Augustine and the cure of souls : revising a classical ideal /
"Augustine and the Cure of Souls situates Augustine within the ancient philosophical tradition of using words to order emotions. Paul Kolbet uncovers a profound continuity in Augustine's thought, from his earliest pre-baptismal writings to his final acts as bishop, revealing a man deeply i...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Notre Dame, Ind. :
University of Notre Dame Press,
©2010.
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Colección: | Christianity and Judaism in antiquity ;
v. 17. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Rhetoric and Christian identity in the Roman Empire : sources and method
- A classical ideal
- Classical therapy : its origins, tasks, and methods
- Psychagogy as a cultural ideal
- Psychagogy in its classical form
- Hellenistic refinements
- Cures for the Roman soul
- The psychagogic value of ancient texts
- Revising and recontextualizing classical therapy
- Augustine's early formation
- An ambitious young orator
- Being healed by beautiful words
- Christianizing classical therapy
- Christian philosophy and the cure of soul
- Christ's inner and outer rhetoric
- A new context for classical therapy
- Ordination crisis
- Controversies over the cure of soul
- Signs eliciting love
- Exegetical integration
- Teaching the uninstructed
- Augustine's homiletical practice
- The Christian rhetor
- Continuity amid discontinuity
- Critical skills
- Constructive guidance
- Therapy and society
- The incarnate word and community.