Augustine and the Disciplines
From Cassiciacum to Confessions
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2007
- Category
- History
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780199230044
- Publish Date
- Sep 2007
- List Price
- $66.50
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780199274857
- Publish Date
- Aug 2005
- List Price
- $291.00
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Description
Augustine and the Disciplines takes its cue from Augustine's theory of the liberal arts to explore the larger question of how the Bible became the focus of medieval culture in the West. Augustine himself became increasingly aware that an ambivalent attitude towards knowledge and learning was inherent in Christianity. By facing the intellectual challenge posed by this tension he arrived at a new theory of how to interpret the Bible correctly. The topics investigated here include: Augustine's changing relationship with the 'disciplines', as he moved from an attempt at their Christianization (in the philosophical dialogues of Cassiciacum) to a radical reshaping of them within a Christian world-view (in the De Doctrina Christiana and Confessiones); the factors that prompted and facilitated his change of perspective; and the ways in which Augustine's evolving theory reflected contemporary trends in Christian pedagogy.
About the authors
Mark Vessey is a professor in the Department of English and Canada Research Chair in Literature / Christianity and Culture at the University of British Columbia.
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