Inner Peace and Personal Identity. Reflections on the Unity of the Confessions
The division of the Confessions into an autobiographical part (book 1-10) and an exegetical part to Gen. 1-2: 3 (book 11-13) has raised questions with respect to their unity. While the view that the Confessions cannot be regarded as a unitary whole is now considered as a marginal position, there are...
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| description | The division of the Confessions into an autobiographical part (book 1-10) and an exegetical part to Gen. 1-2: 3 (book 11-13) has raised questions with respect to their unity. While the view that the Confessions cannot be regarded as a unitary whole is now considered as a marginal position, there are various approaches to an integrating interpretation. This contribution elaborates on the proposal that the unity of the Confessions arises from their interpretation as a narrative identity construction of Augustine. The underlying meta-narrative in the Confessions is Augustine’s own doctrine of grace and original sin, which he has worked out in Simpl., 1, 2, shortly before. In the Confessions, Augustine illustrates the effect of divine grace and the transformation of man from homo sub lege and homo sub gratia to homo in pace exemplarily on the basis of his own life story. This understanding is supported by the further thesis that Augustine himself deals extensively with the question of “personal identity” in the Confessions and perceives identity in the context of neoplatonic conceptions as an inner-soul unity and harmony, which he conceives as unitas, quies/requies, and pax. The source of this unity is the eternal, unchanging one God. In Augustine, pax also stands for the condition of spiritual balance and represents the Christianized version of epicurean ataraxia and stoic tranquillitas animi. In addition, the contribution shows the systematic interlinkage of the Augustinian concepts of pax, unitas, caritas, requies, beatitudo, utifrui, res mutabiles-res immutabiles, creatio-creatura, temporalia-aeterna, and peregrinatio. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-717472024-04-08T20:10:24Z Inner Peace and Personal Identity. Reflections on the Unity of the Confessions Kiesel, Dagmar Dupont, Anthony Eguiarte Bendímez, Enrique Alberto Villabona Vargas, Carlos Confessions harmony mutability peace personal identity self bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRC Christianity::HRCG Biblical studies & exegesis::HRCG3 Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRC Christianity::HRCM Christian theology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVC Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVG Theology The division of the Confessions into an autobiographical part (book 1-10) and an exegetical part to Gen. 1-2: 3 (book 11-13) has raised questions with respect to their unity. While the view that the Confessions cannot be regarded as a unitary whole is now considered as a marginal position, there are various approaches to an integrating interpretation. This contribution elaborates on the proposal that the unity of the Confessions arises from their interpretation as a narrative identity construction of Augustine. The underlying meta-narrative in the Confessions is Augustine’s own doctrine of grace and original sin, which he has worked out in Simpl., 1, 2, shortly before. In the Confessions, Augustine illustrates the effect of divine grace and the transformation of man from homo sub lege and homo sub gratia to homo in pace exemplarily on the basis of his own life story. This understanding is supported by the further thesis that Augustine himself deals extensively with the question of “personal identity” in the Confessions and perceives identity in the context of neoplatonic conceptions as an inner-soul unity and harmony, which he conceives as unitas, quies/requies, and pax. The source of this unity is the eternal, unchanging one God. In Augustine, pax also stands for the condition of spiritual balance and represents the Christianized version of epicurean ataraxia and stoic tranquillitas animi. In addition, the contribution shows the systematic interlinkage of the Augustinian concepts of pax, unitas, caritas, requies, beatitudo, utifrui, res mutabiles-res immutabiles, creatio-creatura, temporalia-aeterna, and peregrinatio. 2021-08-25T15:01:43Z 2021-08-25T15:01:43Z 2019 chapter ONIX_20210825_9789585498211_10 9789585498211 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71747 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://editorial.uniagustiniana.edu.co/index.php/editorial/catalog/book/34 https://editorial.uniagustiniana.edu.co/index.php/editorial/catalog/book/34 Editorial Uniagustiniana 10.28970/9789585498235.4 10.28970/9789585498235.4 16434219-96d9-4966-a56b-a7227f32802d 9789585498211 32 open access |
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