Happiness and Wisdom: Augustine's Early Theology of Education

by Ryan N.S. Topping

Immediately after his baptism Augustine set out to produce a Christianized version of the ancient liberal arts curriculum. By an ordered sequence of contemplation, moving from linguistic to mathematically based disciplines, Augustine suggested that study in the liberal arts could render the mind and heart docile before God. Though Augustine later would shift his focus more directly toward biblical study, his early reflections on secular learning remain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813219736
• ISBN13: 9780813219738
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"