Basil as exemplar for reading pagan texts: The spirit, the church, and a sacramental ontology
In To Young Men, Basil of Caesarea asserted that pagan literature could be read discerningly for the pursuit of virtue. As a professor of English, I recognize Basil as an exemplar pedagogue in my own insistence that Christian students read secular texts. Not a scholar of Greek, I rely on patristic s...
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Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2022
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International journal of Christianity & education
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 112-122 |
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sacramental ontology
B Christian Education B Platonist-Christianity B Basil of Caesarea |
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