Tijd in Augustinus’ theologie: Een Pluri-disciplinaire studie van Augustinus’ visie op het fenomeen tijd

Augustine has reflected on the theme of time throughout his life. He leaves us many descriptions and discussions about time, which are diverse and inconsistent. This research aims to contribute a consensus by working on the text and reconstructing the context. It will collect all time discussions of Augustine and establish a reference network. After this, it will reveal the reception of Augustine's time theory and its modern interpretations. Then the dissertation shall enter the theological context of discussion and present an extensive but specific discussion on time and its relationship with four themes: creation, knowledge, body and soul, ethics and deification. The first section mainly discuss the paradigm shift in Augustine's interpretation of Genesis. The second will lay its foundation on Confessiones and De Trinitate. The third base on Augustine's theory of the soul, while the last involves both individual and public aspects, thus reach the end of time: resurrection and the afterlife.