(Ebook) Creatio ex nihilo and the Theology of St Augustine 1st Edition by N Joseph Torchia ISBN 9781453910771 1453910778

(Ebook) Creatio ex nihilo and the Theology of St Augustine 1st Edition by N Joseph Torchia ISBN 9781453910771 1453910778

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ISBN 10: 1453910778
ISBN 13: 9781453910771
Author: N Joseph Torchia

(Ebook) Creatio ex nihilo and the Theology of St Augustine 1st Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The Manichaean Cosmogony: A Point of Reference

• The Religion of Mani

• Methodology

• The Manichaean Cosmogony

• Assessment: The Tree 'Moments'

• The Manichaeans' Understanding of Creation: Salient Themes

• Concluding Observations: Augustine's Knowledge of Manichaeism

• Notes

Chapter 2: Saint Augustine's Exegesis of Genesis

• The Act of Creation

• The Ontological Status of Amorphous Matter

• The Ontological Status of the Nihil

• Creatio ex nihilo Defined

• Conclusion

• Notes

Chapter 3: Augustine's Refutation of the Manichaean Cosmogony

• Opposition to Manichaean Claims of Authority

• The Primordial Conflict

• The Two Bordering Regions

• Creatio de nihilo Affirmed

• The Five Natures of the Region of Darkness

• The Goodness of the Whole

• Evil as a Corruption of the Good

• Salient Features of Augustine's Refutation of the Manichaean Cosmogony

• Conclusion

• Notes

Chapter 4: Augustine's Theodicy

• Introductory Remarks

• The Divine Nature

• Corruption Redefined

• The Order of Creation

• Evil Defined

• Diverse Senses of Evil

• Creation and the 'Nihil'

• Conclusion

• Notes

Chapter 5: A Defense of Monotheism

• The Contra Faustum Manichaeum: Salient Features of Faustus's Critique of Catholic Teaching

• Monotheism vs. Polytheism

• Monotheism vs. Dualism

• Conclusion

• Notes

Chapter 6: Creatio ex nihilo in Augustine's Anti-Manichaean Polemic: A Brief Recapitulation

• Introduction

• The Exegetical Background of Augustine's Anti-Manichaean Polemic

• Augustine's Response to Mani's Cosmogony

• The Problem of Evil

• The One, True God

• Concluding Assessment

• Notes

Chapter 7: Broader Theological Implications of the Doctrine

• The Divine Nature and the Act of Creation

• The Finitude of Creatures

• Human Nature, Free Will, and Sin

• The Necessity of Redemption and Grace

• Divine Sovereignty and Predestination

• Conclusion: A Summary of Key Themes

• Notes

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