Striving with grace : views of free will in Anglo-Saxon England /

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"The question of whether or not our decisions and efforts make a difference in an uncertain and uncontrollable world had enormous significance for writers in Anglo-Saxon England. Striving with Grace looks at seven authors, who wrote in either Latin or Old English, and the ways in which they sou...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kleist, Aaron J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2008]
Series:Toronto Old English series ; 20.
Subjects:
449-1500
Free will and determinism > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Grace (Theology)
Religious thought > England > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) > England > History and criticism.
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Free will and determinism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Free will and determinism > Early works to 1800.
Grace (Theology) > Early works to 1800.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Grâce (Théologie) > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Pensée religieuse > Angleterre > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Littérature chrétienne latine médiévale et moderne > Angleterre > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Grâce (Théologie)
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Anthropology.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Free will and determinism > Religious aspects > Christianity
Free will and determinism
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
English literature > Old English
Religious thought > Middle Ages
England > Church history > 449-1066.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 449-1066.
England
Electronic books.
Early works
Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A doctrine defined : the influence of Augustine
  • 2. Cooperating with grace : Gregory the Great, apostle to the English
  • 3. Meriting grace : The Venerable Bede
  • Alfred the Great and the Old English Boethius
  • 5. Lantfred of Winchester and the Carmen de libero arbitrio
  • 6. Wulstan the Homilist and De adiutorio Dei et libero arbitrio
  • 7. Ælfric of Eynsham and the Sermones catholici
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix I : Patristic texts in Paul the Deacon and Smaragdus
  • Appendix II : Bede's Homiliae
  • Editions and parallels to In Lucae
  • Appendix III : Primary texts.

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