Augustine in Context [Hardcover]

Augustine in Context assesses the various contexts - historical, literary, cultural, spiritual - in which?Augustine lived and worked.Augustine in Context is written by leading scholars of late antiquity and is intended for the larger audience. It studies various historical/literary/cultural contexts and, by doing so, facilitates a more enlightened reading of Augustine's writings.Augustine in Context is written by leading scholars of late antiquity and is intended for the larger audience. It studies various historical/literary/cultural contexts and, by doing so, facilitates a more enlightened reading of Augustine's writings.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.1. Chronological chart; 2. 'Augustine in Context and Augustine on context' Tarmo Toom; Part I. Life: 3. Biography in late antiquity Arthur P. Urbano; 4. Augustine on himself Annemare? Kotze?; 5. Possidius on Augustine Erika T. Hermanowicz; 6. Augustine in Roman North Africa (Thagaste, Carthage) Gareth Sears; 7. Augustine in higher society (Rome and Milan) David Gwynn; 8. Augustine as a Bishop (Hippo) Andrea Sterk; Part II. Literary and intellectual contexts: 9. Language James Clackson;lD