Augustine: Conversion and Its Impact

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Marianne Djuth

Organizer Affiliation

Canisius College

Presider Name

Marianne Djuth

Paper Title 1

Augustine and the Point of Conversion

Presenter 1 Name

Thomas A. Losoncy

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Villanova Univ.

Paper Title 2

Conversion in Augustine from Cassiciacum to De utilitate credendi

Presenter 2 Name

Thomas Clemens

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Paper Title 3

"You have made us for yourself and our heart is restless until it rests in you": Augustine: Conversion and Its Impact

Presenter 3 Name

Nancy Weatherwax

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2014 10:00 AM

Session Location

Valley III Stinson 303

Description

This session focuses on Augustine's conversion to Christianity. The papers presented in it provide 1.) an account of what happens at the point of Augustine's conversion, 2.) an analysis of the Christological center of Augustine's thinking on conversion in his early writings, and 3.) a demonstration that the roots of Augustine's later commitment to seek peace and unity in the Donatist crisis can be seen in the optimistic outlook he displays in "curing" the errors of the Manichaeans after his conversion to Christianity.

Marianne Djuth