Rereading Historical Theology <subTitle>Before, During, and After Augustine</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Miles, Margaret R.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">0:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Cascade Books</publisher> <dateIssued>2008</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>307tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>23cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Augustine of Hippo is arguably the most influential author in the history of Christian thought and institutions. Yet he has been revered by some reviewers and vilified by others... The essays in this book endeavor to read Augustine simultaneously critically and appreciatively. Miles places his thought in the context of his classical heritage and notices how pervasive in later Christian authors are the themes that informed Augustine's thought. Understanding his writings as a passionate effort to describe a metaphysical universe that accounts for the endlessly fascinating mystery of embodied life makes many of Augustine's proposals accessible, useful, and delightful in the context of contemporary quandaries and issues. His conclusions are less important than his method: In Augustine, knowledge and life mutually illuminate, energize, and critique each other, exemplifying the practice of a fully human life. Exploring some of his most persistent themes, these essays seek to show how Augustine's theology works.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Margaret R. Miles</note> <subject> <topic>Theology -- History -- Early church, ca 30-600</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Theology -- Doctrinal</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">230.14092</classification> <classification authority="ddc">M643-M33</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9781556352164, 1556352166</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13743/r.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13743/r.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071303.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>