Augustine and history

Augustine's theory and practice of historiography -- On the use and disadvantage of history for the afterlife / Peter Busch -- History as witness : Augustine's interpretation of the history of Israel in Contra faustum and De trinitate / Kari Kloos -- Augustine and the rhetoric of Roman dec...

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Contributors: Daly, Christopher T. 1960- (Editor) ; Doody, John 1943- (Other) ; Paffenroth, Kim 1966- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Lanham, Md. [u.a.] Lexington Books 2008
In:Year: 2008
Series/Journal:Augustine in conversation
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430 / Philosophy of history
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Collection of essays
B History Religious aspects Christianity
B Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430)
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Summary:Augustine's theory and practice of historiography -- On the use and disadvantage of history for the afterlife / Peter Busch -- History as witness : Augustine's interpretation of the history of Israel in Contra faustum and De trinitate / Kari Kloos -- Augustine and the rhetoric of Roman decline / Andrew R. Murphy -- Augustine's place in history -- He promised much and did it all : Augustine and historians / James T. Carroll -- Dissent and the death penalty : developing a comparative perspective / Joseph Prud'homme -- The wage of sin is orthodoxy : the Confessions of Saint Augustine in Bayle's Dictionnaire / Ruth Whelan -- Comparisons of Augustine and later historians -- Augustine and Hegel on the history of Rome / Floy Doull and David Peddle -- A true history of ourselves : Augustine, Carlyle, and the case for biography / Marylu Hill -- Augustine and Ricoeur on the circle of time and narrative / Gregory Hoskins -- Book 18 of The city of God, Bianchini's Universal history, and the New science of Vico / Harold Stone -- Propaganda and the pornography of cataclysm : Augustine and Luigi Guicciardini's The sack of Rome / Paul R. Wright
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-312) and index
Rezension (Review): Augustinian Studies 42 (2011) 81-83 (G. McLarney)
ISBN:0739122703