TY - BOOK AU - Kolbet,Paul R. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Augustine and the cure of souls: revising a classical ideal T2 - Christianity and Judaism in antiquity series AV - BR65.A9 K59 2010eb U1 - 253.0937 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Notre Dame, Ind. PB - University of Notre Dame Press KW - Augustine, KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10423383 ER -