Schedule of Reporting

Dear everyone,

Please note the following in your calendar: Dec 15, 2018 and Jan. 5, 2019 are research days.

The following students will report on Dec. 22, 2018:

1. M. P. Dy and I. K. Espinosa
2. L. Victoria and D Aquino
3. A. Zaguirre and M. A. Mallari
4. J. Mariano and A. M. Uri
5. M. C. Acosta and I. Cruz

May you all have a blessed Advent celebration!


God bless,
Sr. Joan

Mechanics for the Report

Dear everyone,

We only have two topics for the reports this coming Saturday since one of the pairs asked to be excused due to personal reasons.

If there is any pair among you who is ready to report this coming Saturday, kindly let me know by Friday.

We shall give 4o minutes for each pair, i.e., 20 minutes for each reporter, in order to have time for discussion.

Please note that those who requested for a change in the schedule of their report will be reporting last. Hence, if we go beyond the calendared schedule due to the number of reporters, this would mean an additional meeting.

Thank you and all the best,

Sr Joan

Additional Topics for the Report

Dear everyone,

For those of you who still have no topics to report, please choose from the list below:

1. Augustine on Gender, Sexuality and Women
Reference:  Feminist Interpretations of Augustine, ed. Judith Chelius Stark
Two Articles: (a) Rosemary Ruether Radford, pp. 47-68 and (b) Judith Chelius Stark, pp. 215-242.

2. The Women in Augustine's Life (Monica and the Unnamed Woman)
Reference: Feminist Interpretations of Augustine, ed. Judith Chelius Stark
Two Articles: (a) Rebecca Moore and (b) Margaret Miles, pp. 147-188

All the best and God bless,
Sr Joan

Course Outline and Topics for the Report

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

srjoanbc@yahoo.com

blog: LCUPAugustinianSpirituality.blogspot.com

Topic	References	Output
1.      Who is St. Augustine? (Oct. 20)	Video Showing: Documentary on the Life of St. Augustine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nz7C0Kr9OA	Answers to Guide Questions and Personal Reflection
2.      The Holy Rule of St. Augustine (Nov. 3 – Sr Joan)	Internet	Application of the Rule in the 21st century.
3.      Augustinian Values and LCUP Core Values (Nov. 3) – Sr. Joan		Big Group Sharing of Personal Reflection
4.      Background on The Confessions of St. Augustine (Nov. 3 – Sr Joan)	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).	Big Group Sharing of Personal Reflection
5.      Augustine on Evil and Original Sin (Nov 17) - Denmark Rivera and Nelsie Rivera	Timo Nisula, Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence (Leiden and Boston, MA: Brill, 2012), Ch. 4. William Mann, “Augustine on Evil and Original Sin,” in The Cambridge Companion to Augustine, ed. Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 40–48.	- Oral Report in pairs (one hour for each pair) followed by critical discussions
6.      Augustine’s Ethics (Nov. 17) – Raquel Canlas and Rufo Santos	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.	-do-
7.      Augustine on Social Justice (Nov. 17) - Geleen Gonzales and Karen Faustino	Robert Dodaro, Christ and the Just Society in the Thought of Augustine (Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 2004), Chs. 2-3.	-do-
8.      Augustine on Free Will (Nov. 24) -  Ijie Manarang and Roseanne Roberto (Jan 12, 2019)	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.	-do-
9.      Augustine on the Body (Nov. 24) - Isabelita I. Ceraon and Jennifer Guevarra	David Hunter, “Augustine on the Body,” in A Companion to Augustine, ed. Mark Vessey (Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2012), 353–64. Margaret R. Miles, Augustine on the Body (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2009).	-do-
10.  Augustine on Friendship (Nov. 24) – Christine Grimaldo and Anna Patricia Versoza	Burt, Friendship and Society, 55-118.	-do-
11.  Augustine and Love  (Dec 1) - Shane-Anne A. Sarmiento and Christian V. Dela Cruz	Hannah Arendt, Love and Saint Augustine (University of Chicago Press, 1996), 3-93	-do-
12.  Augustine on Knowledge and Illumination (Dec 1)	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.	-do-
13.  Augustine on Memory (Dec. 1)       - Marc Jan Tacdol and Sharon Baltao	Paige E. Hochschild, Memory in Augustine’s Theological Anthropology, Oxford Early Christian Studies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).	-do-
14.  Augustine on Rebuke, Correction and Friendship (Dec 8) -  Rafonzel Glori and Ma. Liwayway Fernando	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.	-do-
15.  Augustine on the Trinity (Dec 8) - Myra Prizel C. Dy Iris Kristine C. Espinosa	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.	-do-
16.  Augustine's Theology of the Fallen Person (Dec 8) - Jamaica Aquino and Leilani Victoria	Herbert A. Deane, The Political and Social Ideas of St. Augustine (New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1963), pp. 13-77.	-do-
17.  Augustine on Morality and Justice (Dec 15) - Annesty J. Zaguirre and Maolenn Angelica M. Mallari	Herbert A. Deane, The Political and Social Ideas of St. Augustine (New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1963), Ch. 3.	-do-
18.  Augustine’s ideas on the State (Political and Social Views) (Dec 15) -  Jaymee Mariano and Angela Mae Uri	Herbert A. Deane, The Political and Social Ideas of St. Augustine (New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1963).	-do-
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	Ryan Topping, Happiness and Wisdom: Augustine’s Early Theology of Education (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2012). St. Augustine, De Magistro Educational Principles of St. Augustine by Athanasios Papanicolauo http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/press/theologia/material/1971_1_36_Papanicolaou.pdf Teaching and Learning: An Augustinian Perspective by Raymond Canning http://aejt.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/395647/AEJT_3.4_Canning.pdf	-do-
20.  Questions, Clarifications,  and Synthesis - Jan 2019
21.  Final Exams

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%

-          Is the main thesis clearly articulated?

-          Is the report comprehensive and comprehensible?

-          Are personal insights incorporated?

Attendance and Class Participation: 10%

Final Exam: 50% (oral with 15-minute preparation)

-          Ten thesis statements will be provided on the blog a week before the exam.

-          The student will be asked to answer 2 questions (one from the thesis statements and one from the “hidden” questions).

-          During the examination day, the student will pick out two questions and will be given 15 minutes to prepare his/her answer.

Lesson 1: An Overview of the Life of St. Augustine and the Holy Rule

Dear all,

These are the materials which will be used for our class discussion on Oct. 20.

1. The Life of St. Augustine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nz7C0Kr9OA

2. The Holy Rule of St. Augustine
https://www.midwestaugustinians.org/roots-of-augustinian-spirituality

All the best and God bless,
Sr Joan

Welcome

Dear all,

Welcome to your course on Augustinian Spirituality!

In this class, we shall have a glimpse of the person of St. Augustine, a man who is considered to be the holiest of the wise and the wisest of the holy. We shall study his life, works, and words together.

St. Augustine was a man who never got tired of searching for the truth. He never got tired of studying the Word of God. It is my wish that you will develop a love for Augustine as you get to know him better. Like him, may you also develop a love for studies.

All the best and God bless!
Sr Joan