Book contents
- Augustine’s CITY OF GOD
- Series page
- Augustine’s City of God
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The history of the book: Augustine’s City of God and post-Roman cultural memory
- Chapter 2 Secularity and the saeculum
- Chapter 3 Augustine’s dystopia
- Chapter 4 From rape to resurrection: sin, sexual difference, and politics
- Chapter 5 Ideology and solidarity in Augustine’s City of God
- Chapter 6 The theater of the virtues: Augustine’s critique of pagan mimesis
- Chapter 7 The psychology of compassion: Stoicism in City of God 9.5
- Chapter 8 Augustine’s rejection of eudaimonism
- Chapter 9 Augustine on the origin of evil: myth and metaphysics
- Chapter 10 Hell and the dilemmas of intractable alienation
- Chapter 11 On the nature and worth of Christian philosophy: evidence from the City of God
- Chapter 12 Reinventing Augustine’s ethics: the afterlife of City of God
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 6 - The theater of the virtues: Augustine’s critique of pagan mimesis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2012
- Augustine’s CITY OF GOD
- Series page
- Augustine’s City of God
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The history of the book: Augustine’s City of God and post-Roman cultural memory
- Chapter 2 Secularity and the saeculum
- Chapter 3 Augustine’s dystopia
- Chapter 4 From rape to resurrection: sin, sexual difference, and politics
- Chapter 5 Ideology and solidarity in Augustine’s City of God
- Chapter 6 The theater of the virtues: Augustine’s critique of pagan mimesis
- Chapter 7 The psychology of compassion: Stoicism in City of God 9.5
- Chapter 8 Augustine’s rejection of eudaimonism
- Chapter 9 Augustine on the origin of evil: myth and metaphysics
- Chapter 10 Hell and the dilemmas of intractable alienation
- Chapter 11 On the nature and worth of Christian philosophy: evidence from the City of God
- Chapter 12 Reinventing Augustine’s ethics: the afterlife of City of God
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Augustine's City of GodA Critical Guide, pp. 111 - 129Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012
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