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Manichaeism, once a gnostic world religion, soon spread to the Roman West. Here, the life and the work of the future Church Father Augustine (354-430) became inextricably connected with Manichaean teachings and practices. In view of the many new Manichaean texts in particular, it turns out that, without a thorough knowledge of the Religion of Light , Augustine's theology and philosophy are hardly conceivable. This volume brings together the selected papers of the Fribourg-Utrecht symposium Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West, organized on behalf of the International Association of Manichaean Studies in Fribourg (Switzerland) in the summer of 1998. It contains a considerable number of contributions by leading authorities on the subject, focussing on the diffusion of Mani's religion in the Latin West and on its impact upon St. Augustine.

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' Here is an excellent resource for patristics specialists and students of Manichaeism.' <br>Birger A. Pearson, Religious Studies Review, 2002.<br>

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Johannes van Oort, Ph.D. (1986), Utrecht, Department of Ecclesiastical History, University of Utrecht. Publications include Jerusalem and Babylon. A Study into Augustine's City of God and the Sources of his Doctrine of the Two Cities (Brill, 1991) and Mani, Manichaeism and Augustine. The Rediscovery of Manichaeism and Its Influence on Western Christianity (Georgian Academy of Sciences, 1983). Otto Wermelinger, Ph.D. (1973), Paris, Department of Patristics and Church History, Universite de Fribourg. Publications include Rom und Pelagius (Stuttgart, 1975); (ed.) Paradosis. Contributions in the History of Early Christian Literature and Theology. Gregor Wurst, Ph.D. (1994), Munster, Dr. Hab. (2000), Fribourg, Seminaire de Patristique, Universite de Fribourg. Publications include Das Bemafest der agyptischen Manichaer (Altenberge 1995) and Die Bema-Psalmen (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum, 1996).

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