A Christian in Toga

Boethius: Interpreter of Antiquity and Christian Theologian

By (author) Claudio Moreschini

Book cover: A Christian in Toga

Extent: 155 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Beiträge zur Europäischen Religionsgeschichte (BERG)

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2014)

ISBN: 9783525540275

6.34 x 9.33 inches

Price: $119.00

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Claudio Moreschini focuses on selected and as yet still understudied aspects of Boethius’ life and works. He presents Boethius in the culture of the sixth century in Italy, outlines his great cultural project and discusses the problem of his Christian faith. The Consolatio Philosophiae is examined from the point of view of Latin Platonism, highlighting the aims of its poetry and its philosophical tenets. Moreschini also shows how Boethius combined Christian faith and philosophy in order to solve theological issues, most notably the Christological debates of his times or the question of the Trinity.

Claudio Moreschini is Professor em. of Latin Literature at the University of Pisa.

  • By (author) Claudio Moreschini