Oppositional pairs and Christological synthesis: Rereading Augustine's 'De Trinitate'

The author aligns the modern structuralist emphasis on the meaning-generating capacity of 'oppositional pairs' with Augustine's penchant for the ancient rhetorical trope for the 'antithesis'. The resultant rereading of De Trin. uncovers Augustine's rhetorical construction of a christocentric theolog...

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Author:Khaled Anatolios
Volume:68
Pages:231-253
Periodical:Theological Studies
Number:2
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Augustine writer > Rhetoric. Dialectic > Rhetorical atithesis
- Works > Augustine writer > Rhetoric. Dialectic > Christian rhetoric
- Doctrine > Man > [Image de Dieu] > [Image de la Trinité]
- Works > De Trinitate > Topics > [Composition]
- Works > De Trinitate > Topics > [Rhétorique: antithèse]
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Summary:The author aligns the modern structuralist emphasis on the meaning-generating capacity of 'oppositional pairs' with Augustine's penchant for the ancient rhetorical trope for the 'antithesis'. The resultant rereading of De Trin. uncovers Augustine's rhetorical construction of a christocentric theological epistemology that undergirds the work's structure, polemical agenda, and the classic theologoumenon of the trinitarian image in human interiority.

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