Feb 09
| Paul R. KOLBET, Augustine and the cure of souls : revising a Classical ideal (Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity series 17) (Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame, 2010) XVIII-342 p. (ISBN: 978-0-268-03321-7) |
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“This study situates Augustine within the ancient philosophical tradition of using words to order emotions. The author uncovers a profound continuity in Augustine’s thought, from his earliest pre-baptismal writings to his final acts as bishop, revealing a man deeply indebted to the Roman past and yet distinctly Christian. Rather than supplanting this classical learning, Augustine’s Christianity reinvigorated precisely those elements of Roman wisdom that he believed were slipping into decadence. [...] This book offers a fresh reading of Augustine’s writings - particularly his numerous, though often neglected, sermons - and provides an illuminating point of entry into the great North African bishop’s life and thought.” |
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Dec 07
Op dinsdag 16 februari 2010 zal Marleen Verschoren een voordracht geven, getiteld: Eeuwige gelukzaligheid: de martelaren Perpetua en Felicitas in de visie van Augustinus. Een korte beschrijving hiervan:
“In de zomer van 2007 doken er enkele nieuwe preken van Augustinus op. Eén daarvan is preek 282 over het martelaarschap van Perpetua en Felicitas († 203). In deze lezing bekijken we naast het martelaarsdocument zelf, drie preken (280-282) die de kerkvader hield ter ere van deze vrouwelijke martelaren. We bestuderen eveneens Augustinus’ dispuut met Vincentius Victor voor zover zich dat ontwikkelde rond Perpetua’s visioenen over haar overleden broertje.”
De lezing wordt georganiseerd door het NKV (Nederlands Klassiek Verbond), Afdeling Vlaams-Brabant, en zal doorgaan in MSI 00.28, Erasmusplein, 3000 Leuven om 20u00. De toegang is gratis, ook voor niet-leden.
Dec 01
| Brian DOBELL, Augustine’s intellectual conversion : the journey from Platonism to Christianity (Cambridge : CUP, 2009) XVII-250 p. (ISBN: 978-0-521-51339-5) |
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“This book examines Augustine’s intellectual conversion from Platonism to Christianity, as described at Confessions 7.9.13-21-17. It is widely assumed that this occured in the summer of 386, shortly before Augustine’s volitional conversion in the garden at Milan. Brian Dobell argues, however, that Augustine’s intellectual conversion did not occur until the mid 390s, and develops this claim by comparing Confessions 7.9.13-21.27 with a number of important passages and themes from Augustine’s early writings. He thus invites the reader to consider anew the problem of Augustine’s conversion in 386: was it to Platonism or Christianity? His original and important study will be of interest to a wide range of readers in the history of philosophy and the history of theology.” |
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Sep 24
Het verslag van de Augustinusdag 2009 vindt u hier.
Zowel op de blog als op deze pagina houden we u op de hoogte van de volgende Augustinusdag, die - dat weten we nu al - op 25 september 2010 zal plaatsvinden.
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