{"product_id":"a-companion-to-augustine-isbn-9781405159463","title":"A Companion to Augustine","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the life and works of Augustine within their full historical context, rather than privileging the theological context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents 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 place\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOpens up a new phase of study on Augustine, sensitive to the many and varied perspectives of scholarship on late Roman culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eState-of-the-art essays by leading academics in this field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Figures xi  \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Works of Augustine xxiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology of Augustine’s Life xl\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Vessey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I Contexts 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Political History 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Cultural Geography 24\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam E. Klingshirn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Religious Sociology 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eÉric Rebillard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eConfessions 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Spes Saeculi: Augustine’s Worldly Ambition and Career 57\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eR. S. O. Tomlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Love and Belonging, Loss and Betrayal in the Confessions 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKate Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 TheConfessions as Autobiography 87\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaula Fredriksen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Reading the Confessions 99\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Conybeare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III Media 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Augustine and Language 113\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Burton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Augustine’s Information Circuits 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaire Sotinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Augustine and Roman Public Spectacles 138\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Lim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Augustine and Books 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuy G. Stroumsa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV Texts 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Augustine and the Latin Classics 161\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDanuta Shanzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Augustine and the Philosophers 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Byers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Augustine and the Books of the Manicheans 188\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohannes van Oort\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Augustine and Scripture 200\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Cameron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Augustine and His Christian Predecessors 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Augustine as a Reader of His Christian Contemporaries 227\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Stuart Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Augustine among the Writers of the Church 240\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Vessey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V Performances 255\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Philosopher: Augustine in Retirement 257\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGillian Clark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Conversationalist and Consultant: Augustine in Dialogue 270\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTherese Fuhrer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Mystic and Monk: Augustine and the Spiritual Life 284\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Peter Kenney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Preacher: Augustine and His Congregation 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHildegund M€uller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Administrator: Augustine in His Diocese 310\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNeil B. McLynn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Controversialist: Augustine in Combat 323\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaroline Humfress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VI Positions 337\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Augustine on the Will 339\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Wetzel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Augustine on the Body 353\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid G. Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Augustine on Friendship and Orthodoxy 365\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStefan Rebenich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Augustine on the Church (Against the Donatists) 375\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Evers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Augustine on the Statesman and the Two Cities 386\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Dodaro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Augustine on Scripture and the Trinity 398\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSabine MacCormack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Augustine on Redemption 416\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLewis Ayres\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VII Aftertimes 429\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Augustine’s Works in Circulation 431\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClemens Weidmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Augustine in the Latin West, 430–ca. 900 450\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eConrad Leyser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Augustine in the Western Middle Ages to the Reformation 465\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric L. Saak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 The Reception of Augustine in Modern Philosophy 478\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohannes Brachtendorf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Augustine and Postmodernism 492\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn D. Caputo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Envoi 505\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames J. O’Donnell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 517\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 563\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Companion to Augustine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Overall, this volume is an essential tool for any theologian’s or philosopher’s library and it will make a nice complementary volume to the Cambridge Companion to Augustine, the second volume of which was just published last year.”  (\u003ci\u003eExegetical Tools\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“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.”  (\u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“As such, this present inter-and intradisciplinary companion to Augustine gathers and presents new flavours within Augustine research, which certainly leaves us yearning for more.\" (\u003ci\u003eEphemerides Theologicae Lovanienses\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Besides an introduction by Mark Vessey, this truly impressive volume has seven parts; each of the parts has many articles by some of the finest Augustinian scholars and historians of late antiquity . . . All told, the volume is a fine contribution to Augustinian studies by some of the best scholars of the present day.”  (\u003ci\u003eCatholic Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“For those of us who teach Augustine on a regular basis, but who are not members of the sprawling familia of scholars who have structured their research agendas around the work of this fascinating and deeply influential late antique bishop, this volume is a treasure trove of judicious assessments and learned insights.  It would not be difficult to structure a veryworthwhile seminar on the age of Augustine using its contents, particularly Parts I-V. Mark Vessey has performed an exceptional service by marshalling this legion of specialists to produce what will surely be one of the most important resources for the study of Augustine for many decades to come.”  (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 16 February 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Recommended.  Lower-level undergraduates through rearchers\/faculty.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMark Vessey\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Principal of Green College at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLatin Christian Writers in Late Antiquity and Their Texts\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and has edited \u003ci\u003eAugustine and the Disciplines: From Cassiciacum to \u003c\/i\u003eConfessions (2005) and \u003ci\u003eThe Calling of the Nations: Exegesis, Ethnography, and Empire in a Biblical-Historic Present\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).  Augustine (354–430 CE) stands with Homer, Plato, and Aristotle among the pre-eminent authorities in Western culture, and his \u003ci\u003eConfessions\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988602437861,"sku":"NP9781405159463","price":246.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405159463.jpg?v=1761780931","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-augustine-isbn-9781405159463","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}