Augustine and Liberal Education sheds light on liberal education past and present, from an Augustinian point of view. Ranging from historical investigations of particular themes and issues in the thought of Saint Augustine, to reflections on the role of tradition and community and the challenges and opportunities facing universities in the next century, the contributors return to the sources of traditional reflection while exploring contemporary issues in education.
Kim Paffenroth is chair of the Religious Studies Department and associate professor at Iona College.Kevin L. Hughes is associate professor in Department of Theology and Religious Studies and director of the Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference at Villanova University.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Table of ContentsChapter 2 List of ContributorsChapter 3 ForewardPart 4 I Education in the ConfessionsChapter 5 1 Bad Habits and Bad Company: Education and Evil in the ConfessionsChapter 6 2 Models of Teaching and Models of Learning in the ConfessionsChapter 7 3 Augustine'sConfessions as Pedagogy: Exercises in TransformationPart 8 II Education in Augustine's Other WorksChapter 9 4 Study as Love: Augustinian Vision and Catholic EducationChapter 10 5 The Bishop as TeacherChapter 11 6 The "Arts Reputed Liberal": Augustine on the Perils of Liberal EducationPart 12 III Teaching and Authority in AugustineChapter 13 7 Augustine's Pedagogy of Intellectual Liberation: Turning Students from the "Truth of Authority" to the "Authority of Truth"Chapter 14 8 The Limits of Augustine's Personal Authority: The Hermaneutics of Trust in De utilitate credendiChapter 15 9 Limit and Possibility: An Augustinian Counsel to AuthorityChapter 16 10 Augustine and English Protestants: Authority and Order, Coercion and Dissent in the Earthly CityPart 17 IV Liberal Education Since AugustineChapter 18 11 Reading without Moving Your Lips: The Role of the Solitary Reader in Liberal EducationChapter 19 12 The Motives for Liberal Education
