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Article: CREATIO EX NIHILO AND THE THEOLOGY OF ST. AUGUSTINE: THE ANTI-MANICHAEAN POLEMIC AND BEYOND.(Review)(Brief Article)
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- Theological Studies
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- September 1, 2000
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CREATIO EX NIHILO AND THE THEOLOGY OF ST. AUGUSTINE: THE ANTI-MANICHAEAN POLEMIC AND BEYOND. By N. Joseph Torchia, O.P. American University Studies. New York: Peter Lang, 1999. Pp. xxv + 279. $49.95.
This study of the role that the doctine of creatio ex nihilo plays in Augustine's anti-Manichean polemic and its broader implications for his thought constitutes a fine introduction to the central ideas of Augustine's theology of creation. Though plodding at times in its repetition of obvious details, it nevertheless succeeds in providing a meticulous account of the biblical and neo-Platonic grounds of Augustine's rejection of Manichean dualism. T. contextualizes the ...