2014-2016 GASR Publications

I. Research Report

Kamimura, N. (ed.), Disciplines and Identities, Divine and Spiritual, in Late Antiquity, Research Report Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) JP26370077, Tokyo, 2017.

• Preface　vii
• Abbreviations　ix
• 1. Identity and the Spiritual Training of North African Christians in the Second and Third Centuries　3
  • Tertullian: Abstinence, Prayer, and Martyrdom　5
  • Tertullian: Intellectual Disciplines　10
  • Cyprian　13
  • Lactantius　17
  • Conclusion　20
• 2. The Relation of Christian Identity to the Spiritual Training in Augustine’s Sermons　23
  • Problems of the Christian identity　24
  • Spiritual Training　31
  • Conclusion　42
• 3. The Relation of Christian Identity to the Spiritual Training in Augustine’s Letters　45
  • Christians and the plurality of their identities　46
  • Spiritual Training in the Letters of Augustine　52
  • Conclusion　60
• 4. Friendship and the Shared Vision: Augustine’s Correspondence with Christian and Pagan Intellectuals 63
  • Letter 135: Mutual greetings and the passing of their interest　65
  • Letter 136: Complementary warning information　67
  • Letter 137: What is the focus of Augustine’s reply?　68
  • Conclusion　71
• 5. Spiritual Itinerary of the Soul in Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine　73
  • Gregory of Nyssa: De oratione dominica　74
  • Augustine of Hippo: Confessions and other writings　77
  • Conclusion　82
• 6. Deification and the Foundation of Spiritual Progress in John Chrysostom and Augustine　85
  • John Chrysostom　86
  • Augustine　89
  • Conclusion　92
• Bibliography　93
• Index locorum　109

II. Articles

1. (2017) Naoki Kamimura. ‘Augustine’s Sermones ad Populum and the Relationship Between Identity/ies and Spirituality in North African Christianity.’ In G. Partoens, A. Dupont, Sh. Boodts, and M. Lamberigts (eds.), Praedicatio Patrvm. Studies on Preaching in Late Antique North Africa, Ministerium Sermonis III, Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia 75 (Turnhout: Brepols) 429–460. DOI 10.1484/M.IPM-EB.5.114062
2. (2017) Naoki Kamimura. ‘The Relation of the Identity of North African Christians to the Spiritual Training in the Letters of Augustine.’ In M. Vinzent (ed.), Studia Patristica 98. Papers presented at the Seventeenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2015, 24: St Augustine and his Opponents (Leuven: Peeters) 221–238.
3. (2016) Naoki Kamimura. ‘Christian Identity and the Construction of Spiritual Training in the Writings of Tertullian, Cyprian, and Lactantius.’ Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture, No. 504 (Vol. 43 no. 05) (Taipei City, Taiwan: Universitas) 119–154.
4. (2015) Naoki Kamimura. ‘La consulta de los libros sagrados y el mediador: las “sortes” en Agustín’, Revista Avgvstinvs 60, 223–233.
5. (2015) Naoki Kamimura. ‘Augustine’s Scriptural Exegesis in De sermone Domini in monte and the Shaping of Christian Perfection.’ In G. D. Dunn and W. Mayer (eds.), Christians Shaping Identity from the Roman Empire to Byzantium: Studies inspired by Pauline Allen, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae (Leiden: Brill) 225–247.
6. (2014) Naoki Kamimura. ‘On the Japanese Society for Patristic Studies and the Patristica.’ In N. Kamimura (ed.), Patristica, supplementary vol. 4 (Japanese Society for Patristic Studies) 59–62.
7. (2014) Naoki Kamimura. ‘Scriptural Narratives and Divine Providence: Spiritual Training in Augustine’s City of God.’ In N. Kamimura (ed.), Patristica, supplementary vol. 4 (Japanese Society for Patristic Studies) 43–58.

III. Reviews

1. (2016) Naoki Kamimura. Review of Gerard McLarney, St. Augustine’s Interpretation of the Psalms of Ascent (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2014). In Theological Studies, 77, 216–218. DOI 10.1177/0040563915620187a.
2. (2015) Naoki Kamimura. Shorter Notice of Joseph T. Kelley, What Are They Saying About Augustine? (New York: Paulist Press, 2014). In Theological Studies, 76. 641–642. DOI 10.1177/0040563915593487k

IV. Presented Papers

1. (March 2017) Naoki Kamimura, ‘The reception and (dis-)assimilation of patristic literature in early modern Japan,’ paper given at International Conference ‘Ancient Thought from a Global Perspective: Human Freedom and Dignity’, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, Canterbury, UK, 25 February–1 March 2017.
2. (October 2016) Naoki Kamimura, ‘Augustine on Friendship: Some Remarks on the Letters with Christian and Pagan Intellectuals,’ paper given at the 10th International Conference of the Taiwan Association of Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, National Pingtung University, Pingtung, Taiwan, 21–22 October 2016.
3. (September 2016) Naoki Kamimura, ‘Deification and the Foundation of Spiritual Progress in John Chrysostom and Augustine,’ paper given at the The Seventh St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium “Saint John Chrysostom”, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, Sydney, NSW, 23–24 September 2016.
4. (September 2016) Naoki Kamimura, ‘The Provisional Reception of Patristic Authors in 16th-Century Japan,’ paper given at APECSS 10th Annual Conference “Survival of Early Christian Traditions”, State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, St Petersburg, Russia, 9–11 September 2016.
5. (May 2016) Naoki Kamimura, ‘Augustine’s Friendship and the Shared Vision: The Correspondence between Augustine, Flavius Marcellinus, and Volusianus,’ paper given at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, 29–31 May 2016.
6. (May 2016) Naoki Kamimura, ‘Jerusalem and the Landscape of Sacred Geography in the Sermons of Augustine,’ paper given at the North American Patristic Society 2016 Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 26–28 May 2016.
7. (March 2016) Naoki Kamimura, ‘Deification and the Spiritual Progress in Chrysostom and Augustine,’ paper given at the annual meeting of the Centre for Early Christian Studies, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, QLD, 4–5 March 2016.
8. (August 2015) Naoki Kamimura, ‘Christian and Pagan Identities and Their Relationship with the Spiritual Training in the Letters of Augustine,’ paper given at Workshop ‘Out of Africa’: The Quest for North African Theological Identity(/-ies) in the Patristic Era of XVII. International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford, 10–14 August 2015.
9. (April 2015) Naoki Kamimura, ‘Christian and/or Pagan Identities and Their Relationship with the Spiritual Exercise in the Sermons of Augustine,’ paper given at Ministerium Sermonis III. An International Colloquium on North African Patristic Sermons, Augustinian Historical Institute, Malta, 8-10 April 2015.
10. (March 2015) Naoki Kamimura, ‘Augustine’s Spiritualisation of Almsgiving and its Relation to the View of Society,’ paper given at Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity XI, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 26-29 March 2015.
11. (March 2015) Naoki Kamimura, ‘Augustine’s Psychological Configuration of Almsgiving and its Correlation with the View of Society,’ paper given at the annual meeting of the Centre for Early Christian Studies ‘Agency and Power in Early Christian Social and Church Issues,’ Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, QLD, 6-7 March 2015.
12. (September 2014)　Naoki Kamimura, ‘Spiritual Itinerary of the Soul to God in Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine’, paper given at the St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium 2014, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, Sydney, NSW, 26-27 September 2014.
13. (September 2014)　Naoki Kamimura, ‘Christian and/or Pagan Identities in the Sermons of Augustine’, paper given at the Asia-Pacific Early Christian Studies Society 9th Conference, Toyo Eiwa University, Yokohama, 4-6 September 2014.
14. (May 2014)　Naoki Kamimura, ‘The Conflict and the Applicability of the Christian and/or Pagan Identities in the Letters of Augustine’, paper given at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies, Brock University, St Catharines, Ont., 24-26 May 2014.
15. (May 2014)　Naoki Kamimura, ‘The Basis for Christian Identity: Spiritual Exercises in the North African Church A.D. 250–320’, paper given at the North American Patristic Society Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 22-24 May 2014.