The Irrational Augustine by Catherine Conybeare
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 Suffering of the Impassible God
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The Christocentric Cosmology of St Maximus the Confessor
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Marius Victorinus' Commentary on Galatians
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Grace and Christology in the Early Church
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Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and the Transformation of Divine Simplicity
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Evagrius of Pontus
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Drama of the Divine Economy
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The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition
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Dorotheus of Gaza and Ascetic Education
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Law and Legality in the Greek East
- Gregory's Macrina and Plato's Socrates
- Theosis in the Theology of Gregory of Nazianzus
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Visions and Faces of the Tragic
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Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria
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Faith, Piety, and Salvation in Irenaeus of Lyons
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Isaac of Nineveh's Ascetical Eschatology
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St Theodore the Studite's Defence of the Icons
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Philo of Alexandria and the Construction of Jewishness in Early Christian Writings
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Nemesius of Emesa on Human Nature
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Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East
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Jerome's Commentaries on the Pauline Epistles and the Architecture of Exegetical Authority
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Clement of Alexandria and the Beginnings of Christian Apophaticism
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Marcellus of Ancyra and the Lost Years of the Arian Controversy 325-345
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Union and Distinction in the Thought of St Maximus the Confessor
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Origen and Scripture
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The Donatist Church in an Apocalyptic Age
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The Minor Prophets as Christian Scripture in the Commentaries of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria
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God and Christ in Irenaeus
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The Demonic in the Political Thought of Eusebius of Caesarea
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Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity
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The Practical Christology of Philoxenos of Mabbug
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Enchantment and Creed in the Hymns of Ambrose of Milan
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Activity and Participation in Late Antique and Early Christian Thought
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Pelagius' Commentary on St Paul's Epistle to the Romans
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Hilary of Poitiers on the Trinity
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Orosius and the Rhetoric of History
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The Greek Historia Monachorum in Aegypto
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Cyril of Alexandria's Trinitarian Theology of Scripture
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Making Amulets Christian
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The Roman Martyrs
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The Song of Songs and the Fashioning of Identity in Early Latin Christianity
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Debates over the Resurrection of the Dead
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Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery
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Augustine's Commentary on Galatians
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Arnobius of Sicca
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The Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption
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The Byzantine Christ
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Cyril of Alexandria and the Nestorian Controversy
throughout her book Conybeare writes with a masterful command of both the Latin and English languages * Paul CBurns, The Classical Review *
Conybeare's book is clever, intriguing, and relentlessly trendy in its theoretical vocabulary * Lewis Ayres, Journal of Roman Studies *
Conybeare's fine study is a very close reading of the earliest Augustinian texts...her arguments are provocative and persuasive throughout. * David Vincent Meconi, Journal of Early Christian Studies *
In short, this work is a model of what it means to reconsider Augustine on his own terms - respectfully, while recognizing Augustine's sophisticated self-presentation. Conybeare gives us a thoughtful, inquisitive Augustine, a portrait which should prompt us to look at the apparent dogmatism of his later works with fresh, unjaded eyes. * Todd Breyfogle, Canadian Journal of History *
Conybeare's book is clever, intriguing, and relentlessly trendy in its theoretical vocabulary * Lewis Ayres, Journal of Roman Studies *
Conybeare's fine study is a very close reading of the earliest Augustinian texts...her arguments are provocative and persuasive throughout. * David Vincent Meconi, Journal of Early Christian Studies *
In short, this work is a model of what it means to reconsider Augustine on his own terms - respectfully, while recognizing Augustine's sophisticated self-presentation. Conybeare gives us a thoughtful, inquisitive Augustine, a portrait which should prompt us to look at the apparent dogmatism of his later works with fresh, unjaded eyes. * Todd Breyfogle, Canadian Journal of History *
Catherine Conybeare is Associate Professor in the Department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies, Bryn Mawr College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199262083 |
| ISBN 10 | 019926208X |
| Title | The Irrational Augustine |
| Author | Catherine Conybeare |
| Series | Oxford Early Christian Studies |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2006-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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