Saint Augustine's Anti-Racism

被引：0

作者：

Salamito, Jean-Marie ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Sorbonne Univ, 1 Rue Victor Cousin, F-75005 Paris, France

来源：

CRISTIANESIMO NELLA STORIA | 2022年 / 43卷 / 03期

关键词：

Anti-Racism; Augustine's De civitate Dei (16,8); Universalism;

D O I：

10.17395/106489

中图分类号：

B9 [宗教];

学科分类号：

010107 ;

摘要：

In his important book, Les metamorphoses de la cite de Dieu (1952), Etienne Gilson mentions on one occasion << Augustine's anti-racism >>, and he briefly quotes De civitate Dei, book 16, chapter 8. So it seems necessary to study in detail this difficult (and often neglected) Augustinian chapter, which deals with several wonderous ethnic groups described by Pliny the Elder. For Augustine, Adam is the one ancestor of every country's people, even if this people possesses extremely strange physical features. What counts is to be a rational being, even if one has an unusual body. Augustine's anti-racism is one aspect of his rationalism, his universalism, and his faith in God the Creator.

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页码：731 / 747

页数：17