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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Weitere Verfasser:	Toom, Tarmo 1961- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
Schlagworte:	Augustine > of Hippo, Saint > 354-430 Augustinus, Aurelius > Heiliger > 354-430 Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Zeithintergrund Aufsatzsammlung
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	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
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xxiii, 265 pages)
ISBN:	9781316488409
DOI:	10.1017/9781316488409