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Trade ReviewMorgan's writing is lucid; his arguments clear, succinct, and persuasive. His intended audience is already familiar with Augustine's works under investigation... theologians reflecting on the theology of language will find this monograph useful. Recommended for seminary and major university libraries. -- Reviews in Religion & Theology
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 - The problem of language in the De Trinitate 1.1 Beginning at the end: the significance of Book 15 of the De Trinitate 1.2 God and the ultimate difference between creation and Creator 1.3 The Incarnation of the Word: the analogy between divine and human speech 1.4 Language in the De Trinitate: the tool of transformation and its relationship to the mind Chapter 2 - De Doctrina Christiana Book 1: God, speech and ethics 2.1 De Doctrina Christiana Preface and Book 1: the mechanics of theological speechian mind. 2.2 Things and signs: the possibility of speech about God 2.3 Speech theory continued: the Word becomes flesh 2.4 Uti/frui: use, enjoyment and sociality articulated 2.5 Conclusion Chapter 3 - De Doctrina Christiana Books 2 and 3: Learning to Read 3.1 Scripture and the task of 'self-reading': the transformative capacity of the written word 3.2. Signs and things: words and their relationship to thought 3.3. The pathway to wisdom: seven steps to God 3.4 Signs and things: meaning, interpretation and eschatology 3.5 Cupiditas and caritas: a transformative dialogue 3.6. Cupiditas: the problem to be resolved 3.7. Caritas and cupiditas: the continuity between inner and outer Augustinian being 3.8: Conclusion Chapter 4 - De Doctrina Christiana Book 4: The Importance and Character of Public Speech 4.1 Form and content: Augustinian theological anthropology 4.2. Community and text: the priority of the spoken word 4.3 Speech and Christian community: a dialogical relationship Chapter 5 - Confessions: Sociality, speech and Christian identity 5.1. Confessional identity: the meaning of a text 5.2 The Manichees and Ambrose: a search for linguistic resolution
