TRN26XXHF Introduction to Augustine of Hippo1 Trinity College at the University of Toronto Course Identification Course Number: TRN26XXHF (L0101) Course Name: Introduction to Augustine of Hippo SESSION: Winter 2018 LOCATION: Trinity College at the University of Toronto (St. George Campus) SCHEDULE: Thursday 11:00 to 14:00 CREDITS: One Credit Course Instructor Name: Mr. Jimmy Chan, PMP, M.Sc., M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D. student (Trinity College) Email: [email protected] Phone: (416) 978-4129 Office Hour: By appointment Course Prerequisites This is an introductory level course on Augustine. There is no prerequisite course to it. (However, pay attention to the “Pre-reading section” below.) Course Description This course introduces Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354 – 430) as an influential philosopher and theologian as well as a North African pastor in the Roman Empire. We will trace Augustine’s life from birth to youth, then from his education, ‘conversion’ to ordination as bishop, then his later days till death. In addition, this course will cover the basics of his philosophy/theology on freedom and grace, salvation and predestination, ecclesiology and liturgy, and, perhaps the most important of all, trinity, and how Augustine develops his theology in polemic responses to the Manicheans, Donatists and Pelagians. The target audience for this course is the basic degree seminary students (M.Div. or M.T.S.) of Toronto School of Theology. Course Schedule This course is 3 hours/week; students will meet once per week (Thur 11:00 to 14:00). In general, for every class, we meet for two hours mainly for lecture with some discussions, then for one hour as a tutorial/seminar session focusing on some particular text of Augustine (except for the first two weeks we shall have lectures on the introduction to Augustine’s historical, geographical, political, social and theological context). Course Objectives 1 Describe the personal, historical, political, social and theological context of Augustine, and explain the dilemmas and tensions involved. 2 Demonstrate a grasp of Augustine’s major works and evaluate they influence his contemporary and subsequent church, people and theologians. 3 Explain the key theological views of Augustine and evaluate their impact. 4 Examine Augustine’s contribution on the Christian life and community. 1 Note that the content of this description is not a learning contract and the instructor is not bound to it. It is offered in good faith and intended as a helpful guide to the student. 1 Course Outcomes At the end of this course, the student will able to: 1. Describe the major life events of Augustine. 2. Critically evaluate selected major texts of Augustine. 3. Describe and evaluate the principal doctrinal positions of Augustine. 4. Apply the significance of Augustine's theology to the contemporary church and the contemporary world. 5. Relate Augustine's spirituality to the student's own spiritual practice and/or personal growth. Course Outcomes Course Element Measure of Outcomes Program Outcomes (This outcome will be (This outcome will be (This course outcome achieved through these measure through these corresponds to these course elements) vehicles.) aspects of GCTS outcome.) Describe the major life • Lecture • In-class Test MDiv:1.1,1.2, 2.1,2.2,2.5 events of Augustine • Class discussion MTS:1.1, 1.2,2.1, 2.2,2.5 • Assignments Critically evaluate selected • Lecture • Book Review MDiv:1.1,1.2, 2.1,2.2,2.5 major texts of Augustine. • Class discussion • Group MTS:1.1, 1.2,2.1, • Assignments Presentation 2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5 Describe and evaluate the • Lecture • Group MDiv:1.1,1.2, 2.1,2.2,2.5 principal doctrinal • Class discussion Presentation MTS:1.1, 1.2,2.1, positions of Augustine • Assignments • Major Paper 2.2,2.4,2.5,2.6 Apply the significance of • Lecture • Major Paper MDiv:1.1,1.2, 2.1,2.2,2.5 Augustine's theology to • Class discussion MTS:1.1, 1.2,2.1, the contemporary church • Assignments 2.2,2.3,2.5 and the contemporary world. Assess Augustine's • Lecture • Major Paper MDiv:1.1,1.2, 2.1,2.2 spirituality to the • Class discussion MTS:1.1, 1.2,2.1, student's own spiritual • Assignments 2.2,2.4,2.5,2.6 practice and/or personal growth. Pre-Reading (to be completed before or during the first week of class) 1. Review of Theology and Theological Terms (for those without theology bachelor degrees): Glossary of Theological Terms (Roman Catholic): http://www.kencollins.com/glossary/theology.htm Glossary of Theological Terms (Protestant) : http://eternalsecurity.us/biblical_theology_glossary.htm Wikipedia article on Christian Theology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_theology 2. Overview of Augustine of Hippo: “St. Augustine of Hippo,” http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm. AND the two associated subsites: “Works of St. Augustine of Hippo,” http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02089a.htm “Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo,” http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02091a.htm “Chronology of the Life of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (A.D. 354-430),” http://www-personal.umich.edu /~rdwallin/syl/GreatBooks/202.W99/Augustine/AugustineChron.html. Required Texts 2 Primary Sources: Confessions can be read online or downloaded from https://www.ccel.org/ccel/augustine/confess.html or https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf101. The City of God and On Christine Doctrine can be read online or downloaded from https://www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/npnf102. On the Trinity and other moral treatises of Augustine can be read online or downloaded from https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf103 On Free Choice of the Will, On Grace and Free Choice and Other Writings can be downloaded from https://philonew.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/augustine-augustine-on-the-free-choice-of-the-will-on-grace -and-free-choice-and-other-writings-2010.pdf (Major works of Augustine are available online at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm.) Secondary Sources: 1. Bray, Gerald Lewis. Augustine on the Christian Life: Transformed by the Power of God. Theologians on the Christian Life. Wheaton: Crossway, 2015. 2. Brown, Peter. Robert Lamont. Augustine of Hippo: A Biography. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. 3. Chadwick, Henry. Augustine of Hippo: A Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 4. __________. Augustine: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: OUP, 2013.2 5. Ellingsen, Mark. The Richness of Augustine: His Contextual and Pastoral Theology. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005. 6. Harrison, Carol. Augustine: Christian Truth and Fractured Humanity. Christian Theology in Context. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 7. Hollingworth, Miles. Saint Augustine of Hippo. Bloomsbury: London, 2013. 8. Miles, Margaret R. Rereading Historical Theology: Before, During and After Augustine. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2008. 9. Levering, Matthew. The Theology of Augustine: An Introduction Guide to His Most Important Works. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2013. 10. Vessey, Mark, ed. A Companion to Augustine. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. Recommended Texts Primary Sources (hard copies, if desired, of the corresponding soft copies above): 1. Augustine. Confessions. Translated by Henry Chadwick. The World’s Classics. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. 2. Augustine. On Christian Doctrine. Edited by Philip Schaff. Translated by James F. Shaw. Seattle: CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2015. 3. Augustine. On the Free Choice of the Will, On Grace and Free Choice, and Other Writings. Edited and Translated by Peter King. Cambridge: CUP, 2010. 4. Augustine. On Christian Teaching. Oxford World’s Classics. Translated by R. P. H. Green. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 5. Augustine. Political Writings. Edited by , Ernest L. Fortin, Douglas Kries and Roland Gunn Translated by Michael W. Tkacz and Douglas Kries. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1994. 6. Augustine. The City of God. Translated by Marcus Dods. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson Publishers, 2010. 7. Augustin. The Confessions. The Works of Saint Augustine Books, a translation for the 21st century / Augustinian Heritage Institute. Edited by John E. Rotelle. Translated by Maria Boulding, Vol. 1. Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2008. 8. Augustine, The Confessions. Translated by Maria Boulding. New York: Vintage Books, 1997. 2 This book has a soft copy which is available from the U of T Library at the following location: http://www.veryshortintroductions.com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/view/10.1093/actrade/9780192854520.001.0001/ac trade-9780192854520 3 9. Augustine. The Trinity. Edited by John Rotelle. Translated by Edmund Hill. New York: Augustinian Heritage Institute, 1991. 10. Augustine. The City of God against the Pagans. Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Translated by R. W. Dyson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 11. Augustine of Hippo. Tractates on the Gospel of John, 112–24; Tractates on the First Epistle of John. Edited by Thomas P. Halton. Translated by John W. Rettig, vol. 92. The Fathers of the Church. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1995. 12. Augustine of Hippo, Letters (204–270). Edited by Hermigild Dressler. Translated by Wilfrid Parsons, vol. 32, The Fathers of the Church, 38-51. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1956. 13. Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on the Liturgical Seasons. Edited by Hermigild Dressler. Translated by Mary Sarah Muldowney, vol. 38. The Fathers of the Church. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1959. 14. Augustine of Hippo, The Retractations. Edited by Roy Joseph Deferrari. Translated by Mary Inez Bogan, vol. 60. The Fathers of the Church. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1968. Secondary Sources: 1. Bonner, Gerald. Robert Dodaro, and George Lawless, eds. Augustine and His Critics: Essays in Honour of Gerald Bonner. London ; New York: Routledge, 2000. 2. Bonner, Gerald. Freedom and Necessity: St.