02336nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10423383 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 091006s2010 inu sb 001 0deng 2009042050 9780268033217 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0268033218 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)694144533 BR65.A9 K59 2010eb 253.0937 22 Kolbet, Paul R. Augustine and the cure of souls [electronic resource] : revising a classical ideal / Paul R. Kolbet. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010. xviii, 342 p. Christianity and Judaism in antiquity series ; 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. local ebrary, Inc. Christianity and Judaism in antiquity ; v. 17. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10423383 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 141751 141751