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A Companion to Augustine

Mark Vessey editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:8th May '15

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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.

  • 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

“This companion was first published in 2012 and has now been republished in paperback. Its scope and breadth is as impressive as the list of contributors … An essential tool for any philosopher’s library.” Exegetical Tools (October 2015)

“This is a successful Companionthat fills in certain lacunae in the study of Augustine and late antiquity. As such, it is more suited to scholars with specific interests than beginners looking for entry points into Augustine’s complex and sophisticated thought.” Religious Studies Review(December 2013)

“This inter- and intra-disciplinary companion to Augustine gathers and presents new flavours within Augustine research, which certainly leaves us yearning for more."Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses

 

ISBN: 9781119025559

Dimensions: 241mm x 165mm x 36mm

Weight: 1021g

640 pages