Augustine and the disciplines : from Cassiciacum to Confessions

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Augustine and the disciplines : from Cassiciacum to Confessions

edited by Karla Pollman and Mark Vessey

Oxford University Press, 2007, c2005

  • : pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-244) and indexes

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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. The topics investigated here include: Augustine's changing relationship with the 'disciplines', as he moved from an attempt at their Christianization (in the philosophical dialogues of Cassiciacum) to a radical reshaping of them within a Christian world-view (in the De Doctrina Christiana and Confessiones); the factors that prompted and facilitated his change of perspective; and the ways in which Augustine's evolving theory reflected contemporary trends in Christian pedagogy.

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  • I. HONESTA STUDIA: CLASSROOMS WITHOUT WALLS
  • II. DISCIPLINARUM LIBRI: THE CANON IN QUESTION
  • III. DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA: BEYOND THE DISCIPLINES

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