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Author:   J. Kevin Coyle
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   69
Weight:   0.785kg
ISBN:  

9789004175747

ISBN 10:   9004175741
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   23 October 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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I. MANI 1. Foreign and Insane: Labelling Manichaeism in the Roman Empire 2. Hesitant and Ignorant: The Portrayal of Mani in the Acts of Archelaus 3. A Clash of Portraits: Contrasts between Archelaus and Mani in the Acta Archelai II. MANICHAEAN THEMES 4. The Idea of the 'Good' in Manichaeism 5. Good Tree, Bad Tree: The Matthean/Lukan Paradigm in Manichaeism and Its Opponents 6. Hands and Imposition of Hands in Manichaeism 7. Healing and the 'Physician' in Manichaeism 8. The Gospel of Thomas in Manichaeism? III. WOMEN IN MANICHAEISM 9. Prolegomena to a Study of Women in Manichaeism 10. Mary Magdalene in Manichaeism? 11. Rethinking the 'Marys' of Manichaeism 12. Women and Manichaeism's Mission to the Roman Empire IV. MANICHAEISM AND AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO 13. Augustin et le manicheisme 14. De moribus ecclesiae catholicae: Augustin chretien a Rome 15. What Did Augustine Know about Manichaeism When He Wrote His Two Treatises De moribus? 16. God's Place in Augustine's Anti-Manichaean Polemic 17. Augustine and Manichaeism on Contraception 18. Revisiting the Adversary in Augustine's Contra aduersarium legis et prophetarum 19. Saint Augustine's Manichaean Legacy

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J. Kevin Coyle, D.Th (1978) in Patristics, University of Fribourg (Switzerland), is a professor of patristics and early Christianity at Saint Paul University (Ottawa). Besides the interests represented in this volume, he has published extensively on aspects of early Christian thought and practices.

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