Douglas Finn
Biographic Data
| ID | 9540955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas Finn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas |
| FAMILY NAME | Finn |
| SIGNATURE | FINN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Beauty of Fate and Its Reconciliation
Unwrapping the Spectacle
In this article, I explore how Augustine uses sermonic rhetoric to bring about the transfiguration of Babylon, the city of humankind, into Jerusalem, the city of God. Focusing on Enarratio in Psalmum 147, I show how Augustine situates his audience between two spectacles, the Roman theater and games and the eschatological vision of God. Augustine seeks to turn his hearers’ eyes and hearts from the one spectacle to the other, from the love of this …
Preaching Adam in John Chrysostom and Augustine of Hippo
Is Adam merely a bad moral example, or has his first sin left a lasting impact on the human condition? The current paper revisits the traditional juxtaposition between John Chrysostom and Augustine of Hippo as holding, respectively, a preference for humankind's autonomy and heteronomy. The way both perceived Adam as an example serves, in this paper, as a concrete case study. First, we investigate how both preachers understand the notion of exempl…
Life in the Spirit
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Life in the Spirit
Preaching Adam in John Chrysostom and Augustine of Hippo
Is Adam merely a bad moral example, or has his first sin left a lasting impact on the human condition? The current paper revisits the traditional juxtaposition between John Chrysostom and Augustine of Hippo as holding, respectively, a preference for humankind's autonomy and heteronomy. The way both perceived Adam as an example serves, in this paper, as a concrete case study. First, we investigate how both preachers understand the notion of exempl…
The Beauty of Fate and Its Reconciliation
Unwrapping the Spectacle
In this article, I explore how Augustine uses sermonic rhetoric to bring about the transfiguration of Babylon, the city of humankind, into Jerusalem, the city of God. Focusing on Enarratio in Psalmum 147, I show how Augustine situates his audience between two spectacles, the Roman theater and games and the eschatological vision of God. Augustine seeks to turn his hearers’ eyes and hearts from the one spectacle to the other, from the love of this …
Philosophy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Adam and Eve (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 works)