Scrinium Augustini. The World of Augustine's Letters : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Augustine's Correspondence, Toruń, 25-26 June 2015.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nehring, Przemysław.

Contributor:

Stróżyński, Mateusz.

Toczko, Rafal.

Series:

Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia

Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia ; v.76

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430--Correspondence--Congresses.

Augustine.

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Correspondence.

Theology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Theology.

Theology--Early church.

Letters.

Theology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

Scrinium Augustini. The World of Augustine's Letters contains proceedings from the international symposium on Augustine's correspondence held at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland) on 25-26 June 2015, which was a part of a wider project dedicated to the study of Augustine's correspondence. Another part of the project is a fully searchable on-line catalogue of issues present in the Letters (www.scrinium.umk.pl). The papers presented in the book access the large corpus of Augustine's epistles from various academic perspectives (theological, philosophical, historical, literary and rhetorical). First, the present study is thematically more wide-ranging than any of those that had been previously published on this subject; second, it is interdisciplinary in its focus and methodology; third, it provides new, substantial insights into selected problems of Augustine's work; fourth, it approaches the Letters from two complementary, methodological perspectives: the first part of the book contains papers which study widely defined problem in the light of the whole corpus, while those in the second part deal with specific problems found in particular letters. The result is a significant contribution to our understanding of the complex and fascinating Augustinian world, seen through the lens of his letters, made by authors whose academic experience and scholarly achievements guarantee its quality.

Contents:

Asking for human mercy. Augustine's intercession with the men in power / Stanisław Adamiak

Family matters : Augustine's letters as a source for his views on marriage and family life / David G. Hunter

The unwritten letters of Augustine of Hippo / Sigrid Mratschek

Misbehaviour of clergy in the light of Augustine's letters / Przemysław Nehring

Neoplatonism in Augustine's letters / Mateusz Stróżyński

Debating through the letters vs. live discussions. The patterns of ars disputandi in Augustine's correspondence / Rafał Toczko

Letters and the city of God / Gillian Clark

Was Innocent familiar with the content of the Pelagian controversy? A study of his answers to the letters sent by the African episcopacy / Mathijs Lamberigts

"What good are books?" Knowledge and will in Augustine's letter to Firmus (Ep. 2)* / Elia Marinova

A sting in the tail? Augustine's send-off to Nebridius in Ep. 3 / Philip Polcar

Evodius' strange encounters with the dead : questions and answers in Augustine, Epp. 158-159 / Danuta Shanzer

From ivory tablets to honeybees : deciphering Augustine's letter to Romanianus (Ep. 15) / Angela Zielinski Kinney.

Notes:

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ISBN:

2-503-57517-X

OCLC:

1022787182