Prayer After Augustine - A Study in the Development of the Latin Tradition

The influence of the theology and philosophy of Augustine of Hippo on subsequent Western thought and culture is undisputed. Prayer after Augustine: A Study in the Development of the Latin Tradition argues that the notion of the 'Augustinian tradition' needs to be re-thought; and that already in the generation after Augustine in the West such a re-thinking is already and richly manifest in more than one influential form. In this work, Jonathan D. Teubner
encourages philosophical, moral, and historical theologians to think about what it might mean that the Augustinian tradition formed in a distinctively Augustinian fashion, and considers how this affects how they use, discuss, and evaluate Augustine in their work. This is exemplified by Augustine's reflections on
prayer and how they were taken up, modified, and handed on by Boethius and Benedict, two critically influential figures for the development of Latin medieval philosophical and theological cultures. Teubner analyses and exemplifies the particular theme of prayer and the other topics it constellates in Augustine and to show how it already forms a distinctively 'Augustinian' concept of tradition that was to prove to have fascinatingly diverse manifestations. Part I traces the development of
Augustine's understanding of prayer. Patience and hope as articulated in prayer sit at the centre of Augustine's understanding of Christian existence. In Part II, Teubner turns to suggest how this is picked up by Boethius and Benedict.

About the author

Jonathan D. Teubner is Fernand Braudel Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Summary

This study provides an account of Augustine's understanding of prayer and its importance to his theology by drawing on his practices as monk and bishop.

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a rich study ... Surely the book makes a strong contribution to the series Rebecca Harden Weaver, Augustiniana

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan D. Teubner, Jonathan D. (Fernand Braudel Postdoctoral Teubner, Jonathan D. (Fernand Braudel Postdoctoral Fellow Teubner
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9780198767176
• ISBN: 978-0-19-876717-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 245 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology; Print on Demand; Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology; Changing Paradigms in Historic
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christianity / History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Philosophy of religion, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500