Explorations in Augustine's Anthropology.

• Superior document: Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity Series ; v.23
• Author: Dalpra, Fabio.
• TeilnehmendeR: Jacobsen, Anders-Christian.
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 pages)

What is a human being according to Augustine of Hippo? The volume discusses anthropological themes in Augustine's corpus of writings. The reader will find articles on a wide spectrum of Augustine's anthropological ideas. Some contributions focus on specific texts. Others on specific theolo...

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Series Information
• Copyright Information
• Content
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Reception of the Concept of Participation in Early Christianity: Origen's On First Principles and Augustine's On the Trinity. (Fabio Dalpra)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Concept of Participation in Origen's On First Principles
• 3. The Concept of Participation in Augustine's On the Trinity
• 4. Conclusion
• A Man Victimized by Doubt: Skepticism as an Antropological Problem for Augustin in Contra Academicos (Ivan Bilheiro)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Historical and Philosophical Context of Skepticism
• 3. Augustine and Skepticism
• 4. The Discussion on Skepticism in Contra Academicos
• 4.1 The Skeptical Challenge in Book 1 of Contra Academicos: Happiness at Stake
• 4.2 The Challenging Conception of Skepticism in Book 2 of Contra Academicos: Understanding the Skepticism's Doctrine
• 5. Conclusion
• The Soul in Augustine's Dialogue De quantitate animae (Lenka Karfíková)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Evodius' Questions
• 3. The soul not localised in the body
• 4. Sense Perception
• 5. The Divisibility of the Soul?
• 6. The Care for the Soul
• Being, Human Being, and Truth in Augustine's De Magistro: A Christian "Ontoanthropology" of the Self (Humberto Araújo Quaglio de Souza)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Truth and the Inner Teacher
• 3. The Consistency of Augustine's Christian Perspective
• 4. Conclusion
• "Diabolum potius poneret": Augustine's reception of Origen's Commentarii in Epistulam ad Romanos in Epistle 157 (Morten Kock Møller)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Background: Hilary's "Pelagian" Questions for Augustine (Epistle 156)
• 3. Augustine's Response to Hilary (Epistle 157)
• 4. Augustine's Answer to Hilary's First Proposition
• 4.1 "Danihel sanctus" and the (Im)possibility of Human Sinlessness.
• 5. Augustine's answer to Hilary's second proposition
• 5.1 The "Devil argument" Against Imitation (Rom 5:12)
• 5.2 The Notion of "Law" in Origen's Commentarii in Epistulam ad Romanos (Rom 5:13 and 5:20)
• 5.3 Augustine as Textual Critic: The Divergent Readings of Rom 5:14
• 5.4 The Baptism of Infants: Origen as an Ally in Augustine's Argument for Original Sin (Rom 6:6 and 8:3)
• 6. Aftermath: The Role of Epistle 157 in the Pelagian Controversy
• 7. Conclusion
• Augustine on human freedom and free will (Anders- Christian Jacobsen)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Augustine's conflicts and contexts
• 3. The break with Manichaeism
• 4. New reading of Paul
• 5. The Donatist conflic
• 6. The conflict with Pelagius and his followers
• 6.1. Inherited sin
• 6.2. Predestination
• 6.3. Human freedom and free will
• 7. The theological consequences of Augustine's changing understanding of human freedom and free will
• The Fall of the Will: An Investigation of the Will of Man Before and After the Fall in De civitate Dei (Eva Elisabeth Houth Vrangbæk)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Deed and Will
• 3. The Fall of the Will
• 4. The Captivity of the Will
• 5. Man and Woman in Paradise
• 6. The Power of the Devil
• 7. The Two natures of Christ
• 8. The Will of God
• 9. The Foreknowledge of God
• 10. Against the Pagans
• 11. The end of time
• 12. Conclusion
• Augustine of Hippo's Anthropology in The Trinity (Fabio Dalpra)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The imago Dei Theology
• 3. The Threefold Structure of the Mind
• 4. Conclusion
• Augustine's Anthropology in tractatus in Iohannem 15 (Monnica Klöckener)
• 1. Setting of tract. eu. Io. 15
• 2. Augustine's Anthropology in tract. eu. Io. 15
• 2.1 The incarnation as strengthening mystery for human beings
• 2.2 The water from the fountain and the living water read allegorically.
• 2.3 The woman's husband as the ruling intellect enlightened by God
• 2.4 Good action as consequence of knowing God
• 3. Conclusion: the strong relationship between God and human beings
• Augustine on Human Resurrection (Margrethe Kamille Birkler, Anders-Christian Jacobsen)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Augustine's Point of Departure: 1 Cor 15
• 3. Identifying the critics of the Christian belief in bodily resurrection
• 4. The Platonist criticism of the Christian belief in bodily resurrection
• 5. Augustine's response to the Platonic critics
• 6. The resurrection of the los
• 7. Augustine's theological dualism
• 8. Summary and conclusion
• The Influence of Augustine of Hippo on The Rule of Benedict's Anthropology (Antonio Henrique Campolina Martins)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Anthropology in The Rule of the Master
• 3. Anthropology in The Rule of Augustine
• 4. The Reception of the Two Anthropological Traditions in The Rule of Benedict
• 5. Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Ancient Authors
• Modern Authors
• Indices
• Series Index.