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Augustine and world religions / [edited by] Brian Brown, John Doody, and Kim Paffenroth.

Van Pelt Library BR65.A65 A85 2008
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English
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Physical Description:
xii, 308 pages ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2008]
Summary:
Despite Augustine's reputation as the father of Christian intolerance, one finds in his thought the surprising claim that within non-Christian writings there are 'some truths in regard even to the worship of the One God.' The essays here uncover provocative points of comparison and similarity between Christianity and other religions to further such an Augustinian dialogue.
Contents:
  • Augustine's relation to Judaism and Roman religions
  • Augustine and the invention of magical dissent / Olivier Dufault
  • Secundum carnem : history and Israel in the theology of St. Augustine / Paula Fredriksen
  • Unwitting witnesses : Jews and Judaism in the thought of Augustine / Franklin T. Harkins
  • A Christian Aeneid : pagan and Christian education in the Confessions / Paul Joseph LaChance
  • Theo-semiotics and Augustine's hermeneutical Jew, or, "What's a little supersessionism between friends?" / C.C. Pecknold
  • Augustine and non-western religions
  • Way and wilderness : an Augustinian dialogue with Buddhism / Michael Barnes
  • Augustine, Apuleius, and Hermes Trismegistus : The city of God and advice on how (not) to read Hindu texts / Francis X. Clooney
  • Wisdom, compassion, and charity : the lotus sutra and Augustine / Leo D. Lefebure
  • Divine election as Adhikara and Atma-sva-bhava : rereading the Reply to Simplicianus in light of a Hindu text / Reid B. Locklin
  • Transforming the self : confession and performance in the thought of Augustine and Xunzi / Aaron Stalnaker.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.
ISBN:
  • 9780739125793
  • 0739125796
  • 9780739125809
  • 073912580X
OCLC:
213479953

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