Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West

Proceedings of the Fribourg-Utrecht Symposium of the International Symposium Association of Manichaean Studies (IAMS)

Johannes van Oort, Otto Wermelinger, Gregor Wurst (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2001
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-11423-4 (ISBN)

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Manichaeism, once a gnostic world religion, soon spread to the Roman West. This book argues that the life and the work of the future Church Father, Augustine (354-430), became inextricably connected with Manichaean teachings and practices.

Manichaeism, once a gnostic world religion, soon spread to the Roman West. Here, the life and the work of the future (and, without doubt, most influential) Church Father Augustine (354-430) became inextricably connected with Manichaean teachings and practices. In view of the many new Manichaean texts in particular, it turns out that, without a thorough knowledge of the ‘Religion of Light’, Augustine’s theology and philosophy are hardly conceivable.

This volume brings together the selected papers of the Fribourg-Utrecht symposium Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West, organized on behalf of the International Association of Manichaean Studies in Fribourg (Switzerland) in the summer of 1998. It contains a considerable number of contributions by leading authorities on the subject, focussing on the diffusion of Mani’s religion in the Latin West and on its impact upon St Augustine.

Johannes van Oort, Ph.D. (1986), Utrecht, Department of Ecclesiastical History, University of Utrecht. Publications include Jerusalem and Babylon. A Study into Augustine’s City of God and the Sources of his Doctrine of the Two Cities (Brill, 1991) and Mani, Manichaeism and Augustine. The Rediscovery of Manichaeism and Its Influence on Western Christianity (Georgian Academy of Sciences, 1983). Otto Wermelinger, Ph.D. (1973), Paris, Department of Patristics and Church History, Université de Fribourg. Publications include Rom und Pelagius (Stuttgart, 1975); (ed.) Paradosis. Contributions in the History of Early Christian Literature and Theology. Gregor Wurst, Ph.D. (1994), Münster, Dr. Hab. (2000), Fribourg, Séminaire de Patristique, Université de Fribourg. Publications include Das Bêmafest der ägyptischen Manichäer (Altenberge 1995) and Die Bêma-Psalmen (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum, 1996).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.6.2001
Reihe/Serie	Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 49
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	671 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	90-04-11423-8 / 9004114238
ISBN-13	978-90-04-11423-4 / 9789004114234
Zustand	Neuware