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I. Philosophy as a Way of Life I. Philosophy as a Way of Life
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Instruction and Encouragement Instruction and Encouragement
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Augustine and Rhetoric Augustine and Rhetoric
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II. Contextualizing Augustine’s Homilies of Hope II. Contextualizing Augustine’s Homilies of Hope
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Content and Form: Pedagogical Purposes and Rhetorical Constraints Content and Form: Pedagogical Purposes and Rhetorical Constraints
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Performing Hope: A Dialectic of Presumption and Despair Performing Hope: A Dialectic of Presumption and Despair
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Proclaiming Hope: Aurality, Repetition, and Rhyme Proclaiming Hope: Aurality, Repetition, and Rhyme
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Social Context and Ecclesial Practice: Rhetorical Excess and Scriptural Exegesis Social Context and Ecclesial Practice: Rhetorical Excess and Scriptural Exegesis
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An Egalitarian Education: Accessibility, Openness, and Dialogue An Egalitarian Education: Accessibility, Openness, and Dialogue
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Conclusion Conclusion
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6 Pedagogies of Hope: Augustine and the Art of Rhetoric
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Published:November 2022
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Abstract
This chapter examines how Augustine of Hippo utilized rhetoric to instruct and encourage audiences. It then highlights the pedagogy of Augustine's most rhetorical texts, most of which were sermons. Recognizing the rhetorical and pedagogical purposes of Augustine's homilies of hope complicates influential interpretations of Augustine's pessimism and furnishes a more capacious vision of his moral and political thought. The chapter acknowledges how rhetorical devices serve pedagogical functions, helping to diagnose the dangers of presumption while discouraging listeners from sliding into despair. Moreover, Augustine's sermons reveal an egalitarian, dialogical impulse that contests the critiques of his allegedly monological and totalizing style.
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