{"title":"Augustine’s Use of Rhetorical Economy in His Theology of History","authors":"Brian Gronewoller","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780197566558.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197566558.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Chapter 4 focuses on Augustine’s utilization of rhetorical economy as the logic by which he explains God’s providential ordering of the entire temporal creation as it moves through time. In the first section a close reading of On True Religion 22.42–3 reveals that Augustine utilizes rhetorical economy early in his career as the logic by which he explains the goodness of temporal things against the Manichaean position that evil is substantial. A lengthy analysis of On Music 6.11.29–30 then demonstrates that Augustine continues to utilize rhetorical economy in the mid to late 390s in order to explain how God arranges human beings within history. The final section then shows that Augustine uses rhetorical economy late in his career to explain both the differing methods of worship in the Old and New Testaments and how God incorporates human beings who become evil into the whole of history.","PeriodicalId":289031,"journal":{"name":"Rhetorical Economy in Augustine's Theology","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130849871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epilogue","authors":"Brian Gronewoller","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780197566558.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197566558.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"The Epilogue integrates the arguments made throughout the book in order to consider several conclusions and possibilities regarding Augustine’s use of rhetorical economy. It begins by examining the brief period of time between Augustine’s conversion to Christianity and his incorporation of rhetorical economy into his understanding of divine order. Then, by means of a comparison between rhetorical economy and Stoic cosmology, it suggests that Augustine included rhetorical economy in his concept of order because it provided a logical framework which could handle several of his theological commitments without any necessary adjustments to its logic, other than reassigning the model from the arena of speaker and speech to that of God and history. Finally, it concludes the work by considering both possible effects of this study upon future research and Augustine’s understanding of God’s work in arranging all that exists.","PeriodicalId":289031,"journal":{"name":"Rhetorical Economy in Augustine's Theology","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130136840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}