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…mehr
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
Mark Vessey is Professor of English and Principal of Green College at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Latin Christian Writers in Late Antiquity and Their Texts (2005), and has edited Augustine and the Disciplines: From Cassiciacum to Confessions (2005) and The Calling of the Nations: Exegesis, Ethnography, and Empire in a Biblical-Historic Present (2011).
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List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations The Works of Augustine: Titles, Abbreviations, Editions, Translations Table 1: English to Latin titles; Latin abbreviations Table 2: Latin abbreviations; Latin to English titles; critical editions and English translations Chronology of Augustine's Life 1 Introduction: Augustine and Company Mark Vessey PART I CONTEXTS 2 Political History: The Later Roman Empire Christopher Kelly 3 Cultural Geography: Roman North Africa William E. Klingshirn 4 Religious Sociology: Being Christian in the Time of Augustine Éric Rebillard PART II CONFESSIONS 5 Spes saeculi: Augustine's Worldly Ambition and Career R. S. O. Tomlin 6 Love and Belonging, Loss and Betrayal in the Confessions Kate Cooper 7 The Confessions as Autobiography Paula Fredriksen 8 Reading the Confessions Catherine Conybeare PART III MEDIA 9 Augustine and Language Philip Burton 10 Augustine's Information Circuits Claire Sotinel 11 Augustine and Roman Public Spectacles Richard Lim 12 Augustine and Books Guy Stroumsa PART IV TEXTS 13 Augustine and the Latin Classics Danuta Shanzer 14 Augustine and the Philosophers Sarah Byers 15 Augustine and the Books of the Manicheans Johannes van Oort 16 Augustine and Scripture Michael Cameron 17 Augustine and His Christian Predecessors Mark Edwards 18 Augustine as a Reader of His Christian Contemporaries Michael Stuart Williams 19 Augustine among the Writers of the Church Mark Vessey PART V PERFORMANCES 20 Philosopher: Augustine in Retirement Gillian Clark 21 Conversationalist and Consultant: Augustine in Dialogue Therese Fuhrer 22 Mystic and Monk: Augustine and the Spiritual Life John Peter Kenney 23 Preacher: Augustine and His Congregation Hildegund Müller 24 Administrator: Augustine in His Diocese Neil B. McLynn 25 Controversialist: Augustine in Combat Caroline Humfress PART VI POSITIONS 26 Augustine on the Will James Wetzel 27 Augustine on the Body David G. Hunter 28 Augustine on Friendship and Orthodoxy Stefan Rebenich 29 Augustine on the Church (Against the Donatists) Alexander Evers 30 Augustine on the Statesman and the Two Cities Robert Dodaro 31 Augustine on Scripture and the Trinity Sabine MacCormack 32 Augustine on Redemption Lewis Ayres PART VII AFTERTIMES 33 Augustine's Works in Circulation Clemens Weidmann 34 Augustine in the West, 430-ca.900 Conrad Leyser 35 Augustine in the Western Middle Ages to the Reformation Eric L. Saak 36 Augustine in Modern Philosophy Johannes Brachtendorf 37 Augustine and Postmodernism John D. Caputo 38 Envoi James J. O'Donnell Bibliography Index
List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations The Works of Augustine: Titles, Abbreviations, Editions, Translations Table 1: English to Latin titles; Latin abbreviations Table 2: Latin abbreviations; Latin to English titles; critical editions and English translations Chronology of Augustine's Life 1 Introduction: Augustine and Company Mark Vessey PART I CONTEXTS 2 Political History: The Later Roman Empire Christopher Kelly 3 Cultural Geography: Roman North Africa William E. Klingshirn 4 Religious Sociology: Being Christian in the Time of Augustine Éric Rebillard PART II CONFESSIONS 5 Spes saeculi: Augustine's Worldly Ambition and Career R. S. O. Tomlin 6 Love and Belonging, Loss and Betrayal in the Confessions Kate Cooper 7 The Confessions as Autobiography Paula Fredriksen 8 Reading the Confessions Catherine Conybeare PART III MEDIA 9 Augustine and Language Philip Burton 10 Augustine's Information Circuits Claire Sotinel 11 Augustine and Roman Public Spectacles Richard Lim 12 Augustine and Books Guy Stroumsa PART IV TEXTS 13 Augustine and the Latin Classics Danuta Shanzer 14 Augustine and the Philosophers Sarah Byers 15 Augustine and the Books of the Manicheans Johannes van Oort 16 Augustine and Scripture Michael Cameron 17 Augustine and His Christian Predecessors Mark Edwards 18 Augustine as a Reader of His Christian Contemporaries Michael Stuart Williams 19 Augustine among the Writers of the Church Mark Vessey PART V PERFORMANCES 20 Philosopher: Augustine in Retirement Gillian Clark 21 Conversationalist and Consultant: Augustine in Dialogue Therese Fuhrer 22 Mystic and Monk: Augustine and the Spiritual Life John Peter Kenney 23 Preacher: Augustine and His Congregation Hildegund Müller 24 Administrator: Augustine in His Diocese Neil B. McLynn 25 Controversialist: Augustine in Combat Caroline Humfress PART VI POSITIONS 26 Augustine on the Will James Wetzel 27 Augustine on the Body David G. Hunter 28 Augustine on Friendship and Orthodoxy Stefan Rebenich 29 Augustine on the Church (Against the Donatists) Alexander Evers 30 Augustine on the Statesman and the Two Cities Robert Dodaro 31 Augustine on Scripture and the Trinity Sabine MacCormack 32 Augustine on Redemption Lewis Ayres PART VII AFTERTIMES 33 Augustine's Works in Circulation Clemens Weidmann 34 Augustine in the West, 430-ca.900 Conrad Leyser 35 Augustine in the Western Middle Ages to the Reformation Eric L. Saak 36 Augustine in Modern Philosophy Johannes Brachtendorf 37 Augustine and Postmodernism John D. Caputo 38 Envoi James J. O'Donnell Bibliography Index
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