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Despite an enormous amount of literature on St Augustine of Hippo, this work provides the first examination of what he taught about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Augustine expounded Christ's resurrection in his sermons, letters, Answer to Faustus the Manichean, the City of God, Expositions of the Psalms, and the Trinity. Saint Augustine on the Resurrection of Christ: Teaching, Rhetoric, and Reception explores what Augustine held about the centrality of Christ's resurrection from the dead, the agency of Christ's resurrection, and the nature of his risen existence. Leading scholar, Gerald O'Collins, investigates the impact of his resurrection on others and his mediatory role as the risen High Priest. O'Collins then unpicks Augustine's rhetorical justification for the resurrection of Christ: evidence from creation, human history, and the desires of all human beings. This groundbreaking study illustrates the enduring significance of Augustine's teaching on and apologetic for the resurrection, and updates, augments, and corrects what Augustine held.
List of contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1: The Resurrection of the Crucified Jesus: Augustine's Faith
- 2: Arguments for Jesus' Resurrection: Augustine's Rhetoric
- 3: Augustine's Resurrection Faith Updated
- 4: Augustine's Case for the Resurrection Updated
- 5: Final Perspectives
- Select Bibliography
- Biblical Index
- Index of Names
About the author
After studies at the University of Melbourne and at the University of Cambridge, Gerald O'Collins, SJ, taught at the Gregorian University from 1973 to 2006 and was also Dean of the Theology Faculty 1985-91. He has authored or co-authored sixty-seven books including Revelation: Toward a Christian Theology of God's Self-Revelation (2016) and Catholicism: The Story of Catholic Christianity, Second Edition (2014). As well as receiving numerous honorary doctorates and other awards, in 2006 he was created a Companion of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AC), the highest civil honour granted through the Australian government.
Summary
A study of Augustine's account of the resurrection of Christ followed by an examination of the reception of those ideas in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Once again Gerald O'Collins brings together his deep knowledge of Christian tradition into dialogue with the life of the contemporary Christian community. This book is first and foremost an exposition of Augustine's teaching on the resurrection of Christan oddly understudied topic. And yet O'Collins aims his ground-breaking exposition toward a modern apologetic endAugustines thoughts are drawn out as a vital resource for engaging theologically and philosophically recent critiques of the very idea of resurrection. As archaeology and as apologetic this book is a welcome contribution.
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worthwhile for a general theological readership, and, indeed, ideal for students wishing to engage with questions concerning Christ's resurrection, whether historically or theologically. Frances Young, Theology
