Contemplation and Classical Christianity: A Study in Augustine by John Peter Ken

by John Peter Ken

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Contemplation and Classical Christianity by John Peter Kenney Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This study explores Augustine s developing understanding of contemplation, beginning with his earliest accounts written before his baptism and ending with the Confessions. The arc of Augustine s thought through these years of transition leads into the Confessions, giving a vantage point to survey its classical Christian theology of contemplation. Publisher Description After resolving to become a Catholic Christian, Augustine spent a decade trying to clarify his understanding of contemplation, the interior presence of God to the soul. That long struggle yielded his classic account in the Confessions. This study explores Augustine s developing understanding of contemplation, beginning with his earliest accounts written before his baptism and ending with the Confessions. Chapter One examines the pagan monotheismof the Roman Platonists and the role of contemplation in their theology. Augustine s pre-baptismal writings are then considered in Chapter Two, tracking his fundamental break from pagan Platonism. Chapter Three thenturns to Augustine s developing understanding of contemplation in these pre-baptismal texts. Chapter Four concentrates on Augustine s thought during the decade after his baptism in 387, a period that encompasses his monastic life in Thagaste, and his years first as a presbyter and then as a bishop in Hippo Regius.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2014
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780199563708
• Condition: Fine

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