.
Introduction -- pt. 1: The circular soul, salvific contemplation and the defect of action. The circular soul in contemplation : the Cassiciacum project and Augustine's early anthropology (386-387) ; Temporal soul, fallen bodies and the defect of action (Milan through Thagaste, 387-391) ; Summary conclusions for part one -- pt. 2. Augustine's priestly discovery of redemptive action. Augustine's invention of the heart : standing with Jesus between Plato and the Stoa (study leave of 391-394) ; The anthropology of grace : stoic compatibilism, psychology of the passions and grace irresistible (394-396) ; Summary conclusion for part two -- pt. 3. The cracked self and beyond : Augustine's anthropology in the Confessiones. Mirror of fallen nature : commendation to action and its perversion in Confessiones 1 ; Augustine's account of contemplation : perverse and redemptive ascents in the Confessiones ; Summary conclusions for part three -- Conclusion.
9789042929166 (cloth binding)
016459130 Uk
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Confessiones.
Philosophical anthropology--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Theological anthropology--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
BR65.A9 / N37 2013
En route to the Confessions : the roots and development of Augustine's philosophical anthropology / by Daniel Austin Napier. - Leuven : Peeters, 2013. - xxxvi, 348 p.; 25 cm. - Late antique history and religion ; The mystagogy of the church fathers ; 6. 2. . - Late antique history and religion ; 6. Late antique history and religion. Mystagogy of the church fathers ; 2. .
Includes bibliography and indexes.
Introduction -- pt. 1: The circular soul, salvific contemplation and the defect of action. The circular soul in contemplation : the Cassiciacum project and Augustine's early anthropology (386-387) ; Temporal soul, fallen bodies and the defect of action (Milan through Thagaste, 387-391) ; Summary conclusions for part one -- pt. 2. Augustine's priestly discovery of redemptive action. Augustine's invention of the heart : standing with Jesus between Plato and the Stoa (study leave of 391-394) ; The anthropology of grace : stoic compatibilism, psychology of the passions and grace irresistible (394-396) ; Summary conclusion for part two -- pt. 3. The cracked self and beyond : Augustine's anthropology in the Confessiones. Mirror of fallen nature : commendation to action and its perversion in Confessiones 1 ; Augustine's account of contemplation : perverse and redemptive ascents in the Confessiones ; Summary conclusions for part three -- Conclusion.
9789042929166 (cloth binding)
016459130 Uk
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Confessiones.
Philosophical anthropology--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Theological anthropology--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
BR65.A9 / N37 2013