Dear everyone,
Please find below the outline for our Class on Augustinian Spirituality / Augustinian Studies.
Please choose which topic you would want to report on. As you can see, some of your colleagues have already chosen their topics. Send me a message on the blog once you have decided.
All the best and God bless,
Sr. Joan
Course
Outline on Augustinian Spirituality/Augustinian Studies
Professor: Sr. Joan S. Infante, PhD, SThD
blog: LCUPAugustinianSpirituality.blogspot.com
Topic
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References
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Output
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1. Who is St.
Augustine? (Oct. 20)
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Video Showing:
Documentary on the Life of St. Augustine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nz7C0Kr9OA
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Answers to
Guide Questions and Personal Reflection
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2. The Holy Rule
of St. Augustine (Nov. 3 – Sr Joan)
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Internet
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Application
of the Rule in the 21st century.
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3. Augustinian
Values and LCUP Core Values (Nov. 3) – Sr. Joan
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Big Group Sharing of
Personal Reflection
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4. Background
on The Confessions of St. Augustine (Nov. 3 – Sr Joan)
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Matthew
Levering, The Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most
Important Works (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2013), Ch. 5
Mark
Vessey, ed., A Companion to Augustine (Chichester: John Wiley &
Sons, 2012).
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Big Group Sharing of
Personal Reflection
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5. Augustine
on Evil and Original Sin (Nov 17) - Denmark Rivera and Nelsie Rivera
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- Oral
Report in pairs (one hour for each pair) followed by critical discussions
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6. Augustine’s
Ethics (Nov. 17) – Raquel Canlas and Rufo Santos
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Donald X.
Burt, Friendship and Society: An Introduction to Augustine’s Practical Philosophy (Grand Rapids, MI and Cambridge: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999), pp.
30-54.
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7. Augustine
on Social Justice (Nov. 17) - Geleen Gonzales and Karen Faustino
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8. Augustine
on Free Will (Nov. 24) - Ijie Manarang and Roseanne Roberto (Jan 12, 2019)
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Eleonore
Stump, “Augustine on Free Will,” in The Cambridge Companion to Augustine,
ed. Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2001), 124–47.
Joseph
Lössl, “Intellect with a (Divine) Purpose: Augustine on the Will,” in The
Will and Human Action: From Antiquity to the Present Day, ed. Thomas Pink
and M. W. F. Stone, London Studies in the History of Philosophy (London and
New York: Routledge, 2004), 53–77.
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9. Augustine
on the Body (Nov. 24) - Isabelita I. Ceraon and Jennifer Guevarra
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Margaret
R. Miles, Augustine on the Body (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2009).
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10. Augustine
on Friendship (Nov. 24) – Christine Grimaldo and Anna Patricia Versoza
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11. Augustine
and Love (Dec 1) - Shane-Anne A. Sarmiento and Christian V. Dela Cruz
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Hannah
Arendt, Love and Saint Augustine (University of Chicago Press, 1996), 3-93
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12. Augustine
on Knowledge and Illumination (Dec 1)
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Gareth B.
Matthews, “Knowledge and Illumination,” in The Cambridge Companion to
Augustine, ed. Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2001), 171–84.
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13. Augustine
on Memory (Dec. 1)
- Marc Jan Tacdol and Sharon Baltao
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Paige E.
Hochschild, Memory in Augustine’s Theological Anthropology, Oxford
Early Christian Studies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).
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14. Augustine on
Rebuke, Correction and Friendship (Dec 8) - Rafonzel Glori and Ma. Liwayway Fernando
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Jennifer V.
Ebbeler, Disciplining Christians: Correction and Community in Augustine’s
Letters, Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity (Oxford, etc.: Oxford
University Press, 2012), Ch. 1, pp. 27-62.
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15. Augustine
on the Trinity (Dec 8) - Myra Prizel C. Dy
Iris Kristine C. Espinosa
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Mary
Clark, “De Trinitate,” in The Cambridge Companion to Augustine, ed.
Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2001), 91–102.
Saint Augustine, Saint Augustine: The Trinity,
trans. Stephen McKenna, The Fathers of the Church 45 (Washington, DC: Catholic
University of America Press, 1963), viii-xvii.
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16. Augustine's Theology
of the Fallen Person (Dec 8) - Jamaica Aquino and Leilani Victoria
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17. Augustine
on Morality and Justice (Dec 15) - Annesty J. Zaguirre and Maolenn Angelica M. Mallari
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18. Augustine’s
ideas on the State (Political and Social Views) (Dec 15) - Jaymee Mariano and Angela Mae Uri
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19. Augustinian
Principles of Education/The Purpose of Education According to St. Augustine/Augustine’s
Liberal Arts Curriculum (Dec 15) - Marie Catherine Acosta and Irene Cruz
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Ryan
Topping, Happiness and Wisdom: Augustine’s Early Theology of Education
(Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2012).
St.
Augustine, De Magistro
Teaching
and Learning: An Augustinian Perspective by Raymond Canning
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20. Questions,
Clarifications, and Synthesis - Jan
2019
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21. Final
Exams
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Bibliography:
Augustinus, Aurelius. Confessions
of Saint Augustine. Translated by Frank J. Sheed. London: Sheed & Ward,
1944.
Arendt, Hannah. Love and Saint
Augustine. University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Banner, William Augustus. The
Path of St. Augustine. Lanham, MD and London: Rowman & Littlefield,
1996.
Burt, Donald X. Friendship and
Society: An Introduction to Augustine’s Practical Philosophy. Grand Rapids,
MI and Cambridge: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999.
Chadwick, Henry. Augustine: A
Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Clark, Mary. “De Trinitate.” In The
Cambridge Companion to Augustine, edited by Eleonore Stump and Norman
Kretzmann, 91–102. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Deane, Herbert A. The
Political and Social Ideas of St. Augustine. New York and London: Columbia
University Press, 1963.
Delgado, Teresa, John Doody, and
Kim Paffenroth, eds. Augustine and Social Justice. Lanham, Boulder, New
York, and London: Lexington Books, 2015.
Dodaro, Robert. Christ and the
Just Society in the Thought of Augustine. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge
University Press, 2004.
Ebbeler, Jennifer V. Disciplining
Christians: Correction and Community in Augustine’s Letters. Oxford Studies
in Late Antiquity. Oxford, etc.: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Fitzgerald, Alan, ed. Augustine
Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia. Grand Rapids, MI and Cambridge: Wm. B. Eerdmans,
1999.
Hochschild, Paige E. Memory in
Augustine’s Theological Anthropology. Oxford Early Christian Studies.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Hunter, David. “Augustine on the
Body.” In A Companion to Augustine, edited by Mark Vessey, 353–64.
Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Levering, Matthew. The
Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most Important Works.
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2013.
Lössl, Joseph. “Intellect with a
(Divine) Purpose: Augustine on the Will.” In The Will and Human Action: From
Antiquity to the Present Day, edited by Thomas Pink and M. W. F. Stone,
53–77. London Studies in the History of Philosophy. London and New York:
Routledge, 2004.
Mann, William. “Augustine on Evil
and Original Sin.” In The Cambridge Companion to Augustine, edited by
Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann, 40–48. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2001.
Miles, Margaret R. Augustine
on the Body. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2009.
Nisula, Timo. Augustine and
the Functions of Concupiscence. Leiden and Boston, MA:
Brill, 2012.
Stump, Eleonore. “Augsustine on
Free Will.” In The Cambridge Companion to Augustine, edited by Eleonore
Stump and Norman Kretzmann, 124–47. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2001.
Vessey, Mark, ed. A Companion
to Augustine. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Marking:
Report: 40%
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Is the main thesis clearly articulated?
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Is the report comprehensive and comprehensible?
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Are personal insights incorporated?
Attendance
and Class Participation: 10%
Final Exam:
50% (oral with 15-minute preparation)
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Ten thesis statements will be provided on the blog a week before
the exam.
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The student will be asked to answer 2 questions (one from the
thesis statements and one from the “hidden” questions).
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During the examination day, the student will pick out two
questions and will be given 15 minutes to prepare his/her answer.
