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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      18 December 2017
      11 January 2018
      ISBN:
      9781316488409
      9781107139107
      9781316502280
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.57kg, 288 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.442kg, 290 Pages
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    Augustine in Context assesses the various contexts - historical, literary, cultural, spiritual - in which Augustine lived and worked. The essays, written by an international team of scholars especially for this volume, provide the background against which Augustine's treatises should be read and interpreted. They are organized according to a rationale which moves from an introduction to the person (the so-called 'personal context') to the contexts of Augustine's works and ideas, starting from the intellectual setting and extending to the socio-political realm. Collectively the essays highlight the embeddedness of Augustine in the world of late antiquity and the interdependence of his discourse with contemporary forms of social life. They shed new light on one of the most important figures of the western canon and facilitate a more enlightened reading of his writings.

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    '… the book will be a valuable resource for those seeking knowledge of Augustine’s background.'

    J. P. Blosser Source: Choice

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    Contents


    Page 1 of 2


    • Augustine in Context
      pp i-ii
    • Augustine in Context - Title page
      pp iii-iii
    • Copyright page
      pp iv-iv
    • Contents
      pp v-vii
    • Contributors
      pp viii-xi
    • Acknowledgments
      pp xii-xii
    • General Abbreviations
      pp xiii-xv
    • Abbreviations of Augustine’s Works
      pp xvi-xvii
    • Introduction
      pp xviii-xxiv
    • A Chronological Chart
    • 1 - Augustine in Context and Augustine on Context
      pp 1-10
    • Part I - Life
      pp 11-58
    • 2 - Biography in Late Antiquity
      pp 13-21
    • 3 - Augustine on Himself
      pp 22-29
    • 4 - Possidius on Augustine
      pp 30-36
    • 5 - Augustine in Roman North Africa (Thagaste, Carthage)
      pp 37-43
    • 6 - Augustine in Higher Society (Rome and Milan)
      pp 44-50
    • 7 - Augustine as a Bishop (Hippo)
      pp 51-58
    • Part II - Literary and Intellectual Contexts
      pp 59-126
    • 8 - Language
      pp 61-67
    • 9 - Classical Literary Culture in North Africa
      pp 68-78
    • 10 - Education, Grammar, and Rhetoric
      pp 79-85
    • 11 - Scripture and Biblical Commentaries
      pp 86-93
    • 12 - Latin Christian Literature I (Polemical and Theological Writings)
      pp 94-101
    • 13 - Latin Christian Literature II (Moral and Spiritual Writings)
      pp 102-110
    • 14 - Letter Writing and Preaching
      pp 111-118
    • 15 - Philosophical Trends in Augustine’s Time
      pp 119-126
    • Part III - Religious Contexts
      pp 127-176
    • 16 - Roman Religion
      pp 129-136
    • 17 - Manicheism
      pp 137-144
    • 18 - Ecclesiological Controversies
      pp 145-152

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