Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation

"Presents a new history of the rise and development of catechesis in Latin Patristic Christianity that foregrounds core questions of knowledge, faith, and teaching. This book focuses on the critical relationship between teaching and epistemology"--

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Knowledge, Pedagogy, and Initiation: Classical and Christian Precedents for Catechesis; 2. Knowledge of the Real: Irenaeus and Aesthetic Knowing; 3. Simplicity and Power: Tertullian of Carthage and Ritual Knowing; 4. Hiddenness and Revelation: The Hippolytan School and the Knowledge of Mystery; 5. The Harbor on High: Cyprian of Carthage and Ecclesial Knowing; 6. Training the Senses: Ambrose of Milan and Visual Knowing; 7. Catechesis in Late Antique Italy: Cosmological and Apophatic Knowing; 8. The Memory of Christ: Augustine of Hippo and the Knowledge of Love; 9. North African Catechesis after Augustine: Knowing God in an Apocalyptic Age; Conclusion: The Knowledge of Faith.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Alex Fogleman is an assistant research professor of Theology at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion and director of the Catechesis Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Patristics and Historical Theology from Baylor University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alex Fogleman, Alex (Baylor University Fogleman
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 24.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009377447
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0937744-7
• Seiten: 272
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; RELIGION / History, Christianity, History of Religion, Religious institutions and organizations