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.