Few thinkers have been as influential as Augustine of Hippo. His writings, such as Confessions and City of God, have left an indelible mark on Western Christianity. He has become so synonymous with Christianity in the West that we easily forget he was a man of two cultures: African and Greco-Roman. The mixture of African Christianity and Greco-Roman rhetoric and philosophy gave his theology and ministry a unique potency in the cultural ferment of the late Roman empire.Augustine experienced what Latino/a theology calls mestizaje, which means being of a mixed background. Cuban American historian and theologian Justo González looks at the life and legacy of Augustine from the perspective of his own Latino heritage and finds in the bishop of Hippo a remarkable resource for the church today. The mestizo Augustine can serve as a lens by which to see afresh not only the history of Christianity but also our own culturally diverse world.
Table des matières
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
A Unique Theologian
Mestizaje and Theology
Augustine the Mestizo
1. A Tortuous Path to Faith
The Context
His Family
His Studies
Manichaeism
2. Conversion and Baptism
Milan
Neoplatonism
Ambrose
Internal Struggles
The Garden
Cassiciacum
His Baptism
Ostia
3. From the Baptistery to the Pulpit
Return to Africa
Other Early Writings
Monastic Life
Hippo
Pastoral Tasks
4. The Shepherd and the Manichaeans
Manichaeism
Augustine’s Writings Against the Manichaeans
The Manichaeans and Augustine’s Thought
5. The Shepherd and the Donatists
The Background
The Origins of Donatism
The Course of Donatism
Augustine’s Theological Intervention
The Role of Politics
The Later History of Donatism
Augustine’s Victory and Defeat
6. The Shepherd and the Pelagians
Pelagius
Pelagianism
Augustine Enters the Controversy
Augustine’s Response
Between Two Cultures
The Controversy Continues
7. The Shepherd and the Pagans
The Nature and Strength of Paganism
The Debate Before Augustine’s Time
The Fall of Rome
Augustine’s Response
8. Augustine as a Lens for Western Christianity
Index
A propos de l’auteur
Justo L. González (Ph D, Yale University) is an ordained United Methodist minister, a retired professor of historical theology and author of the highly praised three-volume History of Christian Thought and the two-volume The Story of Christianity. He previously taught at the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico and the Candler School of Theology of Emory University. Besides his continued research and publication, he spends most of his energy promoting the theological education of Latino and Latina leaders.
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