2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Augustine's Understanding and Practice of Poverty in an Era of Crisis
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21520084
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of thought
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| Research Institution | Okayama University |
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Principal Investigator |
DEMURA Kazuhiko 岡山大学, 大学院・社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (30237028)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAMIMURA Naoki 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 非常勤講師 (40535324)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | アウグスティヌス / 貧困 / 教父 / キリスト教 / 修道制 / 古代末期 / 転換期 / 国際研究者交流 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study deals with Augustine's theory and practice of the poor and poverty, thereby clarifying and explaining what he takes to be the spiritualisation of the poverty in late-antique North African community. The works of the bishop of Hippo, such as the early treatises, Sermons to the people, City of God, and Expositions of the Psalms, show the consistent and persistent tendency to spiritualise the poverty in an era of crisis. This research has been stimulated by the growth of international exchange among Australian, Korean, and Japanese scholars.
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