Augustine and the Disciplines: From Cassiciacum to Confessions

ISBN-13: 9780199230044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 272 str.

Pollmann, Karla

Opis

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.

Recenzje

As a whole, Augustine and the Disciplines reads well, and it is wise to read first the Vessey introduction and then read it again when one is finished with the essays. His vision of the continuity among the essays helps the reader to 're-imagine' the conference itself and engage in the various essays as a common project aimed at solving some difficult - but important - questions in Augustinian scholorship today.

O autorze

Karla Polmann is Professor of Classics and Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Reading. Mark Vessey is Professor of English, University of British Columbia.