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Jason David Beduhn - Augustine´s Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 1: Conversion and Apostasy, 373-388 C.E. - 9780812242102 - V9780812242102
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Augustine´s Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 1: Conversion and Apostasy, 373-388 C.E.

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Description for Augustine´s Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 1: Conversion and Apostasy, 373-388 C.E. Hardback. Jason David BeDuhn reconstructs Augustine's decade-long adherence to Manichaeism, apostasy from it, and subsequent conversion to Nicene Christianity. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HRLP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 764.

Augustine of Hippo is history's best-known Christian convert. The very concept of conversio owes its dissemination to Augustine's Confessions, and yet, as Jason BeDuhn notes, conversion in Augustine is not the sudden, dramatic, and complete transformation of self we likely remember it to be. Rather, in the Confessions Augustine depicts conversion as a lifelong process, a series of self-discoveries and self-departures. The tale of Augustine is one of conversion, apostasy, and conversion again.
In this first volume of Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, BeDuhn reconstructs Augustine's decade-long adherence to Manichaeism, apostasy from it, and subsequent conversion to Nicene Christianity. Based on ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Condition
New
Weight
764g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812242102
SKU
V9780812242102
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About Jason David Beduhn
Jason David BeDuhn is Professor of Religious Studies at Northern Arizona University and author of The Manichaean Body: In Discipline and Ritual and Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament. Augustine's Manichaean Dilemma, 1, is the first part of a projected three-volume examination of Augustine's career-spanning engagement with Manichaeism.

Reviews for Augustine´s Manichaean Dilemma, Volume 1: Conversion and Apostasy, 373-388 C.E.
"A major contribution to Augustine studies."
Journal of Religion
"BeDuhn's prose is, as usual, lucid and engaging. He brings a historical and methodological sophistication to his work that is sorely lacking in many studies of the patristic period. BeDuhn's deep knowledge of primary Manichaean sources and ritual procedures, along with his formidable grasp of his subject, makes him ... Read more

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