Temporality, eternity, and wisdom
Subtitle: the rhetoric of Augustine's Confessions
By: Calvin L. Troup
Series: Studies in rhetoric/communication
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Augustine, -- Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Eternity; Time
Description: "Temporality, Eternity, and Wisdom invites readers into the text of Augustine's most widely read book to consider if rhetoric conflicts with Christianity and if Christians should condemn and abandon its use. In the Confessions, Augustine seems to answer such questions with an emphatic yes. Through a comprehensive review of the classic text, Calvin L. Troup argues that Augustine does indeed reject the dominant rhetorical tradition of the late Roman Empire, known today as the Second Sophistic.

Troup notes, however, that Augustine's rejection of that rhetoric dates from long before his conversion. Troup argues that when Augustine converts, the semiotic integration of time and eternity in the incarnate Christ motivates him to espouse a substantial, practical alternative to the Second Sophistic that is nonetheless a form of rhetoric - a Christian rhetoric."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index
Table of contents: title: The integrity of philosophy and rhetoric; title: Protocols for reasoning the Confessions; title: The significance of incarnational wisdom; title: In time; title: Rhetorical interpretation; title: The wisdom of incarnational rhetoric