A Companion to Augustine by Mark Vessey (English) Paperback Book

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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.

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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 contextPresents 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 placeOpens up a new phase of study on Augustine, sensitive to the many and varied perspectives of scholarship on late Roman cultureState-of-the-art essays by leading academics in this field

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Augustine (354-430 CE) stands with Homer, Plato, and Aristotle among the pre-eminent authorities in Western culture, and his Confessions is the only literary work from the early Christian centuries (aside from the New Testament) that is still widely read today. Long recognized as an outstanding Christian theologian, he has in recent decades also acquired a reputation as an exceptional exponent of the culture of the late Roman world, one whose texts vividly bring the era to life. This companion is the first to present Augustine as a historical figure within an expanded world of late antiquity. State-of-the-art essays by leading specialists in this field provide orientation to his material, social, and intellectual milieu; his life and career; his writings; issues of the day with which he was engaged; and the main phases of his latter-day reception and influence. Each chapter pulls together resources for readers who want to anchor historically important Augustinian ideas and impulses in the complex realities of the author's life and afterlife. The result is a multifaceted portrait of Augustine in action in his own and later times.

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Augustine (354-430 CE) stands with Homer, Plato, and Aristotle among the pre-eminent authorities in Western culture, and his Confessions is the only literary work from the early Christian centuries (aside from the New Testament) that is still widely read today. Long recognized as an outstanding Christian theologian, he has in recent decades also acquired a reputation as an exceptional exponent of the culture of the late Roman world, one whose texts vividly bring the era to life. This companion is the first to present Augustine as a historical figure within an expanded world of late antiquity. State-of-the-art essays by leading specialists in this field provide orientation to his material, social, and intellectual milieu; his life and career; his writings; issues of the day with which he was engaged; and the main phases of his latter-day reception and influence. Each chapter pulls together resources for readers who want to anchor historically important Augustinian ideas and impulses in the complex realities of the author's life and afterlife. The result is a multifaceted portrait of Augustine in action in his own and later times.

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

List of Figures xi Notes on Contributors xii Preface xviii Source Acknowledgments xix Abbreviations xxi The Works of Augustine xxiv Chronology of Augustine's Life xl 1 Introduction 1Mark Vessey PART I Contexts 9 2 Political History: The Later Roman Empire 11Christopher Kelly 3 Cultural Geography: Roman North Africa 24William E. Klingshirn 4 Religious Sociology: Being Christian 40Eric Rebillard PART II Confessions 55 5 Spes Saeculi : Augustine's Worldly Ambition and Career 57R. S. O. Tomlin 6 Love and Belonging, Loss and Betrayal in the Confessions 69Kate Cooper 7 TheConfessions as Autobiography 87Paula Fredriksen 8 Reading the Confessions 99Catherine Conybeare PART III Media 111 9 Augustine and Language 113Philip Burton 10 Augustine's Information Circuits 125Claire Sotinel 11 Augustine and Roman Public Spectacles 138Richard Lim 12 Augustine and Books 151Guy G. Stroumsa PART IV Texts 159 13 Augustine and the Latin Classics 161Danuta Shanzer 14 Augustine and the Philosophers 175Sarah Byers 15 Augustine and the Books of the Manicheans 188Johannes van Oort 16 Augustine and Scripture 200Michael Cameron 17 Augustine and His Christian Predecessors 215Mark Edwards 18 Augustine as a Reader of His Christian Contemporaries 227Michael Stuart Williams 19 Augustine among the Writers of the Church 240Mark Vessey PART V Performances 255 20 Philosopher: Augustine in Retirement 257Gillian Clark 21 Conversationalist and Consultant: Augustine in Dialogue 270Therese Fuhrer 22 Mystic and Monk: Augustine and the Spiritual Life 284John Peter Kenney 23 Preacher: Augustine and His Congregation 297Hildegund M€uller 24 Administrator: Augustine in His Diocese 310Neil B. McLynn 25 Controversialist: Augustine in Combat 323Caroline Humfress PART VI Positions 337 26 Augustine on the Will 339James Wetzel 27 Augustine on the Body 353David G. Hunter 28 Augustine on Friendship and Orthodoxy 365Stefan Rebenich 29 Augustine on the Church (Against the Donatists) 375Alexander Evers 30 Augustine on the Statesman and the Two Cities 386Robert Dodaro 31 Augustine on Scripture and the Trinity 398Sabine MacCormack 32 Augustine on Redemption 416Lewis Ayres PART VII Aftertimes 429 33 Augustine's Works in Circulation 431Clemens Weidmann 34 Augustine in the Latin West, 430–ca. 900 450Conrad Leyser 35 Augustine in the Western Middle Ages to the Reformation 465Eric L. Saak 36 The Reception of Augustine in Modern Philosophy 478Johannes Brachtendorf 37 Augustine and Postmodernism 492John D. Caputo 38 Envoi 505James J. O'Donnell References 517 Index 563

Review

"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  

Long Description

Augustine (354 430 CE) stands with Homer, Plato, and Aristotle among the pre-eminent authorities in Western culture, and his Confessions is the only literary work from the early Christian centuries (aside from the New Testament) that is still widely read today. Long recognized as an outstanding Christian theologian, he has in recent decades also acquired a reputation as an exceptional exponent of the culture of the late Roman world, one whose texts vividly bring the era to life. This companion is the first to present Augustine as a historical figure within an expanded world of late antiquity. State-of-the-art essays by leading specialists in this field provide orientation to his material, social, and intellectual milieu; his life and career; his writings; issues of the day with which he was engaged; and the main phases of his latter-day reception and influence. Each chapter pulls together resources for readers who want to anchor historically important Augustinian ideas and impulses in the complex realities of the author s life and afterlife. The result is a multifaceted portrait of Augustine in action in his own and later times.

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“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  

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"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

Details ISBN1119025559 Pages 640 Series Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Year 2015 ISBN-10 1119025559 ISBN-13 9781119025559 Format Paperback Edition 1st Edited by Mark Vessey DEWEY 270.2092 Short Title COMPANION TO AUGUSTINE Language English Media Book Publication Date 2015-05-08 UK Release Date 2015-05-08 AU Release Date 2015-05-08 NZ Release Date 2015-05-08 US Release Date 2015-05-08 Author Mark Vessey Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint Wiley-Blackwell Place of Publication Hoboken Alternative 9781405159463 Audience Professional & Vocational Country of Publication United Kingdom We've got this

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