Augustine in context
Augustine in Context assesses the various contexts - historical, literary, cultural, spiritual - in which Augustine lived and worked. The essays, written by an international team of scholars especially for this volume, provide the background against which Augustine's treatises should be read an...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017.
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
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| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Church history ; Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 B Church history, Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 B Augustine ; of Hippo, Saint ; 354-430 B Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430) B Church History B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 |
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Print version: 9781107139107 |
| Summary: | Augustine in Context assesses the various contexts - historical, literary, cultural, spiritual - in which Augustine lived and worked. The essays, written by an international team of scholars especially for this volume, provide the background against which Augustine's treatises should be read and interpreted. They are organized according to a rationale which moves from an introduction to the person (the so-called 'personal context') to the contexts of Augustine's works and ideas, starting from the intellectual setting and extending to the socio-political realm. Collectively the essays highlight the embeddedness of Augustine in the world of late antiquity and the interdependence of his discourse with contemporary forms of social life. They shed new light on one of the most important figures of the western canon and facilitate a more enlightened reading of his writings. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018) |
| ISBN: | 1316488403 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781316488409 |