Augustine and Manichaean Christianity - Selected Papers from the First South African Conference on Augustine of Hippo, University of Pretoria, 24-26 April 2012

Augustine and Manichaean Christianity offers groundbreaking discussions of Augustine's enduring relation with Manichaeism, disclosing the essential background of writings such as Confessiones, De ordine and De vera religione and powerful concepts like his theories of memory and vision of God.

About the author

Johannes van Oort is Professor of Patristics in Nijmegen and Pretoria. He published some 25 books and many scholarly articles, mainly on Augustine and Manichaeism. Among his newly published books are Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West (ed., paperback edition Brill: Leiden-Boston 2012), Zugänge zur Gnosis (ed., with Chr. Markschies, Peeters: Leuven 2013) and Jerusalem and Babylon: A Study of Augustine's City of God (paperback edition Brill: Leiden-Boston 2013).

Product details

• Assisted by: Johannes van Oort (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9789004254770
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25477-0
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 241 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 517 g
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Stu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous