Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West

Proceedings of the Fribourg-Utrecht Symposium of the International Symposium Association of Manichaean Studies (IAMS)
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-04-11423-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 49, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 762 g

Reihe: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies

Manichaeism, once a gnostic world religion, soon spread to the Roman West. Here, the life and the work of the future (and, without doubt, most influential) Church Father Augustine (354-430) became inextricably connected with Manichaean teachings and practices. In view of the many new Manichaean texts in particular, it turns out that, without a thorough knowledge of the ‘Religion of Light’, Augustine’s theology and philosophy are hardly conceivable.

This volume brings together the selected papers of the Fribourg-Utrecht symposium Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West, organized on behalf of the International Association of Manichaean Studies in Fribourg (Switzerland) in the summer of 1998. It contains a considerable number of contributions by leading authorities on the subject, focussing on the diffusion of Mani’s religion in the Latin West and on its impact upon St Augustine.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oort, Johannes van

Wermelinger, Otto

Wurst, Gregor

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Geschichte der Theologie, Einzelne Theologen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Wermelinger, Otto
Otto Wermelinger, Ph.D. (1973), Paris, Department of Patristics and Church History, Université de Fribourg. Publications include Rom und Pelagius (Stuttgart, 1975); (ed.) Paradosis. Contributions in the History of Early Christian Literature and Theology.

Oort, Johannes van
Johannes van Oort, Ph.D. (1986), Utrecht, Department of Ecclesiastical History, University of Utrecht. Publications include Jerusalem and Babylon. A Study into Augustine’s City of God and the Sources of his Doctrine of the Two Cities (Brill, 1991) and Mani, Manichaeism and Augustine. The Rediscovery of Manichaeism and Ist Influence on Western Christianity (Georgian Academy of Sciences, 1983).

Wurst, Gregor
Gregor Wurst, Ph.D. (1994), Münster, Dr. Hab. (2000), Fribourg, Séminaire de Patristique, Université de Fribourg. Publications include Das Bêmafest der ägyptischen Manichäer (Altenberge 1995) and Die Bêma-Psalmen (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum, 1996).

Johannes van Oort, Ph.D. (1986), Utrecht, Department of Ecclesiastical History, University of Utrecht. Publications include Jerusalem and Babylon. A Study into Augustine’s City of God and the Sources of his Doctrine of the Two Cities (Brill, 1991) and Mani, Manichaeism and Augustine. The Rediscovery of Manichaeism and Its Influence on Western Christianity (Georgian Academy of Sciences, 1983).

Otto Wermelinger, Ph.D. (1973), Paris, Department of Patristics and Church History, Université de Fribourg. Publications include Rom und Pelagius (Stuttgart, 1975); (ed.) Paradosis. Contributions in the History of Early Christian Literature and Theology.

Gregor Wurst, Ph.D. (1994), Münster, Dr. Hab. (2000), Fribourg, Séminaire de Patristique, Université de Fribourg. Publications include Das Bêmafest der ägyptischen Manichäer (Altenberge 1995) and Die Bêma-Psalmen (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum, 1996).