A performative reading of Augustine's doctrine of predestination

Abstract : This article will test whether Augustine's doctrine of predestination as set forth in his four late works to the monks of Hadrumetum and Marseilles can be read as a performative speech-act, according to the theory of speech-acts developed by J.L. Austin. More precisely, it will ask after...

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Author:Susannah Ticciati
Published: 2012
Pages:211-234 p.
Language:English
Format:Essay
Topic:- Works > Augustine writer > Language. Style. Structure > Style
- Works > Anti-Pelagian Works > De correptione et gratia
- Works > Anti-Pelagian Works > De dono perseverantiae
- Works > Anti-Pelagian Works > De gratia et libero arbitrio
- Works > Anti-Pelagian Works > De praedestinatione sanctorum
- Doctrine > From man to God > Jesus Christ. Redemption. Sacraments. Church. Grace. Mariology. > Grace > [Prédestination - Élection (grâce et liberté)] > Predestination
Parent Work: Studia Patristica. LII
Status:Active
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Summary:Abstract : This article will test whether Augustine's doctrine of predestination as set forth in his four late works to the monks of Hadrumetum and Marseilles can be read as a performative speech-act, according to the theory of speech-acts developed by J.L. Austin. More precisely, it will ask after the illocutionary force of the doctrine, suggesting that it is not best regarded as an act of stating, as it has customarily been understood, but involves something more like acts of exhorting and promising. And therefore it is not best appraised according to its truth or falsity, but according to its appropriateness as encouragement to its recipients.

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