Nathan Lefler
Biographic Data
| ID | 5715463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Lefler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Lefler |
| SIGNATURE | LEFLER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Scranton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tolle, Lege, Tolle, Lege
The article explores how the divine command “Tolle lege” in Confessiones 8.12, coupled integrally with Augustine’s response, resolves multiple dilemmas or problems central to the narrative of the work, in philosophical, psychological and theological modes. An initial contention is that the question of the soul’s ability to move itself is more fundamental to the crisis of Book 8 than is the dividedness of the post-lapsarian will, and that the clim…
Learning to Read
Complementary to all theological considerations of divine writing – sacra pagina – are those of divine reading, known in the Christian Tradition as lectio divina. Through a close reading of St. Bonaventure’s Incendium Amoris (De Triplici Via) this article seeks to elucidate the author’s understanding of the Christian’s act of reading, especially the reading of the biblical text. Between the eleventh and the late thirteenth centuries, the metaphys…
Two Kinds of Unanimity
Research Article| May 01 2019 Two Kinds of Unanimity: St. Benedict, René Girard, and Modern Democratic Governance Nathan Lefler Nathan Lefler University of Scranton NATHAN LEFLER is associate professor of theology in the Department of Theology/Religious Studies at the University of Scranton. He has published on Augustine, Aelred of Rievaulx, Aquinas, Balthasar, Shakespeare, J. R. R. Tolkien, Flannery O’Connor, and Catholic liturgy. Search for oth…
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Two Kinds of Unanimity
Research Article| May 01 2019 Two Kinds of Unanimity: St. Benedict, René Girard, and Modern Democratic Governance Nathan Lefler Nathan Lefler University of Scranton NATHAN LEFLER is associate professor of theology in the Department of Theology/Religious Studies at the University of Scranton. He has published on Augustine, Aelred of Rievaulx, Aquinas, Balthasar, Shakespeare, J. R. R. Tolkien, Flannery O’Connor, and Catholic liturgy. Search for oth…
Learning to Read
Complementary to all theological considerations of divine writing – sacra pagina – are those of divine reading, known in the Christian Tradition as lectio divina. Through a close reading of St. Bonaventure’s Incendium Amoris (De Triplici Via) this article seeks to elucidate the author’s understanding of the Christian’s act of reading, especially the reading of the biblical text. Between the eleventh and the late thirteenth centuries, the metaphys…
Tolle, Lege, Tolle, Lege
The article explores how the divine command “Tolle lege” in Confessiones 8.12, coupled integrally with Augustine’s response, resolves multiple dilemmas or problems central to the narrative of the work, in philosophical, psychological and theological modes. An initial contention is that the question of the soul’s ability to move itself is more fundamental to the crisis of Book 8 than is the dividedness of the post-lapsarian will, and that the clim…
Philosophy (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 work) · Democracy (1 work) · Download (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work)