God, memory and beauty : a Manichaean analysis of Augustine’s confessions, Book X

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dc.contributor.author Van Oort, Johannes (Hans)
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-10T10:27:51Z
dc.date.available 2013-06-10T10:27:51Z
dc.date.issued 2013-04-10
dc.description Contribution to ‘Augustine and Manichaean Christianity’, the First South African Symposium on Augustine of Hippo, University of Pretoria, 24−26 April 2012. Prof. Dr Hans van Oort is Professor Extraordinarius in the Department of Church History and Polity of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. en
dc.description.abstract The article first sketches some main trends in the recent study of Augustine’s Confessions as a work aimed at Manichaean readers. It then detects and analyses the Manichaean-inspired parts in Book X of the Confessions. Augustine’s famous theory of memory seems to be directly inspired by Manichaean concepts such as found in the Coptic Manichaean Kephalaia. The article end with a number of conclusions. en
dc.description.librarian am2013 en
dc.description.librarian mn2013
dc.description.uri http://www.hts.org.za en
dc.identifier.citation Van Oort, J 2013, ‘God, memory and beauty: a Manichaean analysis of Augustine’s Confessions, Book X’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 69(1), Art. #1922, 8 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v69i1.1922 en
dc.identifier.issn 0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.4102/hts.v69i1.1922
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21604
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher AOSIS Open Journals en
dc.rights © 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. en
dc.subject Manichaean analysis en
dc.subject Augustine’s Confessions en
dc.subject Book X en
dc.subject.lcsh Church history
dc.subject.lcsh Manichaean eschatology en
dc.title God, memory and beauty : a Manichaean analysis of Augustine’s confessions, Book X en
dc.type Article en


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