- Discusses the life and works of Augustine within their full historical context, rather than privileging the theological context
- Presents Augustine's life, works and leading ideas in the cultural context of the late Roman world, providing a vibrant and engaging sense of Augustine in action in his own time and place
- Opens up a new phase of study on Augustine, sensitive to the many and varied perspectives of scholarship on late Roman culture
- State-of-the-art essays by leading academics in this field
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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A Companion to Augustine
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A Companion to Augustine presents a fresh collection of scholarship by leading academics with a new approach to contextualizing Augustine and his works within the multi-disciplinary field of Late Antiquity, showing Augustine as both a product of the cultural forces of his times and a cultural force in his own right.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Source Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- The Works of Augustine
- Chronology of Augustine's Life
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Part I: Contexts
- Part II: Confessions
- Part III: Media
- Part IV: Texts
- Part V: Performances
- Part VI: Positions
- Part VII: Aftertimes
- References
- Index
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