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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009377430
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Book description

In this book, Alex Fogleman presents a new history of the rise and development of catechesis in Latin Patristic Christianity by focusing on the critical relationship between teaching and epistemology. Through detailed studies of key figures and catechetical texts, he offers a nuanced account of initiation in the Early Christian era to explore fundamental questions in patristic theology: What did early Christians think that it meant to know God, and how could it be taught? What theological commitments and historical circumstances undergirded the formation of the catechumenate? What difference did the Christian confession of Jesus Christ as God-made-flesh make for practices of Christian teaching? Fogleman's study provides a dynamic narrative that encompasses not only the political and social history of Christianity associated with the Constantinian shift in the fourth century but also the modes of teaching and communication that helped to establish Christian identity. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

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Contents

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  • Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation
    pp i-ii
  • Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation - Title page
    pp iii-iii
  • Copyright page
    pp iv-iv
  • Dedication
    pp v-vi
  • Contents
    pp vii-viii
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
    pp ix-xii
  • Abbreviations
    pp xiii-xiv
  • Additional material
    pp xv-xvi
  • Introduction
    pp 1-18
  • 1 - Knowledge, Pedagogy, and Initiation
    pp 19-45
  • Classical and Christian Precedents for Catechesis
  • 2 - Knowledge of the Real
    pp 46-68
  • Irenaeus of Lyons and Aesthetic Knowing
  • 3 - Simplicity and Power
    pp 69-92
  • Tertullian of Carthage and Ritual Knowing
  • 4 - Hiddenness and Revelation
    pp 93-113
  • The Hippolytan School and the Knowledge of Mystery
  • 5 - The Harbor on High
    pp 114-133
  • Cyprian of Carthage and Ecclesial Knowing
  • 6 - Training the Senses
    pp 134-154
  • Ambrose of Milan and Visual Knowing
  • 7 - Catechesis in Late Antique Italy
    pp 155-174
  • Cosmological and Apophatic Knowing
  • 8 - The Memory of Christ
    pp 175-197
  • Augustine of Hippo and the Knowledge of Love
  • 9 - North African Catechesis after Augustine
    pp 198-209
  • Knowing God in an Apocalyptic Age
  • Conclusion
    pp 210-216
  • The Knowledge of Faith
  • Bibliography
    pp 217-252
  • Index
    pp 253-256

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