Reflections on Augustine’s Evaluation of the Body in his later Comments on Genesis: A Christological Perspective

Martin Claes

doi:10.2307/j.ctv27vt53n.11

Reflections on Augustine’s Evaluation of the Body in his later Comments on Genesis: A Christological Perspective

Martin Claes

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Augustine’s anthropology is closely connected with his Christology and vice versa. In this contribution I argue that, despite his reputation for a dualistic or even negative evaluation of the human body, Augustine also in his later works, considered the human body as an opportunity for salvation. With help of three works on the book Genesis, which are distinctive in their rhetorical scopes, I discuss observations of a certain degree of constancy in a positive evaluation of the human body. These observations will be assessed in the framework of Augustine’s Christology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Papers presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2019 Volume 15
Subtitle of host publication	Augustine and his Writings
Editors	Markus Vinzent
Place of Publication	Leuven
Publisher	Peeters
Pages	81-89
ISBN (Electronic)	9789042947658
ISBN (Print)	9789042947641
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv27vt53n.11
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	XVIII International Conference on Patristic Studies Oxford - Oxford, United Kingdom Duration: 19 Aug 2019 → 24 Aug 2019 https://www.oxfordpatristics.com

Publication series

Name	Studia Patristica
Publisher	Leuven University Press, Peeters
Volume	CXVIII
ISSN (Print)	0585-542X

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Conference	XVIII International Conference on Patristic Studies Oxford
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Oxford
Period	19/08/19 → 24/08/19
Internet address	https://www.oxfordpatristics.com

Keywords

Augustine
anthroplogy
Christology
human body
creation

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Claes, M. (2021). Reflections on Augustine’s Evaluation of the Body in his later Comments on Genesis: A Christological Perspective. In M. Vinzent (Ed.), Papers presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2019 Volume 15: Augustine and his Writings (pp. 81-89). (Studia Patristica; Vol. CXVIII). Peeters. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv27vt53n.11

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Claes, M 2021, Reflections on Augustine’s Evaluation of the Body in his later Comments on Genesis: A Christological Perspective. in M Vinzent (ed.), Papers presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2019 Volume 15: Augustine and his Writings. Studia Patristica, vol. CXVIII, Peeters, Leuven, pp. 81-89, XVIII International Conference on Patristic Studies Oxford , Oxford, United Kingdom, 19/08/19. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv27vt53n.11

Reflections on Augustine’s Evaluation of the Body in his later Comments on Genesis : A Christological Perspective. / Claes, Martin.

Papers presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2019 Volume 15: Augustine and his Writings. ed. / Markus Vinzent. Leuven : Peeters, 2021. p. 81-89 (Studia Patristica; Vol. CXVIII).

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