Eloquent Wisdom: Rhetoric, Cosmology and Delight in the Theology of Augustine of Hippo
- ISBN-10
- 250355265X
- ISBN-13
- 9782503552651
- Category
- Theology, Doctrinal
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Brepols Publishers
- Author
- Mark Clavier
Description
Augustine of Hippo employed delight within his theology in ways unprecedented in Christian thought. It underpins his approach to creation, redemption, the Christian ministry and the inner conflict between desire and the will. Moreover, his understanding of delight would make an enormous impact on the shape of monastic theology in the Latin West. Clavier provides an in-depth historical and theological study of the nature and role of delight in Augustine's theology. He demonstrates that Cicero's rhetorical ideal led Augustine to conceive of GOd as an eloquent orator who persuades people to turn toward salvation through an outpouring of eloquent delight with the heart's reception of the Holy Spirit. His close identification of delight with the Holy Spirit laid the ground for the affective turn in western medieval theology and its understanding of contemplative reading as a participative process of ascent to God. --Book cover.
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