VIII Jornadas de Estudios Patristicos / VIII Conference of Patristics Studies Order of St. Augustine – Augustinian Library of Buenos Aires

The sharp opposition brandished in the Gospel of John about the antagonism between Jesus and the world provoked intense reflections about the place of believers in the current political and economic order. The call to the mission and the conversion of the people demanded that the Fathers of the Church ask themselves about the most appropriate ways of living, witnessing and transmitting the Good News without being contaminated by the rhythm and customs of Greco-Roman society. Although marriage and family life enjoyed high esteem among the churches, fleeing into the desert, sexual renunciation, fasting, and an austere life emerged as expressions of profound piety, but also of discontent and prophylaxis towards a society that was sometimes hostile and, after the triumph of Constantine (as Peter Brown says), not Christian enough.

These VIII Conference on Patristic Studies are intended to recover, analyze and debate the various expressions of renouncing the world proposed by the writers of Patristics based on the understanding of the particular social, economic and theological situations that occurred in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

We therefore call on the different disciplines of the broad field of philosophical, theological, historical, linguistic and artistic studies to share their contributions according to these coordinates:
– History of monasticism
– Writings of the fathers and mothers of the desert
– Exegesis in monastic movements
– Theology of abandonment of the world
– Fasting and almsgiving as practices promoted by monks
– Art and iconography
– Monasticism, ecclesial politics and secular politics

Send a title and an abstract of the proposed communication (150-250 words) and five keywords to bibcisao@gmail.com before August 28, 2023.

The Full Paper Submission Rules can be found at:

https://www.bibcisao.com/bibliotheca

The final work can be sent for peer review if you want it to participate in the edition of our Patristica Augustiniana V Supplement, the Dossier of the Bibliotheca Augustiniana ISSN 2469 – 0341, before October 20, 2023.

Organizers

Dr. Mariano Splendido, UNLP-CONICET // AIEP
D. Pablo Guzmán, SAEMED /AIEP – BibCISAO – OSA

Academic Committee

Dra. Paula Almeida Mendes, CITCEM – University of Porto

Dra. Patricia Ciner, AIEP

Dra. Paula Druille, UNLaPampa / CONICET

Dra. Emilia Jamroziak, Leeds University

Dra. María del Mar Marcos Sánchez, Universidad de Cantabria

Dra. Arianna Rotondo – Università di Catania

Dra. Estefania Sottocorno, UNTREF

Dra. Juana Torres, Universidad de Cantabria

Dra. Ana Cristina Villa Betancourt, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, RELAEP

Dra. Laela Zwollo, Tilburg University

Dr. Julian Barenstein, UNSAM-USAL / CONICET

Dr. Francisco Bastitta, UBA-UCA / CONICET

Dr. Oscar Horacio Beltrán, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

Dr. Horacio Botalla, UNTREF

Dr. Rodrigo Laham Cohen – IMHICIHU – CONICET; UBA UNSAM

Dr. Héctor Francisco, GISAT – UBA, SAEMED / CONICET

Dr. Hernán Giudice, SAT – UCA

Lic. Fr. José Guillermo Medina, OSA

Dr. Esteban Noce, UBA / CONICET

Dr. Hans van Reisen, Katholieke Theologische Universiteit Utrecht