Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation
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Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation

  1. 274 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Imprints page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface and Acknowledgments
  8. List of Abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Knowledge, Pedagogy, and Initiation: Classical and Christian Precedents for Catechesis
  11. 2 Knowledge of the Real: Irenaeus of Lyons and Aesthetic Knowing
  12. 3 Simplicity and Power: Tertullian of Carthage and Ritual Knowing
  13. 4 Hiddenness and Revelation: The Hippolytan School and the Knowledge of Mystery
  14. 5 The Harbor on High: Cyprian of Carthage and Ecclesial Knowing
  15. 6 Training the Senses: Ambrose of Milan and Visual Knowing
  16. 7 Catechesis in Late Antique Italy: Cosmological and Apophatic Knowing
  17. 8 The Memory of Christ: Augustine of Hippo and the Knowledge of Love
  18. 9 North African Catechesis after Augustine: Knowing God in an Apocalyptic Age
  19. Conclusion: The Knowledge of Faith
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index