IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1339: Authority and Ethics
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Great Western 4 Alliance (GW4), Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter |
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| Organiser: | Carolyn A. Muessig, Department of Religion & Theology, University of Bristol |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ian P. Wei, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol |
| Paper 1339-a | Authority and Ethics in Augustine of Hippo (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Theology |
| Paper 1339-b | Ethical Apocalypticism in Burchard of Worms' Decretum (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Theology |
| Paper 1339-c | Peter Damian and the Problem of Virtue and Charisma (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life, Theology |
| Abstract | Medieval society invested in political and spiritual leaders (e.g. preachers, monks, theologians) who were the leading intellectuals in moral behaviour. These charismatic people enhanced and challenged institutions when defining authority and ethics. This session will focus on three key thinkers and the way they attempted to define the contours of medieval morality: the influential theologian Augustine of Hippo, whose thought underpins most of medieval theology; the 11th-century ascetic monk and reforming cardinal Peter Damian; Bishop Burchard of Worms (d. 1025), whose eschatological theology and its relation to clerical formation as expressed in Book 20 of his Decretum will be analysed. |