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By Mark Vessey

A better half to Augustine provides a clean choice of scholarship through major teachers with a brand new method of contextualizing Augustine and his works in the multi-disciplinary box of past due Antiquity, displaying Augustine as either a fabricated from the cultural forces of his occasions and a cultural strength in his personal right.

  • Discusses the existence and works of Augustine inside their complete historic context, instead of privileging the theological context
  • Presents Augustine’s existence, works and prime rules within the cultural context of the past due Roman international, supplying a colourful and fascinating feel of Augustine in motion in his personal time and position
  • Opens up a brand new section of analysis on Augustine, delicate to the various and sundry views of scholarship on past due Roman tradition
  • State-of-the-art essays via major teachers during this field

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