Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies - 49: Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West
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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.
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies - 49: Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West, Johannes van Oort, Otto Wermelinger, Georg Wurst, International Association of Manichaean Studies International Symposium
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- Title
- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies - 49: Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West
- Authors
- Johannes van Oort, Otto Wermelinger, Georg Wurst, International Association of Manichaean Studies International Symposium
- Publisher
- Brill
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 337
- ISBN10
- 9004114238
- ISBN13
- 9789004114234
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- Historical Themes, Religious Topics, Philosophical Topics, Architecture, University Textbooks, History of Religion, Gnosticism
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- 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.