Description

Augustine and History relates history to Augustine's thoughts, life, and writings in several distinct, but connected, ways. The essays place Augustine in his historical context, analyze his own theory and practice of historiography, and examine his impact on later historians and controversies. Augustine's intellect and influence are elaborated in contexts as disparate as the Fall of Rome, debates on the death penalty, and even the reactions to 9/11. This collection of scholarly essays is excellent for a wide-ranging academic audience.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 I. Augustine's Theory and Practice of Historiography
Chapter 3 Chapter 1. On the Use and Disadvantage of History for the Afterlife
Chapter 4 Chapter 2. History as Witness: Augustine's Interpretation of the History of Israel inContra Faustum andDe trinitate
Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Augustine and the Rhetoric of Roman Decline
Part 6 II. Augustine's Place in History
Chapter 7 Chapter 4. He Promised Much and Did It All: Augustine and Historians
Chapter 8 Chapter 5. Dissent and the Death Penalty: Developing a Comparative Perspective
Chapter 9 Chapter 6. The Wage of Sin is Orthodoxy: TheConfessions of Saint Augustine in Bayle'sDictionnaire
Part 10 III. Comparisons of Augustine and Later Historians
Chapter 11 Chapter 7. Augustine and Hegel on the History of Rome
Chapter 12 Chapter 8. A True History of Ourselves: Augustine, Carlyle, and the Case for Biography
Chapter 13 Chapter 9. Augustine and Ricoeur on the Circle of Time and Narrative
Chapter 14 Chapter 10. Book 18 ofThe City of God, Bianchini'sUniversal History and theNew Science of Vico
Chapter 15 Chapter 11. Propaganda and the Pornography of Cataclysm: Augustine and Luigi Guicciardini'sThe Sack of Rome

Product details

Published 24 Dec 2007
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 340
ISBN 9780739122709
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 239 x 160 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

CD
Anthology Editor

Christopher T. Daly

JD
Anthology Editor

John Doody

KP
Anthology Editor

Kim Paffenroth

PB
Contributor

Peter Busch

JC
Contributor

James T. Carroll

FD
Contributor

Floy Doull

MH
Contributor

Marylu Hill

GH
Contributor

Gregory Hoskins

KK
Contributor

Kari Kloos

AM
Contributor

Andrew R. Murphy

DP
Contributor

David Peddle

JP
Contributor

Joseph Prud'homme

HS
Contributor

Harold Stone

RW
Contributor

Ruth Whelan

PW
Contributor

Paul R. Wright

Reviews

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