Jonathan D. Teubner

An Analysis of St. Augustine's The City of God Against the Pagans

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Produktbeschreibung

The City of God against the Pagans remains a central text in the Western intellectual tradition in the disciplines of theology, historiography, and political theory. Augustine's mature vision of what it means for a Christian to live in a world with evil have provoked debate for nearly 1600 years.

Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 112g
• ISBN-13: 9781912453641
• ISBN-10: 1912453649
• Artikelnr.: 52380933

Autorenporträt

Dr Jonathan D. Teubner is Lecturer in Religious Studies and Associate Director of the Initiative on Religion, Politics and Conflict at the University of Virginia. He received his PhD from Cambridge and was the Fernand Braudel Postdoctoral Fellow at the Laboratoire d¿excellence - Religions et Sociétés dans le Monde Méditerranéen in Paris. Dr Teubner has published widely on the thought of Augustine of Hippo, including Prayer after Augustine: A Study in the Development of the Latin Tradition (Oxford University Press) in 2018.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways In to the Text Who was Augustine of Hippo? What does City of God Say?
Why does City of God Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and
the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem
Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas
Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the
Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10:
The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where
Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited