%0 Journal Article
%T od, memory and beauty: A Manichaean analysis of Augustine¡¯s Confessions, Book X
%A Johannes van Oort
%J HTS Theological Studies/Teologiese Studies
%D 2013
%I AOSIS OpenJournals
%R 10.4102/hts.v69i1.1922
%X The article first sketches some main trends in the recent study of Augustine¡¯s Confessions as a work aimed at Manichaean readers. It then detects and analyses the Manichaean-inspired parts in Book X of the Confessions. Augustine¡¯s famous theory of memory seems to be directly inspired by Manichaean concepts such as found in the Coptic Manichaean Kephalaia. The article end with a number of conclusions.
%K Augustine
%K Manichaeism
%K God
%K Memory
%K Beauty
%K Confessions
%K Confessions Book X
%K Manichaean Kephalaia
%U http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/article/view/1922