Augustine and history
Augustine's theory and practice of historiography -- On the use and disadvantage of history for the afterlife / Peter Busch -- History as witness : Augustine's interpretation of the history of Israel in Contra faustum and De trinitate / Kari Kloos -- Augustine and the rhetoric of Roman dec...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Lanham, Md. [u.a.]
Lexington Books
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Augustine in conversation
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Philosophy of history
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| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Collection of essays B History Religious aspects Christianity B Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430) |
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Table of Contents |
| Summary: | Augustine's theory and practice of historiography -- On the use and disadvantage of history for the afterlife / Peter Busch -- History as witness : Augustine's interpretation of the history of Israel in Contra faustum and De trinitate / Kari Kloos -- Augustine and the rhetoric of Roman decline / Andrew R. Murphy -- Augustine's place in history -- He promised much and did it all : Augustine and historians / James T. Carroll -- Dissent and the death penalty : developing a comparative perspective / Joseph Prud'homme -- The wage of sin is orthodoxy : the Confessions of Saint Augustine in Bayle's Dictionnaire / Ruth Whelan -- Comparisons of Augustine and later historians -- Augustine and Hegel on the history of Rome / Floy Doull and David Peddle -- A true history of ourselves : Augustine, Carlyle, and the case for biography / Marylu Hill -- Augustine and Ricoeur on the circle of time and narrative / Gregory Hoskins -- Book 18 of The city of God, Bianchini's Universal history, and the New science of Vico / Harold Stone -- Propaganda and the pornography of cataclysm : Augustine and Luigi Guicciardini's The sack of Rome / Paul R. Wright |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-312) and index Rezension (Review): Augustinian Studies 42 (2011) 81-83 (G. McLarney) Rezension: G. McLarney, Augustinian Studies 42 (2011) 81-83 |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 326 S., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-2270-3 0-7391-2271-1 978-0-7391-2270-9 978-0-7391-2271-6 |
