Augustine in Context - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1316502287 ISBN 13 : 9781316502280

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2023

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tarmo Toom is an Associate Professor of Historical Theology at the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, Arlington, and a Professorial Lecturer at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. He has authored three books and edited two volumes, the latest of them is Patristic Theories of Biblical Interpretation: The Latin Fathers (Cambridge, 2016). His primary research areas are patristic hermeneutics and philosophy of language (particularly those of Augustine), Trinitarian theology, early Christian creeds, and Constantine. He is a member of the North American Patristics Society and the International Association of Patristic Studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1316502287
• ISBN 13: 9781316502280
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 290
• Éditeur: Toom Tarmo
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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