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Austin also must be remembered. The Augustinian legacy in Milton's work
No full textWhen I started working on this project, with a limited knowledge of Augustine, but determined to spot his presence in Miltonâs poetry, I was little aware of the intricacy of the relationship between the two authors. At this stage of my research, I do subscribe to Savoyeâs opinion, that this relationship is pervasive. However, one could safely add, it is as pervasive as it is hidden, primarily because of changed cultural paradigms, so that Miltonâs references are no longer familiar to the reader.
As I have pointed out in my presentation of the state of the art, these articulations are hardly made explicit in Miltonâs Oeuvre and also in critical literature they are hardly brought to the surface. My objective has been to make them a little more visible.
I have started my own process of discovery from the works where Milton more openly (but not completely) acknowledges his Augustinian sources, although arguably mediated. As concerns Samson Agonistes, I have presented a reading through Augustinian lenses. I am by no means claiming that mine is the best of all possible readings, but through those lenses I have been able to see a coherence, in Miltonâs dramatic poem, that is not generally recognized.
On the other hand, I thoroughly agree that âone cannot simply take any English poet and turn the post-structuralist critical machine loose on him or her in good faithâ. In particular, I am aware that I have read Miltonâs works against the current critical grain which, with a powerful turn impressed by Empsonâs Miltonâs God, is continually surfacing Miltonâs idiosyncrasies in order to cancel the received picture of a Christian author. Rather, I agree with Cirillo that Miltonâs perspective is that of âa professed Christian poet whose Christian consciousness, no matter how heterodox, colored virtually everything he wrote.â.We may ask, echoing Febvre on Rabelais, âMais de quel christianisme? In accordance with very traditional, even traditionalist Milton Criticism, I think it can safely be stated that Milton is a post-Reformation religious author, and one whose endeavour to âjustify the ways of God to menâ had to come to terms with the difficult task to find signs of providential history in the aftermath of a civil war and in the adverse context of the Restoration. His last published poems deal with this problem in different terms. As readers, we can come to different conclusions as to the texts. Behind them there is the man, âest abyssus humanae conscientiae,â in front of which, after Augustine, I can only say: "nescio"
St Augustine and his knowledge of manichaeism
No full textThe author examines the scope and sources of St Augustine’s knowledge of Manichaeism. He mostly follows the thesis of J.K. Coyle, that as a Christian and anti-Manichaean polemicist, Augustine obtained additional information about the "Religion of Light". To illustrate Augustine-the-Manichaean and Augustine-the-polemicist’s knowledge of the religion of Mani, the author includes two lengthy excerpts from his writings: from the 7th book of Confessiones and the treatise De natura boni, which features a quotation from the Manichaean work Treasure. The author provides a special comment on this extract
Augustine (Big Hysteria): Writing the Body
No full textAn account of the case history of Augustine and its conversion into theatrical production by the author
Determinants of Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Smallholder Rural Households in the Bongo District, Ghana
No full textThis study examined the determinants of adaptive capacity of smallholder rural households to climate change in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. It employed a mixed method approach involving questionnaire survey of 150 households randomly selected from two communities within the district, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. The results of a binary logistic regression model indicates that five predictor variables (education of the household, farming experience, farm size, belief system and training) out of 11 tested determinants were significant at 1%, 5% and 10% probability levels. Forward stepwise (likelihood ratio) showed that these five variables had explained 61% of the total variances in households’ adaptive capacity. The study concludes that attempts to support household adaptation strategies to climate change should pay considerable attention to understanding socio-economic factors, including education and belief systems, in order to develop sustainable strategies that will be culturally accepted by communities.Keywords: Adaptation, Education and Training, Experience, Livelihood, Socio-cultural Factor
God’s and human fatherhood in the terms of st Augustine
No full textThe presented article consists of two main parts. The first one describes the characteristic elements of God’s fatherhood as it is seen by St. Augustine. Author of the study shows in this section Augustine’s teaching on God as a creator and parent. Author points as well to the manifestations of God’s actions towards man, to show finally the views of St. Augustine on the place of God in human life. The second part takes into the light the thoughts of Bishop of Hippo on human fatherhood and especially reveals his views on the relationship of the human fatherhood to God’s fatherhood and indicates a good of the procreation. In the last part of this section, the author presents an assessment of earthly fatherhood made by St. Augustine
Arun Shourie and his Christian critic
No full textCritique by Fr. Augustine Kanjamala on Arun Shourie's Missionaries in India and response to it by the author
Divine and Human Action in Salvation in Augustine
No full textThis chapter engages the work of Augustine on divine grace and human freedom in salvation. It works through the types of divine action seen in Augustine’s writings on grace in the Pelagian controversy as well as his work on baptism with respect to the Donatists. The author also examines a precursor to Augustine, Cyril of Jerusalem, and his work on catechesis and divine action. He considers what these theologians had to say about divine action in grace, baptism, forgiveness, and in the experience of salvation. Considering Augustine’s theology of grace, the author notes the perennial problems in reconciling divine causation of grace with human freedom in salvation.</p
Augustine and Skepticism
No full textInternational audienceAugustine played a crucial role in the history of philosophical skepticism. The paper emphasizes the three main reasons that place Augustine at a strategic point in relation to skepticism. Firstly, he is the author of Against the Academics, a philosophical dialogue where he discusses the arguments of the New Academy in order to go beyond skepticism. But, secondly, his conception of belief in the Christian faith can be interpreted as a response to the skeptical contention that one should live without belief. Finally, through his reflections on the problem of skepticism, Augustine conceived of a new form of it: skepticism as a thought experiment of the inner self, which exhibits a metaphysical and epistemological strength that from Descartes onward has remained vibrant
Augustine, the Carolingians, and Double Predestination
No full textThe contributors to Grace for Grace focus on the debates on grace and free will inspired by Augustine\u27s later teachings on grace ad the various reactions to it. Based on fresh study of a wealth of primary sources, this international team of scholars explores the intra-Church debates over grace and free will after Augustinje and Pelagius. In both popular and scholarly literature, the conflict has been traditionally referred to as the Semi-Pelagian Controversy. For several decades, however, scholars have been distancing themselves from that simplistic and inaccurate portrayal. This book intends to solidify a disparate movement of scholarly thought and provide a secure basis for renewal study of the persons, texts, and events of a critical period in the reception of Augustine in the Early Middle Ages.
Brian J. Matz, is an editor of this volume. He is also author of the chapter titled: Augustine, the Carolingians, and Double Predestination.https://griffinshare.fontbonne.edu/faculty-books/1011/thumbnail.jp
Warden Winter Home Marker, St. Augustine, FL
No full textWarden Winter Home Marker St Augustine FL
This marker is located on 19 San Marco Avenue in St Augustine.
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The Warden Winter Home was built in 1887 for William G. Warden of Philadelphia. A partner with Henry Flagler and John D. Rockefeller in the Standard Oil Company, Warden was also the President of the St. Augustine Gas and Electric Light Company and Financial Director of the St Augustine Improvement Company. One of the most imposing private residences in the city, it was a center of winter social activity. Its Moorish Revival architecture and elaborate interior reflect the exuberance of the Gilded Age and St. Augustine´s role as a winter resort. It remained in the Warden family through the 1930s. In 1941 it was purchased by Norton Baskin and remodeled as the Castle Warden Hotel. Baskin and his wife, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (author of The Yearling), had an apartment on the top floor. Many writers and other distinguished visitors came here during its decade as a hotel. Locally known as Warden Castle, it has served as Ripley´s Believe It or Not Museum since 1950.
Sponsors: Sponsored by Ripley´s Believe It or Not Museum in cooperation with the Florida Department of Statehttps://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/5062/thumbnail.jp
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