Augustine and Manichaean Christianity : : selected papers from the first South African Conference on Augustine of Hippo, University of Pretoria, 24-26 April 2012 / / edited by Johannes van Oort.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, volume 83
• Author: South African Conference on Augustine of Hippo
• TeilnehmendeR: Oort, J. van; South African Conference on Augustine of Hippo
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 83.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Based on several newly discovered texts, Augustine and Manichaean Christianity provides groundbreaking discussions of the relationship between the most influential church father of the West and the religion of his formative years. Augustine’s connection with Manichaean Christians was not only intense, but also enduring. This book unearths the essential background of writings such as Augustine’s Confessiones , De ordine and De vera religione , and discloses many a hidden Manichaean source of his powerful concepts of memory and the vision of God. Contributions by, among others, Iain Gardner, Therese Fuhrer, Jason BeDuhn, Majella Franzmann, Josef Lössl, Annemaré Kotzé and Nils Arne Pedersen.

Table of Contents

Front Matter / Johannes van Oort -- “Not to Depart from Christ”: Augustine between “Manichaean” and “Catholic” Christianity / Jason David BeDuhn -- Biblical Quotations in Faustus’ Capitula / Jacob Albert van den Berg -- Augustine and Manichaean Almsgiving: Understanding a Universal Religion with Exclusivist Practices / Majella Franzmann -- Re-coding Manichaean Imagery: The Dramatic Setting of Augustine’s De ordine / Therese Fuhrer -- Mani, Augustine and the Vision of God / Iain Gardner -- The Few and the Many: A Motif of Augustine’s Controversy with the Manichaeans / Andreas Hoffmann -- A Protreptic to a Liminal Manichaean at the Centre of Augustine’s Confessions 4 / Annemaré Kotzé -- Augustine on “The True Religion”: Reflections of Manichaeism in De vera religione / Josef Lössl -- God, Memory and Beauty: A ‘Manichaean’ Analysis of Augustine’s Confessions, Book 10,1–38 / Johannes van Oort -- Manichaean Self-Designations in the Western Tradition / Nils Arne Pedersen -- The Manichaean Bishop Faustus: The State of Research After a Century of Scholarship / Gijs Martijn van Gaans -- Index / Johannes van Oort.