TY - BOOK AU - Kolbet,Paul R. TI - Augustine and the cure of souls: revising a classical ideal T2 - Christianity and Judaism in antiquity series SN - 9780268033217 (pbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 253.0937 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Notre Dame, Ind. PB - University of Notre Dame Press KW - Augustine, N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Rhetoric and Christian identity in the Roman Empire : sources and method -- A classical ideal -- Classical therapy : its origins, tasks, and methods -- Psychagogy as a cultural ideal -- Psychagogy in its classical form -- Hellenistic refinements -- Cures for the Roman soul -- The psychagogic value of ancient texts -- Revising and recontextualizing classical therapy -- Augustine's early formation -- An ambitious young orator -- Being healed by beautiful words -- Christianizing classical therapy -- Christian philosophy and the cure of soul -- Christ's inner and outer rhetoric -- A new context for classical therapy -- Ordination crisis -- Controversies over the cure of soul -- Signs eliciting love -- Exegetical integration -- Teaching the uninstructed -- Augustine's homiletical practice -- The Christian rhetor -- Continuity amid discontinuity -- Critical skills -- Constructive guidance -- Therapy and society -- The incarnate word and community UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vu/detail.action?docID=3441058 ER -