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Augustine in Context

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Cambridge University Press 2017Description: 265pISBN:
  • 9781107139107
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • E80 T618
Partial contents:
Augustine in Context and Augustine on Context ...............1 1. Life Biography in late Antiquity ............13 Augustine on Himself ..........22 Possidius on Augustine ......30 Augustine in roman north Africa ..........37 Augustine in Higher Society ..........44 Augustine as a Bishyop .............51 II. Literary and Interllectual Contexts ...........59 Language .......61 Classical Literary culture in North Africa .............68 Education, Grammar, and Rhetoric ...............79 Scripture and Biblical Commentaries ...........86 Latin Christian Literature I......94 Letter writing and preaching ........111 Philosophical Trends in Augustine`s Time ...........119 3. Religious Contexts .........127 Roman Religion......129 Manicheism .........137 Ecclesiological Controversies .........145 Soteriological Controversies ........153 Trinitarian Controversies ........161 Monasticism / Asceticism ..........169 4. Political, Social, and Cultural Contexts.........177 Imperial Politics and Legislation in Roman Africa ............179 War ........187 Religious violence..................195 Relationships in Augustine`s Life ..........203 Popular Culture and Entertainment .......211 5. Reception ........219 Augustine`s Reception of Himself ..........221 Reception of Augustine during his Lifetime .............230 Recemption of Augustine in Hadrumetum and southern Gaul ......238
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includes index and biblioraphy

Augustine in Context and Augustine on Context ...............1 1. Life Biography in late Antiquity ............13 Augustine on Himself ..........22 Possidius on Augustine ......30 Augustine in roman north Africa ..........37 Augustine in Higher Society ..........44 Augustine as a Bishyop .............51 II. Literary and Interllectual Contexts ...........59 Language .......61 Classical Literary culture in North Africa .............68 Education, Grammar, and Rhetoric ...............79 Scripture and Biblical Commentaries ...........86 Latin Christian Literature I......94 Letter writing and preaching ........111 Philosophical Trends in Augustine`s Time ...........119 3. Religious Contexts .........127 Roman Religion......129 Manicheism .........137 Ecclesiological Controversies .........145 Soteriological Controversies ........153 Trinitarian Controversies ........161 Monasticism / Asceticism ..........169 4. Political, Social, and Cultural Contexts.........177 Imperial Politics and Legislation in Roman Africa ............179 War ........187 Religious violence..................195 Relationships in Augustine`s Life ..........203 Popular Culture and Entertainment .......211 5. Reception ........219 Augustine`s Reception of Himself ..........221 Reception of Augustine during his Lifetime .............230 Recemption of Augustine in Hadrumetum and southern Gaul ......238

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