A Companion to Augustine Hardback
Edited by Mark (University of British Columbia, Canada) Vessey
Part of the Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World series
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:640 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:20/04/2012
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- ISBN:9781405159463
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:640 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:20/04/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781405159463
