Kolbet, Paul R.
Augustine and the cure of souls revising a classical ideal / [electronic resource] : Paul R. Kolbet. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010. - xviii, 342 p. - Christianity and Judaism in antiquity series ; v. 17 . - Christianity and Judaism in antiquity ; v. 17. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Rhetoric and Christian identity in the Roman Empire : sources and method -- A classical ideal -- Classical therapy : its origins, tasks, and methods -- Psychagogy as a cultural ideal -- Psychagogy in its classical form -- Hellenistic refinements -- Cures for the Roman soul -- The psychagogic value of ancient texts -- Revising and recontextualizing classical therapy -- Augustine's early formation -- An ambitious young orator -- Being healed by beautiful words -- Christianizing classical therapy -- Christian philosophy and the cure of soul -- Christ's inner and outer rhetoric -- A new context for classical therapy -- Ordination crisis -- Controversies over the cure of soul -- Signs eliciting love -- Exegetical integration -- Teaching the uninstructed -- Augustine's homiletical practice -- The Christian rhetor -- Continuity amid discontinuity -- Critical skills -- Constructive guidance -- Therapy and society -- The incarnate word and community.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Electronic books.
BR65.A9 / K59 2010eb
253.0937
Augustine and the cure of souls revising a classical ideal / [electronic resource] : Paul R. Kolbet. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010. - xviii, 342 p. - Christianity and Judaism in antiquity series ; v. 17 . - Christianity and Judaism in antiquity ; v. 17. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Rhetoric and Christian identity in the Roman Empire : sources and method -- A classical ideal -- Classical therapy : its origins, tasks, and methods -- Psychagogy as a cultural ideal -- Psychagogy in its classical form -- Hellenistic refinements -- Cures for the Roman soul -- The psychagogic value of ancient texts -- Revising and recontextualizing classical therapy -- Augustine's early formation -- An ambitious young orator -- Being healed by beautiful words -- Christianizing classical therapy -- Christian philosophy and the cure of soul -- Christ's inner and outer rhetoric -- A new context for classical therapy -- Ordination crisis -- Controversies over the cure of soul -- Signs eliciting love -- Exegetical integration -- Teaching the uninstructed -- Augustine's homiletical practice -- The Christian rhetor -- Continuity amid discontinuity -- Critical skills -- Constructive guidance -- Therapy and society -- The incarnate word and community.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Electronic books.
BR65.A9 / K59 2010eb
253.0937