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A Companion to Augustine
Mark Vessey (Ed.)
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Description for A Companion to Augustine
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Vessey, Mark. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 244 x 31. Weight in Grams: 956.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Condition
New
Weight
955 g
Number of Pages
638
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781119025559
SKU
V9781119025559
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About Mark Vessey (Ed.)
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 ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Augustine
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 ... Read more